Doesn’t have to be an estate or one of those silly 4×4’s… 😈
If you must have AWD, you could buy a nice big saloon and a towbar bike rack. Predictably, that’s what I did. 😆
Someone above compares the 2.5 & 2.7 Audi diesels. I’ve had both. The 2.7 gives over 10mpg better fuel consumption than the 2.5 in my hands and is both more refined and pokier. Another advantage; chain driven cams. No bank busting 80k belt changes now 😉 I briefly considered the 3.0l but it only comes in AWD flavour which I thought unecessary for my driving.
I’d never buy a big 4×4 style (Landrover etc) vehicle for ‘normal’ driving. I couldn’t justify the low MPG and poor refinement/performance to myself. I’d have one if I lived somewhere that needed it or had a yen for green laning. Otherwise…