Glos Guy. Am from the same bad-joke Skoda generation as you. However, when I needed a car of the Superb type, I test drove everything in sight. Passats, Big Vauxhalls, already dismissed the Mondeo (had one. Useless). The Superb just stood out as miles better than any of them. Smooth as silk on the road. Pretty quick (with dieselgate or 2L petrol.) Comfy as a good living room, Space for everything. Pity Mrs Glos Guy is against them. Although, the models on scheme now seem pretty underpowered. Reckon. given your needs, the 3-series is best way to go. Renewed my Motability car in March this year. If the 3-series had been on list then, I’d have had it; no question. Choice came down to Alfa Giulia and Mini Cooper S. Couldn’t bear to watch the Alfa sitting virtually unused on the drive (don’t drive very far now) and went for Mini – the maddest shopping trolley ever.