We need to buy a car and we have about 10,000€. We have no idea even what to look at as a possible purchase.
It will be our run-around, day in day out car. We are based in hilly country and roads are narrowish and have poorly maintained edges. Local town/shops are about 10 minutes and we make that trip most days, we go to Agen, an hour, Villeneuve 30 minutes, occasional trips to Bordeaux 2 hours.
It needs to be an estate (or similar) for getting stuff in and out the back - including dog.
It needs to be able to tow a 750 kilo remorque
It needs to have legroom, at least at the front, OH is 6ft.
Obviously, ideally reliable (yes I know, pot luck with second-hand, our last car, a Skoda, was a nightmare) and reasonable fuel consumption
If youhave the time, take a trip round the main dealers and see what they have on offer, you may get a surprise as people change to EV. I have had Fords and VW’s for many years and never been let down unlike french makes.
The Dacia Duster seems enormously popular in our part of the Morvan, probably because it fulfills a lot of the requirements you list. They are also notably inexpensive.
If you had posted this three weeks ago you could have had our Nissan Qashqai +2 Tekna AWD - top of the range, 115,000 kms, leather seats etc, just serviced with four new tyres. Perfect for hill country being AWD, very roomy with a huge boot for a dog crate, very reliable and most importantly close to your budget.
For £5 you could buy membership to Which - cancel anytime. They have quite a lot of information on car reliability and other pros and cons.
I would try to buy one with a full service history.
