Style Family Cruiser
Style Family Cruiser
Can you recommend a highly economical family-sized car for high-mileage mountain driving?
We have just moved to Spain and we live in the mountains. We intend to do a LOT of driving so we need a very very economical car which can cope with steep inclines. As it will be a business car and we will often have guests we would like a 4 door executive style car like a BMW or the like but perhaps smaller as I am used to smaller cars (Laguna etc). We have just bought a PT Cruiser which is lovely but it cannot cope with the mountain drive and it drinks so much petrol it is bankrupting us. Can anyone recommend anything from personal experience? Thanks!
Seeing as you are in Spain I'd recommend a SEAT Toledo, or perhaps a larger car in their range. They build them in Spain so they are made for the conditions there, and spare parts and finding mechanics will be no problem either. Also, they have some very good diesel versions and they actually go quite well. I drive a Toledo 1.8 diesel here in the Czech Republic and it was fine even in the Tatra mountains in Slovakia. Only uses 4.5 litre per 100 km (about 55mpg) on the highway when cruising at around 120 kph, which is very good indeed. In the mountains you'll use a bit more fuel, but I'd say 40-45 mpg is doable.
The modern diesel cars have ultra-clean motors so don't worry about pollution; that problem is pretty well taken care of in respect of cars. And they're very reliable.
And no -- I don't own shares in the company! But I wish I did 
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