We are ordering one from the US, the Hemi is the muts nuts of an engine capable of starship enterprize miles, we have driven one, it is powerful, spacious and unbelievably economical (engine shuts down four cyl.s when cruising) a lot of car for your money.

 

a few more ideas in here

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had a subaru forrester for years now as dog wagon, bullet proof reliability although spares aren't cheap

shares floor pan and engine/all-wheel-drive with legacy estate and impreza

depends what money/age you're looking for

but the old legacy twin turbo kicks ass as a wolf in sheeps and you can get a ten year old one for

 

This is my order of preference:

Audi RS4 Avant
Subaru Legacy
Subaru Impreza estate
Passat V6 4motion

 

i have an imprezza estate.

not very big ,but big enough for me and the mrs.

 

It's on my list as a possible. Last time I looked, there seemed to be plenty of 1year old well-specced examples.

 

For my money, it'd definately be a Legacy or the 95 Aero.

 

I've owned an 06 Spec-B Legacy for just under a year and about 15k miles and I'm really pleased with it.

It depends what you're after. If you want to go very fast in straight lines and impress people down the pub, it's no good (especially my auto), but it really, really does handle with loads of feedback.

You can throw it about like an idiot and go quickly or you can drive it smoothly and go really quickly.

Tows really well too.

Servicing is every 10k, the 10k was about

 

driving a mondeo estate at the moment.. easy and cheap to live with + gigantic boot.

 

[QUOTE=ge2,Nov 8 2007, 10:53 PM]It depends what you're after.