Hey I’ve had a quick glance and like all of the car market cars just aren’t selling its a real buyers market at the moment. With a budget between £2000-3000 you could get one of youngest mk3 mondeo estates
[mk3 Mondeo]
(around 2005 with low mileage) which will look the same or very similar to the one here but there are improvements to the design etc. You would probably have some money spare at the end too!
[mk4 Mondeo]
A mk4 mondeo sadly is not on the cards simply because they started in 07 and you’re still paying for the age and in some cases warranty.
[Volvo V40]
[Volvo V40]
A surprising find was that Volvo’s seem to be very cheap to buy! Volvo are renowned for safety and reliability but have more of a luxurious feel than a Mondeo. The V40 is a very good and stylish (later models anyway) car and come in slightly cheaper than a mk3 Mondeo. The V50’s (newer model and more stylishly designed) are being listed quite a bit higher but are simply not selling so it’s likely they might just about fall into the very top of your budget.
[Volvo V40]
What is hard to find with a Volvo is a low mileage (or a low mileage thats not on an auto), since they are such a reliable car and don’t tend to be bought by people who care a great deal about fashion or modern styling the second hand market tends to be flooded with cars that have 100+k miles on them. That said most Volvos expect to see the 200k mark and maybe go way beyond it!
[Vauxhall Vectra]
[Vauxhall Astra]
Ofcourse there is still the Renault Laguna estate as an alternative to the Mondeo and a Vauxhall Vectra Estate, The Vauxhall Astra estate is comparable to the Focus estate which you may find too small.
A further alternative is the MPV market including things like the zafira or larger.
Finally a thought on why you want a bigger car; In addition to preferring larger cars I’m assuming your wanting a bigger car incase I need to move stuff or move house. The fact is no estate, van or car in general would be big enough to accommodate all my stuff, infact only a truck would be upto the job. But what may be better if your wanting to keep these things in mind is a smaller car (ie focus size car medium hatch/saloon that has a towbar and roof box. That way when you don’t need all the storage space your not wasting fuel dragging it around town and when you do you have more space than is possible than with even the largest estate car. It seems like a happy medium, also you would likely find the cars cheaper to run on fuel and they would feel more powerful as the same engine is powering a lighter frame. A focus is still a big car, alternatively a Zafira could also tow and thats an MPV.
You’ll have to let me know what you think
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