7 seaters
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e600

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1,522 posts

181 months

Monday 8th June 2020
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Grandchild number 4 arrived over the weekend and ongoing discussions about the family hack. What 7 seaters are out there at around £15k that won’t bankrupt the parents over the next 4 years. Over to the collective intelligentsia

Dracoro

9,022 posts

274 months

Monday 8th June 2020
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Kia Sorento. Should have a fair chunk of 7 year warranty left on it.

Jamescrs

6,336 posts

94 months

Monday 8th June 2020
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I'd be looking at a Ford Galaxy. You can get a 16 plate in titanium spec for 15k with under 50000 miles.

We have them at work and regularly run them to.over 100000 miles before they are sent off to auction and even then I'd be confident they are good for a lot more miles.

Deranged Rover

4,637 posts

103 months

Tuesday 9th June 2020
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Ford Transit Tourneo.

Most of these MPV things are wannabe minibuses anyway, but with less room inside, so why not just do it properly?! I also maintain that anything Transit-based will be a damn sight nicer and more fun to drive than most MPVs.

e600

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1,522 posts

181 months

Tuesday 9th June 2020
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A bit of an update, the criteria is there must be the capability for 3 iso fixed seats across the second row, rather than putting kids into the luggage area.

There is a large Citroen that does this, does anyone know of any other cars?

Tia

jagot

58 posts

94 months

Tuesday 9th June 2020
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e600 said:
A bit of an update, the criteria is there must be the capability for 3 iso fixed seats across the second row, rather than putting kids into the luggage area.

There is a large Citroen that does this, does anyone know of any other cars?

Tia
Pretty sure the Ford S-Max gets brought up when this is a requirement, but I might be wrong.

itz_baseline

833 posts

250 months

Tuesday 9th June 2020
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We had a VW Sharan. 7 full seats, three of which in the middle row were all Isofix. Went well enough with 2.0 DSG. Was pretty dull to drive but cavernous in the rear with seats 6 and 7 folded down and with electric sliding doors on both sides it made it really easy to access the middle row seats in their entirety for dropping in the Isofix seats without banging your doors against cars next to you.

It was the perfect solution for us. Only reason we got rid was because it was a company car and once the kids got a bit older and could put their own belts on the BIK was too painful.

PistonTim

719 posts

168 months

Tuesday 9th June 2020
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The Mk2 SMax is a great car, goes well enough without feeling too massive or like you've thrown away all hopes of a car you might enjoy.