Good Car Bad Car: estate cars

Winner: Mercedes-Benz R 500 SE

Mercedes-Benz R500

A genuine breakthrough vehicle with the luxury of a saloon, the space of an MPV and a boot the size of Belgium. Pick the long wheelbase version and it becomes bigger than the Belgian Congo

Mercedes-Benz E 320

2nd: Mercedes-Benz E 320 CDI Elegance

Mercedes doesn’t need a fancy name like Touring or Avant to hide behind, it just calls this E 320 CDI what it is: an estate

Volvo V70

3rd: Volvo V70 D5 AWD SE Estate

Jerry from The Good Life drove a Volvo. So did Lovejoy. And so did Simon Templar, aka the Saint. These are good reasons not to buy one

Audi A6 quattro

4th: Audi A6 4.2 quattro SE Avant

Not the best estate car in the class but probably the best looking despite the new front grille that looks like George Michael’s goatee

Fiat Croma

Bad car: Fiat Croma 2.2 16v Eleganza

Take elements from a saloon, an estate and an MPV and try to integrate them into the design of a single car and what do you get?

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