The best deals in the motor trade are done by bucking the trend.If “everybody” is down-sizing and going for diesel, look for something larger and petrol.
Pushed by Euro V (and soon to arrive Euro VI) emissions rules the premium paid for diesel is rising and pump prices for Derv already dilute the mpg advantage.
There is a trend back to petrol in the small car market but, if you are after something bigger, Skoda’s new Superb will give you food (and fuel) for thought.
Upper-medium ‘volume’ cars are under siege. Many buyers are downsizing to the lower-medium sector (Golf, Focus and Toyota’s own Auris, etc.) and the rest are attracted by once exclusive ‘premium badges’ such as BMW and Mercedes.
Determined to hang on to a chunk of what remains a big sector, volume makers have responded with a big 'quality offensive' and loading up the kit. Known in a previous life as ‘Carina’, the first Avensis came in 1997 and this is the third.
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