I am just about to change my new shape (07) for another, its a company car, 1.8 tdci (125bhp)Zetec.
I love it, never had any problems, we have 40 of them on the fleet and they have been alot more reliable than the previous fleets on VW tourans and Sharans.
Mine has covered 148'000 upto now, since the last day of August 07, carrying a boot stacked to the roof with over a 1/4 of a ton of commercial espresso machine parts, and a couple of machines with the seats flat ocasionally.
The fleet manager says i have averaged 50.8 mpg since new and i am not the slowest driver ;)
I would definately buy one as a family car.
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