After my Mrs' 2000 BMW E46 325i saloon passed its MOT last year but with advisories about rusty sills and my MOT man telling me not to bring it back this year we had to look for a new car. Neither of us wanted a slow car, a diesel or an automatic. It seems for the last 10 years, all people have bought new are diesels and automatics, some of which were both.   We have a 3 year old and have struggled on occasions with the boot capacity of the saloon and I'm not a fan of roof boxes. I the