Best family car?

[kemurf]

Looking to buy a 2nd hand family car; we have 2 kids aged 4 and 2. Husband is very tall and our 13 year old VW Golf has been fab but needs some work doing to it.

What would you recommend that is economical & inexpensive? Thank you!

[Saila]

Fiat multipla

[jumpinjackflash]

replace your Golf with a newer one? Can't beat German jam jars IMO

[scottgov]

we have 2 kids, similar age, also had a golf and loved it but just needed more space. Ended up buying a passat. It surprised us. Not too boat like as feared!

[ratty]

Passat, A4, or 407

[sheilarose]

We replaced our old Golf with a new Touran and are really loving the extra space.

[kemurf]

Thinking about budget; did you buy these cars for under ?6k (2nd hand)? Any tips of where to buy from? I'm an absolute novice (can you tell?!)

[david_carnell]

Subaru Outback.

[Jeremy]

Skoda Octavia estate.

[Townleygreen]

Ford Fusion

Mazda 6

[Salsaboy]

Citroen C3 Picasso. Had one for 3 years, loads of room, comfy seats, good to drive. Bit ugly though!

http://photos.autoexpress.co.uk/images/front_picture_library_UK/dir_562/car_photo_281187_7.jpg

[helena handbasket]

We had a Nissan Note which was really family friendly. The interior feels much larger than it looks (my husband is very tall also and this car felt the most comfortable to him), and the boot can fit a decent sized buggy and a bit of shopping or a very large suitcase (not much more than that though). There are little tables built into the seat backs that fold out for your passengers, a feature I miss now in our current car.

There is a dealer in Penge that we bought from (think it's called Ancaster?), and we have no complaints. It's an easy bus ride from ED so that's helpful for repairs. We had a minor accident in Kent and the local Nissan dealer treated us as if we were their most important customers; very impressive.

The Penge dealer has a number of models in your price range right now.... they were great about letting us spend time driving each option and the sales person could not have been nicer or more helpful. I would buy that car from that dealer again, no question. Good luck!

[kemurf]

Thanks everyone for your tips and recommendations, I'll investigate Skoda and Nissan to start with!

[computedshorty]

This will soon be available as I am having to give up my Garage.

Its called a kemurf open tourer.

[snowboarder]

Skoda octavia estate here too for family with a 3 and 1 yr old - enormous boot and if you get the vrs quite a bit of oomph. And parking sensors - important!! Only complaint would be with 2 car seats in the back there's not much room for a passenger in the middle - but this could be common to most non 3 seater width cars.

[Annette Curtain]

david_carnell Wrote:

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> Subaru Outback.

Oh yes

But only the 2.0 ltr diesel

(tu)

[Jeremy]

snowboarder Wrote:

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> Skoda octavia estate here too for family with a 3

> and 1 yr old - enormous boot and if you get the

> vrs quite a bit of oomph. And parking sensors -

> important!! Only complaint would be with 2 car

> seats in the back there's not much room for a

> passenger in the middle - but this could be common

> to most non 3 seater width cars.

I don't own an Octavia, but I had a VRS estate hire car earlier this year. Very solid build, great to drive - as you say, quite a lot of oomph. Really impressed!

[Natalya fox]

I think Ford Galaxy is really good.

[the-e-dealer]

Honda good. Citreon have these great Rear View Mirrors where you can see the kids on the back seat.