Family car - 10k

drinkingwater

Need to buy a family car soon.

Max budget is 11k, but ideally would like to stay under 10k...

We have 2 kids, so I am leaning towards an estate, but my wife is thinking more about crossover type. Obviously want as new as possible and possibly diesel, as it will be used mostly for longer trips, will keep our current car (1L Seat Mii) for school runs, etc.

https://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/ford/focus/fpa/202007131190645?journey=Search - (162) Ford Focus - 1.5 TDCI 120 PS - not sure about the engine, is it reliable? any known issues?

https://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/seat/leon/fpa/202007141214461?journey=Search (161) SEAT Leon ST 1.6TDI 105HP SE - bit bland, but would tick all the boxes...

https://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/skoda/octavia/fpa/201908211388286?journey=Search - (171) Skoda Octavia 2.0 TDI CR SE TECHNOLOGY 150BHP - new model octavia, bit high mileage, but otherwise not sure why is it so cheap?

https://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/peugeot/2008/fpa/202006230416352?journey=Search - (161) Peugeot 2008 ALLURE 1.6 BLUE HDI - any issues with the engine? it is in many cars... so i guess they aren't that bad?

https://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/citroen/c4-cactus/fpa/202005269549451?journey=Search - (151) Citroen C4 Cactus 1.6 HDI BLUE 100BHP - bit of an odd one, but we do like it

Any other suggestions? 308 sw is an other option.

thank you

cocoman

It's hard to beat a good spec Octavia especially the estate. I have a 151 for the past 12 months. Going great. 1.6 diesel hatchback. The one above looks to be good value. Mileage high though. Cheap because it's an import?

colm_mcm

The SEAT is probably the best option there and would be on a par with most on the list power wise.

The Octavia strikes me as being a bit too cheap, further investigation needed. The 2.0 is a lovely engine in it.

drinkingwater

colm_mcm wrote: »

The SEAT is probably the best option there and would be on a par with most on the list power wise.

The Octavia strikes me as being a bit too cheap, further investigation needed. The 2.0 is a lovely engine in it.

Thank you.
Yeah, the octavia is down to 9995 now... Way too cheap.

Any opinions on the Peugeot 2008 1.6 engine?

McCrack

Why not save yourself c. 8k and consider a 10-12 year old well serviced tdi of some kind.