Estate car reviews

The Audi A6 Avant is comfortable, quiet and capaciou...

The Audi A6 Avant makes a great used buy, offering class-leadi...

The Audi A6 Avant is a prestige load-lugger that's classy and...

The A6 Allroad is comfortable, quiet and beautifully built. If...

The Audi Allroad is a halfway house between an estate and an o...

The BMW 3 Series Touring is great to drive and easy to li...

The BMW 3 Series Touring might not be the most practical estat...

The BMW 3 Series Touring is far from the biggest estate, but i...

Big, practical and refined, the BMW 5 Series Touring is one of...

It might not be the most commodious estate but BMW’s 5 Series...

The BMW 5 Series Touring is as practical as it is enjoyable -...

The Chevrolet Lacetti Estate is an affordable small family car...

The C5 Tourer is a surprising blend of sophistication and refi...

The vast space and smooth, adjustable suspension are real attr...

The Citroën C5 X is stylish, comfortable and well-equipped. Us...

It's a sensible buy as a low-cost family estate, and its ride...

It's roomy, refined, economical and comfortable, but there's a...

The Dacia Logan MCV is cheap, and it shows. Few can match its...

It's a great, practical estate, with the emphasis on value for...

The Ford Focus Estate is one of the best cars to dri...

The Ford Focus Estate is a good family estate car that's great...

A great estate at a great price

The Ford Mondeo Estate provides masses of space and is a fine...

The Ford Mondeo Estate is great to drive and cheap to buy, but...

It's a highly competent load carrier capable of entertaining k...

The Honda Accord Tourer is well-equipped and stylish, but it's...

The fine drive, good boot and high equipment levels are great...

The solidly built Honda Civic Tourer is a spacious and practic...

The fourth-generation Honda CR-V was a benchmark for ...

It isn’t all that great to drive, but if you can live with tha...

Comfortable, cheap to run and a capable load-lugger. The Hyund...

The Hyundai i40 Tourer is a well-equipped and spacio...

It drives just as well as the saloon version, but gives more p...

The Jaguar XF Sportbrake is great to drive and now it's very c...

The Jaguar XF Sportbrake is great to drive, with excellent han...

The Ceed Sportswagon has a big boot, good interior quality and...

The Cee'd Sportswagon is a spacious and comfortable estat...

The Kia Optima Sportswagon has plenty of passenger space and a...

The Kia ProCeed may place its emphasis on looks, but it's othe...

It puts dependability above everything else - all competence a...

Good fuel economy, plenty of space and an easy-to-use infotain...

Verdict One of the great estates

It's not as cheap as a Mondeo or Vectra, but it is a notch cla...

The Mercedes C-Class Estate is comfy, fuel-efficient and well-...

The Mercedes C-Class Estate is spacious, well equipped and has...

The stylish Mercedes C-Class Estate has plenty of appeal, and...

Unique styling and a touch of extra practicality makes the Mer...

The Mercedes E-Class Estate blends a capacious interior and a...

The Mercedes E-Class Estate is one of the most spacious estate...

The Mercedes E-Class Estate is a great estate car with bags of...

The MG ZT Tourer is a capable load-lugger and so much more

A fun and fashionable alternative to the usual family cars, th...

The Mitsubishi Galant offers reliable family transport that's...

The Nissan Primera estates is as satisfying to own as it is to...

The Nissan Primera estate is a sensible budget buy for any fam...

The first-gen Peugeot 2008 is well equipped and has a classy i...

The Peugeot 206 SW is a capable mini-estate, but it shares the...

The Peugeot 306 Estate is a practical and pleasant-to-drive wo...

The Peugeot 307 Estate looks handsome, but has few other stren...

The Peugeot 308 SW has some frugal engines, but it falls way s...

The Peugeot 406 Estate is a competent, comfortable load-hauler...

The Peugeot 407 SW is a distinctive family estate that's pract...

Sleek styling sets the Peugeot 508 SW apart from its rivals, a...

The 508 SW is stylish, practical and well equipped...

Capable and likeable - the Renault Laguna Estate isn't the bes...

The Renault Laguna Sport Tourer is pleasant (without being esp...

The Renault Laguna Estate is a cheap load-lugger that may cost...

The distinctive Renault Megané Sport Tourer is stylish and sop...

The Renault Megane Estate is no beauty, but it will carry larg...

The Rover 75 Tourer feels like a car from a bygone age brought...

The Saab 9-3 Sport Wagon looks the part, but the rest doesn't...

The Saab 9-5 Estate is a good all-rounder - and cheap, too - w...

The Seat Leon Estate is a fantastic all-rounder. It'...

The Seat Leon ST might not be the biggest estate car, but for...

The Skoda Fabia Estate’s size to space ratio is truly incredib...

One of the best supermini-based estate cars

The Skoda Octavia Estate is a stellar jack of all trades. It'd...

The Skoda Octavia Estate is a great mix of space, equipment an...

Forget the Skoda jibes, this car is as good as anything else o...

A used Superb Estate takes pretty much everything in its strid...

The Skoda Superb Estate provides huge space, but not at a huge...

The range-topper steals the limelight, but rest are grippy, fu...

Useful estate is let down by high running costs

The Legacy is a practical workhorse, but you'll need deep pock...

The Outback is roomy and well equipped, but it's not quite goo...

A stereotypical Subaru – sacrifices interior appeal and ride c...

The Toyota Avensis Touring Sports is well built and comes with...

A reliable family car, but not the most inspiring to drive

Practical and reliable load-lugger

It'll just about cope with family life, but it's dull to drive...

Affordable to buy and run, the Corolla Touring Sports makes go...

The Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer is a terrific all-rounder – a...

The Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer offers a large, practical boo...

Astra estate is an accomplished load-eater with plenty of cabi...

Low-purchase price, a big boot and plenty of space mean the Va...

Stuffed with kit and safety tech, the Vauxhall Insignia Sports...

An elegant estate, but disappointing overall

Far from exciting or fault-free, but it offers cheap, roomy tr...

Average in many areas. Not even that good in far too many more...

The latest Volkswagen Golf Estate is a practical, spacious and...

Classy, comfortable and spacious, the seventh-generation VW Go...

The Volkswagen Golf Estate adds extra practicality to an alrea...

The VW Passat Estate has a vast boot, lots of kit and space fo...

The VW Passat Estate is a solid, conventional, yet ultimately...

A formidable all-round family load-lugger

The Passat Alltrack is versatile and has off-road ability, but...

The Volvo V40 is an adequate family car, but it's not an estat...

The Volvo V50 is a handsome estate that offers premium quality...

The V60 is a classy estate that's stylish, comfortable and goo...

The Volvo V60 is an interesting choice for those wanting a bit...

The Volvo V70 offers all the practicality you'd expect from on...

This generation of Volvo V70 is practical, comfortable and saf...

The original Volvo V70 is a decent-driving, but firm-riding es...

The Volvo V90 is a spacious, practical and classy estate car a...