THE VOLVO 850 Estate has won the award for 'Best Used Estate Car' in the Auto Express Used Car Honours.

Teaming up with the trade 'bible', Glass's Guide, the weekly magazine Auto Express considered more than 12,000 cars before making their choice judging them on price, value for money, running costs, reliability and depreciation as well as more personal factors such as driveability and desirability.

In fact, Volvo and the popular 850 have proved no strangers to awards as the 850 Estate's successor, the V70, has also won its class in the Auto Express New Car Honours for the past three years running. Coupled to this, What Car? magazine also voted the Volvo Approved Used Car Programme the best in the industry during its awards next year.

In commending the 850 as 'Best Used Estate Car,' Auto Express said: "For many people, Volvo's are the only estates worth considering. As a used buy, the 850 is an outstanding choice. Renowned Volvo quality and dependability, longevity and an approved used car programme that's second to none all add up to an estate that is not so much a handy hold-all, but almost a part of the family."

For further information, contact Wirral's Volvo dealer, Drayton Motors, Mount Road, Clatterbridge. Phone 334-8602.

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