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Buying a used estate - which model is best?

I want a large used estate car (three years old), with a comfortable cabin and automatic gearbox. I only do 10,000 miles a year, but want a petrol as I'm worried about DPFs. Should I get a petrol V70 or are there other alternatives out there?

Asked on 9 April 2015 by Dave

Answered by Honest John
A V70 does it, but they're hard to find with petrol engines. The obvious alternative is a Ford Mondeo. The 2.0SCTI EcoBoost is Powershift automatic and, in fact, a petrol engined V70 shares that same Ford engine and ZF transmission.
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