Vw tiguan r line was what we changed to from BMW 3 series Estate and I am not disappointed, surprisingly handles almost like a car (shockingly so for the size and weight) and has lots of useful tech and is a bargain at current ap and unlike all space is built in Germany.
Don’t get me wrong I’m not a badge snob. Prior to us joining the scheme, I’d always owned Italian cars. Started out with a Lancia Beta Coupe then over the years had other Lancia’s and Alfa’s. 2nd hand they were a great buy – a lot of car for little money and if you chose a good one, they were very reliable. Mind you, it was our last 159 Sportswagon that made us join the scheme. The Selespeed gearbox died. We needed a car and quick – it was then someone told us that my wife would be eligible for Motability. She’d always wanted a VW Golf so we went over to a dealer. He then promptly told us what else was on the scheme, and there was a very nice Passat sat in the dealer’s, ready to go. So we went for it. It was nice solid car, but coming from a petrol Alfa the diesel Passat was boring to drive. Plus it had some squeaks and rattles we could never get rid of. I’d heard so much about German car build quality but I was disappointed.
If there had been Alfa’s on the scheme that suited us then we would have shortlisted these no doubt. I’m secretly hoping that Alfa bring out a Sportswagon version of the new Giulia. Now I would pay any AP for that car!