If you want a nice big estate car then probably a Mazda 6, Passat or Octavia
If you want some thing a bit flasher then an A4 Avant or Volvo V70 are very nice places to sit.
Prices are very high at the moment though
Not sure that needs a 20/30k investment. You can pick something decent up for less than 10k. Keep say 3k in a Bork fund and save / spend the rest on something memorable or non depreciating
My vote would be to go and have a look at the Subaru Outback.
The Mustang was indeed tongue in cheek - love a V8, but scratched that itch with the RS5 and not a fan of Mustangs per se.
I will have a C7 RS6 at some point though (4l V8 twin turbo), but anything that I want is still knocking on the door of £50k
Keeping the boy racer theme alive though and completely ignoring the OP's request for an estate - if I had £30k to spend on a car right now, there's one place it would be going (or maybe an M2 😉)

I’m sure that’s a fun place to be, but I’d have to budget for a house with a garage too so I didn’t have to look at it.
I’m sure that’s a fun place to be, but I’d have to budget for a house with a garage too so I didn’t have to look at it.
They certainly aren't one to look back at whilst walking away, but by all accounts one of THE best drivers cars out there right now
Still no understanding of 'newish' but...there's an Audi A8 W12 6.3 with only 25k miles for £28k on autotrader.
Definitely a wolf in sheep's clothing!
2k car and 28k ****ing bitches in far flung countries
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