What tiller to buy - advice sought

I'm seriously thinking about getting a tiller/cultivator to make my life faster (rather than easier).

It needs to be beefy enough to do half/quarter allotment sized 'monoculture' as I'l be 'micro-cropping' rather than needing it for lots of different rows of different veg, successionally (happy not to use power for this at the moment).

It also needs to be small enough to fit in the back of a Citroen Berlingo Multispace and be light enough to lift in and out without prolapsing a disc.

Storage is also an issue and it would be nice if it took up little space, or could be hung on a garage wall/from the rafters when not in use.

It would be expected to work on a heavy-loam soil most of the time.

Think that's about it, unless anyone is on first name terms with Santa...

My guess is that a Mantis will be too lightweight (but would like to hear views), and that a Merry Tiller will be too beefy (but I've never used one or tired to lift one).

Price is not a primary concern, but much over £350 and I'm going to feel glum.

I use a mantis tiller on my allotment on heavy clay.  I can carry it easily, it folds up nicely and I even transport it in the bike trailer.  I have used it over the whole plot and it does the job very well.  Can't recommend it enough.

Although I have some attachments, plough, and edger, I have only used those once and I didn't like the plough at all.  Perhaps I wasn't using it right!  I love my mantis.  It starts first time (it's three years old now) every time, even after the winter break and it's quiet, too.

To add to the above:

I have tilled ground that hasn't been dug in over 50 years and it was easy, just spade dig a starting hole first to help provide some bite for the tines.

The tines do get clogged. To clear them I run the tiller over some hard standing and the earth falls out although the long grass hangs around a bit longer.

I too have a 4-stoke Mantis.  We are mostly no-dig for veg, but used it prior to that to fluff up the raised beds in Spring. I use it for lots of light-ish work - I say "light" because we are on heavy clay, and it would not be my tool-of-choice on virgin ground, but on any ground that has been worked etc. it is effortless.

We used to hire a beefy Cultivator in the Spring and "do the whole lot", trouble was it always seemed to rain when we arranged the hire!! which is what prompted me to buy the Mantis - since then I have been able to use it whenever the weather and ground are Just Right

Easy to carry, will fold up to fit in a boot (sorry, don't know about your vehicle specifically).

Mine came from the Mantis Outlet Shop in eBay, which saved me a few quid. Looked like it had been used a couple of times - probably someone bought one and returned it. I bought the 4-stroke as I had read that the 2-stroke (like many such engines) was hard to start / re-start, but I've had mine half a dozen years so that issue may be a thing of the past.

I had an email (some time ago) from Mantis and their ebay shop is indeed for the refurbished returns. They acknowledge their machines are so good, people use them to break up 'virgin' soil and then return them. Then they get cleaned up, serviced and sold through ebay but with a 3 month guarantee.

I couldn't pull a fast one like the above, not least when 'saving' about £50 means I also get a full years' guarantee.

It's a shame you're so far away; I'd lend you mine.