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Mercedes-Benz E-Class Estate
220 CDI SE - The Mercedes E-Class range is a staple of the executive car class. It’s the longest-running car in the sector, with only BMW’s 5 Series getting close to its dominance: its rival from Audi, the A6, has only really become established over the past decade. And there’s good reason why one key E-Class cu [...]
Audi S4 Avant
quattro S tronic 2012 - The revised fourth-generation Audi A4 hit the showrooms in March 2012, and sitting close to the top of the 110 model A4 range are four, high-power S4 versions – two saloons and two Avants. With 333 horsepower they’re high-tech, high-performance sports cars with a good dollop of everyday practicality [...]
Audi A6 Avant
2.0 TDi S-line 170 - The new Audi A6 range claims to provide even better performance than the previous range of A6 vehicles which relied predominantly upon the 2.0 TDi engine for the majority of its sales. [...]
Volvo V60
DRIVe R-Design - Volvo’s V60 sports wagon is a practical all-rounder. Offering a fantastic mix of slick styling, sensible interior proportions and the safety credentials, making it the ideal company vehicle or family load lugger. It is now lower emission and achieves better fuel economy thanks to the addition of the [...]
Peugeot 508
SW - Peugeot has a long history of building superb estate cars and the new 508 SW does nothing but continue this tradition. It’s bigger than its predecessor, the 407, and offers a much improved drive too, so the 508 is a good deal more appealing overall. Is this enough to tempt private and business drive [...]
Honda Accord Tourer
2011 2.2 i-DTEC EX Auto ADAS - The Honda Accord Tourer is a familiar sight on British roads since arriving in its current guise in 2008. The family-sized estate certainly looks the part too, with a stylish appearance and confident stance – but it needs more than good aesthetics to win in a sector with several big fish swimming ar [...]
Audi S5
Sportback 3.0 TFSI Quattro S tronic - First came the A5 Coupé and Convertible, then the A5 Sportback which combined 5-door hatchback practicality – not something German manufacturers have been much bothered about in recent times – with sleek coupé styling. Now comes the powerful S5 Sportback, a model that seemingly has almost every box [...]
BMW 5-Series Touring
BMW rounds off its new 5 Series range with the introduction of the Touring estate model. It offers more space than the 5 GT and the previous Touring model to make a solid case for it being the most complete version of the new Five line-up. BMW is so confident about its new wagon, it reckons it will [...]
Volvo V60
Volvo is best known for its super-practical estates, which makes the new V60 a radical departure for the Swedish firm. It says the V60 is a sports wagon, not an estate, and that load lugging is not the central tenet of this model. Sounds like marketing bunkum to us as the V60’s key rivals are the Au [...]
Volvo V70
DRIVe 1.6l SE - Since its launch in 2008 the DRIVe badge from Volvo has been used to denote the marque’s most fuel efficient models. DRIVe was originally launched with C30, S40 and V50 models but Volvo has continued to expand the range, and it has grown to encompass the car maker’s full range of the models. The V70 [...]
Volkswagen Passat Estate
Bluemotion 1.6 TDI - The Passat Estate is the unsung hero of the Volkswagen model range. A workhorse with unexceptional looks, its lack of glamour means its tailor-made for families who want something solid with an air of understated conservatism. It also makes it ideal for the fleet market. Its appeal is now likely to [...]
BMW M5 Touring
All the fun of an M5 wrapped up in the practical estate body of the 5-Series Touring makes BMW’s super estate one of the most complete performance cars money can buy. It doesn’t come cheap, though, and some may find the electronics necessary to access the full potential of the M5’s engine and transm [...]
Alfa Romeo 159 Sportwagon
1750 TBi TI - Alfa Romeo has had a real mountain to climb in trying to sell its mid-sized family/executive model, the 159. First launched in 2005, the 159 has some pretty strong rivals in its class, most notably the triumvirate of the Audi A4, BMW 3 Series and Mercedes-Benz C-Class. Four years after its initial l [...]
Mercedes-Benz C-Class Estate
250 CDI BlueEfficiency Estate Sport - Carmakers are falling over themselves in an attempt to be ‘greener’ at the moment, so the Mercedes-Benz C250 CDI BlueEfficiency’s captures the zeitgeist perfectly. Our test car came in estate form, which we think is better-looking than the saloon, because the roofline stays at pretty much the same h [...]
Audi A5 Sportback
After the A5 Coupe and Convertible, Audi has completed its A5 line-up with an entry-level, five-door fastback that fills a niche that nobody realised was there. With four rings on the front, it will definitely have an appeal to buyers who want a practical premium coupe-style saloon. They just don’t [...]
Citroen C5 Estate
Tourer - French carmakers have suffered in comparison with their German counterparts in recent years – especially as many of their products have been somewhat lacklustre. But the fightback has started, with Citroen and Peugeot upping their games in the last couple of years, starting to build desirable, drive [...]
Skoda Superb Estate
If sheer space for the cash is your main criteria, the Skoda Superb Estate is an absolute winner. If you want something with a dash of style, great driving manners, comfort and cost-effective running costs, the Skoda should also be on top of your to-consider pile. The Superb Estate pulls off what Sk [...]
Mercedes-Benz E-Class Estate
Mercedes has worked hard to bring down the cost of the E-Class Estate compared to its predecessor and says the new model works out £1400 cheaper on average but with a higher level of equipment as standard for the new model. [...]
Skoda Octavia Estate
1.6 TDI CR Greenline - It appears to be a marriage made in heaven, on one side you have Skoda which appeal to the Guardian reading, sensible people concerned with the state of the country and the world, while you have the growing supply of green badged cars into the automotive market. Skoda’s own badge “Greenline” is now [...]
Skoda Octavia Estate
1.8 TSI DSG - Skoda has earned itself a reputation in recent years as a manufacturer of reliable, practical cars that are proving popular with buyers who are prepared to think beyond the old, cruel jokes about the brand. The Czech carmaker has also done consistently well in customer satisfaction surveys over the [...]
Volvo V50
D5 R-Design - The V50 is, unsurprisingly for a Volvo, an estate, but it’s not the huge slab of car you’d usually associate with the Swedish carmaker. It’s a smallish, but perfectly formed family car that trades some of its capaciousness for a more practical size, making it more suitable for urbanites. Its shapeli [...]
Volvo V50
DRIVe - Buyers wanting to go green with a Volvo V50 have two choices of the Swedish firm’s DRIVe model: one with the eco-friendly 1.6-litre turbodiesel engine and the other with the same engine but equipped with stop-start technology. The Volvo V50 is based on the Ford Focus, which enjoys a solid reputation [...]
Subaru Outback
2.0 D RE 2009 - The Outback is the flagship crossover model of the Subaru range and deservedly so. It’s a multi talented estate car with increased ride height, advanced symmetrical all wheel drive and now a fabulous 2.0 boxer diesel engine; the 1st of its kind and it is a masterpiece. It’s really hard to find fau [...]
BMW 5-Series Touring
M Sport Bodykit - If you ever need the space and driving ability of a super tourer then this is the car you should be buying, it is the BMW 535d with an M Sport bodykit. When we had it on test, it behaved impeccably, it is rare to want to hold on to test cars as we get so many, but this is one that this writer wanted [...]
Renault Megane Sport Tourer
dCi 160 - The last “Shaking Your Ass” Renault Megane was something of a Marmite car – you either loved it or hated it. The latest generation looks more conventional, with a conservative-looking saloon and stylish Coupe. The newest member of the family, the Megane Estate, is somewhere in between these two. As [...]
Mini One
Clubman - Mini has chosen a good time to launch the latest member of its model range, the One Clubman. The new entry-level estate enters the market just as the iconic little city car celebrates its 50th birthday, but it’s also a good time to launch a car that returns 52.3mpg and emits just 130g/km as we all w [...]
Saab 9-3 SportWagon
2.0T XWD - The first word that pops into the head when thinking about the Saab 9-3 SportWagon is “Stalwart” – it feels like its been around for a long, long time, and aesthetically things haven’t changed that much since the 9-3 was launched back in the 20th century! So where does the 9-3 SportWagon fit in the [...]
Skoda Fabia Estate
1.4 TDi GreenLine - The Skoda Fabia GreenLine Estate offers the perfect combination of space, fuel efficiency and sensible pricing. The ideal car for those who want watch their carbon waistline without compromising on lifestyle. A small car with surprising internal dimensions, the estate version of the Fabia GreenLine [...]
Vauxhall Insignia Sports Tourer
SRi 1.6 Turbo - The new Vauxhall Insignia has been pulling up stumps since its world premiere at the British Motor Show in the summer of 2008. The European car of the year for 2009, the Insignia has proven to be a popular and well received model; initially available as a saloon or hatch, the carmaker has now unveil [...]
Estate Cars consumer car reviews
Volvo V50
Average driver rating ( based on 48 reviews )
Audi A6 Avant
Average driver rating ( based on 40 reviews )
Peugeot 407 SW
Average driver rating ( based on 23 reviews )
Skoda Octavia Estate
Average driver rating ( based on 23 reviews )
Renault Megane Sport Tourer
Average driver rating ( based on 21 reviews )
BMW 3-Series Touring
Average driver rating ( based on 20 reviews )
Volvo V70
Average driver rating ( based on 20 reviews )
Vauxhall Astra Estate
Average driver rating ( based on 19 reviews )
Ford Mondeo Estate
Average driver rating ( based on 18 reviews )
Citroen C5 Estate
Average driver rating ( based on 17 reviews )
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