Quote Originally Posted by Tom-P View Post
Agree, I think most buying guides would come up with a Skoda Octavia Estate for the OP's criteria.
As an everyday car and load lugger when needed the Octavia Estate is great, had mine for about 5 years, other than wear and tear like brakes, tyres its been spot on, its the 1.9tdi and averages over 500 miles on a tank and doesn't have a DPF so no issues there.