any suggestions on 2 litre diesel cars ?

[colin1]

I may be becoming a sales rep next year. In which case, I would need to get a 2 litre diesel car. The company pays a lot of the fuel bills, so they specify it cant be bigger than 2 litre.

I'm wanting something that will be comfy and effortless on motorway cruises.

I dont want cars with alloys or run flats.

I'm currently thinking rover 75 or citroen c5.

Id be thinking of spending something between £1500 and £4000.
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[ClaireBear]

I have an 02 rover 45 impression s, parents have an 05 rover 25 and a 54 rover 45. All are 2L turbos.

Removing the stereotype surrounding these cars, they are actually very nice! Very reliable, good fuel economy, cheap tax (actually the same to tax as my 1.2 petrol corsa I had) and of course there are plenty of spares around.

They do look smart but they do fill up a parking space because they are quite large cars and the 75 would be even bigger. There is lots of boot space though but most of them do come with alloys. It copes well in towns and motorways- is a good car for going steadily and certainly has the extra turbo pull factor when needed! And also if your on a hill and over taking it will 'own' lol

They are lovely cars and I would very highly recommend a 2L diesel one.

[neatbik]

Have you considered a Saab?
The most comfortable seats ever, they arent the usual 'repmobile' and you can get a lot of car for your money.

I think you might struggle to find a decent car with steel wheels though - why dont you want alloys?

[colin1]

[UnknownStuntm...]

Passat. That is all.

[colin1]

[neatbik]

I get what you mean about the alloys now Col.
Seriously, try a Saab, you will be amazed

In my last job all i did was drive different cars around, i found the Saabs, Audi's and Mercs were very comfy, Skoda Superbs were pretty good too.

BMW's never seemed that great to me, a lot of them tend to have a very firm ride.

Dont discount Mondeo's, for mile crunching they are ace

[J0Al1]

Hummm, I had a P reg 306 TDS. It is my fave car of all cars I've owned. Was perfect until I stacked it into a oversized pavement, shafted the steering column

Its not fast, but its fun . . Used ot race it evey weekend around MK roud-a-bout run.

[Phoenix]

Passat is a good bet, I'd suggest a BMW 320d or 520d too. Problem with the BMWs i've always found though is that the pedals are offset from the seat and it can be uncomfortable on long distance drives, doesn't seem to be a problem on coupes, only saloons and estates, 5 series are lovely cars though.

[Jamie.]

I drove a Mondeo for around 6 months, It was '06.
Great car all round, Had cruise control which was great on the motorway, The only fault which I found with the car was the sun blockers (Sorry, i'm slightly intoxicated and for the life of me can't remember the proper name for them) don't cover right to the right hand side of the car frame.
Very annoying as if the sun is on your eyes to the east the sun blockers are useless.

[Dom_]

Get the Passat with the 2.0tdi engine, get it remapped, you will see 60mpg on a motorway cruise.

[colin1]

[Dom_]

Col they've been making 520d's for over 15 years, you'd be able to pick one up for peanuts.

Mine was just a performance remap from 140-180bhp but it feels like a different engine, better throttle response, better economy, more torque. Round town I get about 4mpg more than I did before the map. Best I manged was an average 78mpg on a 12 mile run from my nans house, I didn't go above 1500 revs though.

[wizzzard]

How about a Jaguar? You can pic up 2 litre x-types on a 54 plate for £4000 and under. If you like comfy you have to go a long way to beat a Jag.
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[colin1]

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[neatbik]

Omegas are good cars Col.
Very comfy, usually a good spec and cheap too.
Ive not driven a diesel one, but the v6's go quite well.

Jag x types are pretty much like a Mondeo compared to ride quality and comfort, thats not a bad thing though.

A car ive been thinking about lately is the Volvo s40.
Nice to drive, comfy, reliable etc etc, and not bad looking i reckon.
Also the feeling of quality is really up there with them.
https://www.pridemotorcontracts.co.uk/images/cars/volvo%20s40.jpg

https://www.desktopcar.net/wallpaper/19043-2/Volvo-S40-2004-06.jpg

[colin1]

I'm now a bit puzzled by 520d

wiki says they were first available in 2000, but ive not seen any on ebay before 2004
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[Faldo]

[colin1]

Interesting.

The avensis is definitely a favourite amongst taxi drivers, and i guess they are gonna pick things that are reliable for high mileage.

Im a bit disappointed that 75s have reliability problems.

Im still thinking id prefer something towards the luxury end, passat onwards, I cant help thinking that the avensis is more functional than luxurious.

I guess maybe I should add the avensis to my list, but the list is already quite big.

Im still puzzled why the E39 520ds arent appearing on ebay.
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[Dom_]

Have a look on autotrader there may be some on there.

Had no problem with my fuel pump, if you remap a 170bhp 2.0tdi then you may run into problems with the dpf (diesel particulate filter) but thats no issue with the 140bhp version as it doesn't have one.

[Faldo]

[Phoenix]

The only reason I suggested a 320 or 520d is due to your 2litre limit, however that is a rather arbitrary limit imposed by your boss as it doesn't really reflect economy, ultimately as you will be buying the car I'd suggest getting whatever is suitable aslong as the fuel economy is equivalent to other 2litre diesels.

The 325/525 TDS BMWs are better and much more common, both are the same engine and will get you a consistent 50mpg and they're both cheap to buy now and plenty of examples so you can find a nice one. The 530d which I have has a fair bit more power but you're down to about 45mpg, they're also more expensive to buy and they're newer.

I don''t know what engine the 2.0 diesel Omega uses, presumably a vauxhal one out of a Vectra or something, don't see many about. The 2.5 diesel is the better one, it uses the BMW engine out of the cars mentioned above.

[colin1]

[karoshi]