Family car - 3 in the back inc 2 car seats.

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Afternoon all,

We currently have a 3 series touring and it's been a great car, with the arrival of our 2nd kid we are finding it a bit small. Primarily down to my oldest being bad with car sick, meaning my wife has to sit inbetween 2 car seats. It's really tight in the back so we're looking to move up into something bigger cabin wise.

Looking for suggestions of used mid range SUVs around the £20-22k mark. We do high miles so I'd prefer something with less than 15k miles on it already. Don't need 7 seats and need a reasonable boot for the pram etc.

Want something reasonable to drive. List so far -

Ford Kuga
Land Rover Freelander 2
Nissan X-Trail
Volvo XC60

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Don't get me wrong I'm a fan of estates, previous car was a mk7 Passat.

Should have explained the preference for an SUV to make it easier to load the kids in their seats and from what I've seen provide more space, including headroom in the back.

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nunpuncher said:

The problem is being misunderstood by some here. The OP needs something with 3 full width seats across the back. Despite having large boots its surprising how many estate cars are rubbish in this regard (pretty much all of them). I know as its a problem we had to overcome a few years back.

Spot on, I am the first to push the estates are better load luggers than SUVs but it's mainly about moving people about, not a chest of drawers. I'd love a T5 Kombi Van but that idea has been shelved by the wife.

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I'm not looking at transporting a 5 a side team.

To highlight my issue, the gap between the two sets of isofix in the rear seats of my 3 series is 13", in my friends Renault Kadjar they are 16" apart. If anyone has ever flown EasyJet they will know that 3" in a seat is a world of differene.

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S10GTA said:

Stupid comment time, but why can't one of the kids go in the front?

We do that for small journeys within the town but no isofix in the front seat and I understand having young kids in the front is more dangerous in a crash.