There are no bad cars made these days - maybe ones that are not to your liking, but not actually bad - like Ladas or Polonez of old. The Ceed is a great car and well spacious, Volvos are mostly ford bits, so will run forever and work well. Maybe get yourself up to the car supermarket , white city way, one weekend and have a play with a few different ones - even if you dont buy from them, its a good way to get a feel for models size/ comfort etc. They always have a load of ex fleet Hondas - if you are willing to pay a little bit more for a Honda, then there is nothing to equal them. We have a Honda now - I cannot rate Honda hightly enough - and low low depreciation as well