Next Family Carthorse?

[Legend83]

It's been a while since we bought our 2015 Gen2 S Max and things seemed to have moved on a bit since the days of a chugging diesel being the family car of choice.

Ours is probably still ok but it's had enough electrical problems and other gremlins to make me lose faith in it (the latest being the gearbox deciding mid-motorway to just stop working on our way to the Peak District). So considering replacing it with something newer and really not sure which direction to go...obvious criteria would be:

- comfort and space (we have two young teens and a 10 year old)
- boot space (S Max is 700L so something comparable would be ideal as we are good at filling it!)
- 7 seats would be great but not a deal breaker which opens up more options
- it's typically used locally but with probably 7-8 long-distance journeys each year
- some grunt would be a bonus as the S Max is just so sluggish
- stick with diesel? Try EV? Hybrid? No idea to be honest, not sure about reliability of each technology

Budget £15-20k to get me something to last the next 5-10 years before the children fly the nest / get their own transport.

[edc]

There's not a lot that has that much space as most MPV morphed into or superceeded by SUV. Your usage sounds like it would suit one of the PHeV Sorrento or Santa Fe but they are I think out of budget.

[Legend83]

edc said:

There's not a lot that has that much space as most MPV morphed into or superceeded by SUV. Your usage sounds like it would suit one of the PHeV Sorrento or Santa Fe but they are I think out of budget.

This seems to be the issue. Options with boots close to S Max size seem to be the Skoda Kodiaq or some sort of large estate like the Superb or Passat...

[smallpaul]

You're pretty much describing a Discovery 4, Santa fe or Audi q7

All older than you'd like within budget though.

Edited by smallpaul on Thursday 9th April 08:41

[Legend83]

smallpaul said:

You're pretty much describing a Discovery 4, Santa fe or Audi q7

All older than you'd like within budget though.

Edited by smallpaul on Thursday 9th April 08:41

Yeah Santa Fe was on the list - probably less potentially ruinous than the LR but as you say perhaps won't be much newer than current car (not a massive issue).