Buying an Estate Car: Our A to Z Guide
A good estate needs to be practical, spacious, good to drive and fuel efficient writes Geraldine Herbert Audi A4 Avant/Allroad Audi’s new A4 Avant is much sharper and better looking car over all that the car it replaces and still remains impressively versatile. Powering the range is six engine variants – two petrol and four diesel, with outputs ranging between 150bhp and 272bhp. Inside, it is very elegant and minimal...
Estate Car Comeback
Since when did estate cars become cool? The modern estate car is light years away from the old. The boxy look and wallowly ride are gone. The fusty image of dog owners and antique dealers has been replaced with one that is more about a lifestyle vehicle for young, trendy families or sports and leisure enthusiasts. “Estate cars are the new lifestyle vehicles and are attracting customers who would previously have owned SUVs,” says...
Jaguar XF Sportbrake Versus Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake
Modern estate cars are now the last word in stylish, sporty wheels. We road test two new additions to Irish roads, the Jaguar XF Sportbrake and the Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake What is it? When premium car makers such as Jaguar and Mercedes-Benz produce cars that look suspiciously like estates, they cleverly call them shooting brakes or sport brakes. The construction of performance estate cars, or “shooting brakes”, has...
