18k fun family car recommendations

18k fun family car recommendations

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tredd

Original Poster:

94 posts

148 months

Saturday 22nd April 2023
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Afternoon!

My wife and I are looking to buy an SUV as our first family car. We are reluctant to walk down the Sportage & Qashqai route as we both enjoy driving but are mindful of needing adequate space for our first child, of which we have not much experience with in terms of the kit which follows them (pushchairs, changing bags etc on top of daily trips to the shop/family).

Remit:
-18/19k
-Fun
-SUV style for easier loading of children/car seats
-Ample boot
-Petrol
-4/5yrs old
-Sub 40k miles

Top of our shortlist at the moment is the F60 Mini Countryman S (190bhp). We are fairly interested in the X1 2.0 petrol but these are slightly out of budget.

Any recommendations on the cars or whether we should put practicality first would be appreciated!

Edited by tredd on Saturday 22 April 16:49

tredd

Original Poster:

94 posts

148 months

Sunday 23rd April 2023
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Thanks for the comments, much appreciated!
Shall have a good read through and disappear down the auto trader black hole for some research!