Clocking up 40K a year will take its toll on most, the depreciation will be a killer. I would scrub the list of everything except the Passat and Audi, both use pretty much the same engine and running gear, the 130 models are the way forward anything less can feel lazy in my opinion. The Audi is a great car to drive, I have clocked up 20K in the last year alone, not a sniff of trouble and great on the motorway sits at 80MPH giving an average 48MPG. The price would be closer to 5K for the last of the B6's with close to 100K on the clock which is light work for these engines. However considering the millage you will be doing I would probably go for the Passat as it's the cheaper of the two but will give the same reliability.
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