Cheapest family car with 500+ litre boot??

Antrim_Man · 15-09-2010 09:39AM #1

Seat Altea XL??

Anybody any suggestions. The Altea is just under €20K and has good spec.

EPM · 15-09-2010 09:55AM

So long as the Altea isn't the base 85 brake petrol it could be ok. The 1.4 TSI isn't a whole lot more, might even be possible if you bought an ex demo car.

alias no.9 · 15-09-2010 09:58AM

All references to the Altea except for the XL Van have been deleted from the www.seat.ie website even though it's still listed on the price list, but then again, the Alhambra is still on the price list too, they're hardly still selling that, are they?

BrianD3 · 15-09-2010 09:58AM

Renault Fluence has 530 litres, Skoda Octavia has 560 litres.

EPM · 15-09-2010 10:01AM

alias no.9 wrote: »

All references to the Altea except for the XL Van have been deleted from the www.seat.ie website even though it's still listed on the price list, but then again, the Alhambra is still on the price list too, they're hardly still selling that, are they?

Seat website is useless tbh. They've just facelifted them so that might be part of the reason.

Bodhan · 15-09-2010 10:19AM

Renault Fluence is 530ltrs and one of the best cars I've been in all year. If you can stretch to the Tom Tom edition go for it. Great car.
See the site below for a video review

Max Power1 · 15-09-2010 10:21AM

Octavia - biggest boot in its class!

15-09-2010 10:36AM

Max Power1 wrote: »

Octavia - biggest boot in the world!

FYP

Antrim_Man · 16-09-2010 01:32PM

Bodhan wrote: »

Renault Fluence is 530ltrs and one of the best cars I've been in all year. If you can stretch to the Tom Tom edition go for it. Great car.
See the site below for a video review

I read these cars are being made in Turkey and not being sold in the UK. I wonder how good they will be after a few years.

EPM · 16-09-2010 01:36PM

Antrim_Man wrote: »

I read these cars are being made in Turkey and not being sold in the UK. I wonder how good they will be after a few years.

Loads of car makers have factories there. Think a fair few Toyotas come from Turkey or Hungary and us paddy's cant get enough of them

Antrim_Man · 16-09-2010 01:38PM

EPM wrote: »

Loads of car makers have factories there. Think a fair few Toyotas come from Turkey or Hungary and us paddy's cant get enough of them

Toyotas, the kings of recall

Antrim_Man · 16-09-2010 01:39PM

The Renault looks great from the outside but what a boring bland interior

seriouslywhat · 16-09-2010 02:16PM

Antrim_Man wrote: »

The Renault looks great from the outside but what a boring bland interior

ah come off of it. the exterior is just as boring if not more boring.

The french are really only good at one thing big luxo barges. Pure comfort.

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Peugeot/607/Executiv/200912192198789/advert?channel=CARS

for example.

EPM · 16-09-2010 02:23PM

seriouslywhat wrote: »

ah come off of it. the exterior is just as boring if not more boring.

The french are really only good at one thing big luxo barges. Pure comfort.

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Peugeot/607/Executiv/200912192198789/advert?channel=CARS

for example.

Would have said supermini's and hot hatches myself

EPM · 16-09-2010 02:24PM

Antrim_Man wrote: »

Toyotas, the kings of recall

True:D

...but I seriously doubt there'd be a marked difference between the quality of the cars. Most failures these days are components as opposed to build

Bodhan · 16-09-2010 09:35PM

I had the Fluence for a week, I could find nothing wrong, no rattles or noises. Build quality is great, I'd buy one.

alias no.9 · 16-09-2010 11:47PM

Antrim_Man wrote: »

I read these cars are being made in Turkey and not being sold in the UK. I wonder how good they will be after a few years.

Saloons just don't sell in the UK, they prefer hatches over there. Other C segment saloons that aren't sold there include the Toyota Corolla, the Opel/Vauxhall Astra, Mitsubishi Lancer, Nissan Tiida, Suzuki SX4 (maybe more of a b segment car), and possibly more. I'm not sure if the VW Jetta is even sold there, certainly not in any numbers and the Honda Civic saloon is only sold in hybrid form.

Cheapest family car with 500+ litre boot??

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