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Originally Posted by smoo
Based on what? You'll struggle to find a more frugal diesel engine of the time (my old E Class with the 6 cylinder version 150kw/470nm 6.2l/100km highway) and as I said there is enough evidence out there to say with confidence they are a solid SUV.
But at $5k I wouldn't be betting my money on any thing in that price range being a safe buy, especially some of them with CVT trans. If going the soft roader option just get a Mazda 6 or Mondeo wagon instead...
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When looking for Cheap you need to take the Romance out, no looking at engine power or shiny badges, the Merc may have a great engine but your looking at 20 year old Euros with high kms, they will have suspension problems.
a light weight SUV like an Xtrail is a better option - its boring but its common, many of them will do over 300,000kms without any work done on them
but we agree $5K is always going to be an issue in this segment