Just had a challenge to find a fast 4 door diesel car..
Not for me I might add, I don't qualify for a company car.
Winning idea at present is a BMW 123d, 0-60 of 7 seconds.
Any better ideas?
Cheers!
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Fast 4 door diesel car
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Posted 1 year ago #
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Audi A8 4.2 TDi
0-60 in 5.9 and limited to 155
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Had a Jag XF diesel for a few months, great car, does 60 in about 6secs i think.
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BMW 335d?
Can't be arsed to dig out the 0-60 times, but it will probably go round corners better than an A8
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I don't think you need to write probably there JonEdwards! those things are rapid
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Performance car got 5.7s to 60 and 13.3s to 100 for the 335d. Mine certainly feels nippy.
123d is a great car though but pretty cramped.
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Cheers for the ideas so far.. Should have added that budget is 30K.
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So this is out then. Co2 of 70 grams, 74 mpg & faster than most things, sorry is not a diesel & missing 2 doors!!
http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=21587
2nd hand 335D gets my vote!
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The baby beemers are, I think, best cars in their class, so if you really want a 2 seater but the company car policy will only let you have a 4-door, that would be the option I would go for (the baby is bit cramped in the back, but plenty of room front, and not a bad boot space). If economy is at all in the consideration, the 118d is worth a look, it does over 60mpg at legal motorway speeds, and still fairly nippy. If you are looking for a real 4 door, I would look elsewhere though.
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I had a BMW 118d up until June. Lovely to drive, fast, quite economical and well built. But its not a family hatchback in the way a Golf is, if thats a consideration.
Rear leg room is ridiculous and if you have cyclists kness, its not a comfortable car to drive over distance given its real lack of space in the footwells too. And the boot is stupidly small for a hatchback in this class. A rear wheel drive hatchback of this size is stupid if you ask me as the rear space is far too compromised.
Its a small drivers car. Idon't mean you have to be 4ft 6".... you know what I mean.
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S-Type diesel twin turbo
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My GFs mums got a 5 series touring thing it's fast enough and diesel.
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Alpina D3 Bi-Turbo - top of my Diesel wish list
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Audi A8 4.2 TDi
0-60 in 5.9 and limited to 155
my dad has one of those - bought it a when it was a year old - major saving... very comfy and quick and will little noise.. though parking is amusing as it often sticks out of spaces in supermarkets as it is l o n g
he also got an old high mileage (170,000) 535d - £1000 and it has now done another 30k without a hitch.
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Why diesel - if its to reduce the tax bill, then just get a car with a lower purchase price.
And although a 1 series can be had with 4 doors, I'm not sure thats my idea of a 4 door car...
The last time I was looking, nearly plumped for one of these:
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/doc.asp?c=100&i=12436But then sanity raised its head, and I took the allowance (and business mileage instead). Quids in and a 535i.
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Alpina D3 Bi-Turbo - top of my Diesel wish list
And makes me wonder why BMW didn't do a 323d!
Still nicer to have a six cylinder engine in a 3 series. It's a big(ish) car after all.
And yes tiresome and cowardly tagger of every thread I post in - I AM AWESOME and you, sadly are not.
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I was wondering about those tags got one on the Loco thread
I shouldn't worry about 
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