R36 Wagon Alternatives?

[jamesatfish]

Hmmm - Merc dealer is just around the corner from my office - might have to duck past and lunchtime and check it out in more detail.

[Highlander]

Hmmm - Merc dealer is just around the corner from my office - might have to duck past and lunchtime and check it out in more detail.

Votes running strong for the C63 Estate. If you do decide that way Swingn will be hoping your wife will lend it to you next July so you can take him on a few hot laps at Wakefield Park.

[bennobee]

I didnt know they where stopping the R36. To bad.......

Anyway def the C63 AMG. My folks have the Estate C63 and its a mean car. Drives VERY nicely. The added the LSD which makes it a little nicer but it has a LOTTA go and easily holds all my Son's pram and such plus the other stuff young kids come with. Spacewixe its about the same feel inside as my R36 and holds maybe a little more.

[Nebo1]

What about an Alfa 159 sports wagon .. bit sluggish at 8.9sec to 100

[flyingfridge]

Skoda Superb FSI?

Luxury Car of the Year

I spent some time in a sedan/hatch with the 191FSI AWD drivetrain and it doesn't feel much slower than the R36 and has more space...

[jamesatfish]

Had a chat to Peter Shelley (our local VW tuning guru) who also suggested the Skoda - certainly nothing I'd have looked at but will take a look at their range. He also mentioned that the A4 2.0 is due for some Stage 3 APR love, so that might end up being a choice after all if we can push it close to 300kW.

With all the strong suggestions for the C63, I went to the local Mercedes dealer today only to find out they don't have a C-Class Estate nor a C63 of any description in the showroom to look at. Will have to try the Sydney dealerships next time I'm up there.

[GHW]

Just get the C63 estate, you know you want to.

[offshore]

We had a similar brief recently for a new family car.

Looking for something quick, sporty, nice looking, with a large hatch/wagon style boot, and easy to get the bub in and out. And I was determined to steer clear of 4WD's.

Ended up going with an A5 Sportback 3.0 TDI and after having it a couple of months couldn't be happier.

It's a modern refined diesel - forget every old cliche, you wouldn't know it was a diesel, except for the massive midrange torque and the 4L/100km on the freeway.

The 2 year old can climb into her seat by herself.

Other nice features are a rear biased AWD system, 7 Speed DSG, one of the best interiors going, and a very sleek appearance.

If you've got the coin, there's also an S5 variant with a 3.0L Supercharged petrol 6.

One catch - the A5 only seats 4. This works for us since 2 child seats pretty much rules out a third rear passenger anyway.

[KWICKS]

Nobody mentioned the 2.5T Liberty wagon. Pig ugly, but solid value and proven performance upgrades. Shame they don't do an STi version for our market. Same size as a Passat.

Falcon has a big boot and some fancy turbo performance versions... I'd take an FPV over a HSV at the moment I think.

C36 might be a bit small but the sound is the seckz!

[jamesatfish]

Looked at a C class wagon the other day - the size did surprise me (it's smaller than I thought) but there's still a decent sized boot and it certainly meets our height requirements. Unfortunately that was only a C250 so didn't bother driving that.

Was in Sydney yesterday and planned to drive the C63. Unfortunately the dealer took their C63 sedan for an offsite test drive when I was due to look at it myself, and the C63 estate they had on the lot was sold over the weekend so I couldn't look at that either. Will have to try another dealer next time I'm in town.

Still also waiting to look at the facelifted Holden / HSV wagons when the update rolls out in the next month or so.

[Rocket36]

Still also waiting to look at the facelifted Holden / HSV wagons when the update rolls out in the next month or so.

Released today...

Holden Media - Australia - News & Information

The Sportwagon looks good and Holden are catching up on the tech/features side of things, but it's such a MINOR facelift. The model range is still from 2006!!! The prices are certainly competitive though. Nobody can argue they aren't value for money.

[OilBurna]

volvo v60 wagon - while perhaps not as sporty 220kw turbo v6 with awd.

The All-New V60

[Jayse]

Any word on the new R36 replacement from VW?

Cheers,

Jayse.

[OilBurna]

not much supposed to be going turbo and 3.0 litre should be good for apr style mods.

[Jayse]

not much supposed to be going turbo and 3.0 litre should be good for apr style mods.

S4 direction? hhmmmm...that will be very tuneable!!

Cheers,

Jayse.