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Old 09-10-2008, 02:12 PM
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I am being offered a company car from the following: VW, Skoda, Seat, Toyota. The car must be an estate car and below 160g/km emmission. These are the exact models.

Volkswagen Golf, Passat, Touran
Seat Altea, Altea XL
Skoda Fabia, Octavia
Toyota Avensis

Any advice or experience with these cars? I want one with lots of toys.
Old 09-10-2008, 02:13 PM
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Seats always have lots of toys as standard mate, but my adviec would be go to the dealers and have a drive of them.
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vw golf tdi depending on model as the sdi is proper shit
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I'd go for the Passat every time.
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What does the dpf system do on the VW passat?
Old 09-10-2008, 02:34 PM
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Out of these I think Skoda is the best value for money.
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well I am in the same boat, just changed job roles, I think I may opt out and get say a 2 year old car not sure yet and pocket the dosh, and save some tax
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My boss has a Avenesis estate company car, very reliable and pritty good on jungle jiuce.
Not many toys though and certainly aint quick.

My personal choice would be to see if you could blag one of the new bmw 3 series 2.0 diesels.

But im quite fond of the passats.
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I can only pick from the list above, I can get the Avensis Tr model which comes with a load of toys and the tax is cheaper than the Passat models which dont seem to come with many options as standard!
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VW Golf or Skoda Octavia. Avoid SEat like the plague unless your local dealer is highly rated... which not many of them are. Seats are good motors let down by ther second dealer/service side. Thats my opinion from personal experience anyway.
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