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This blog has been created by a mother of four who was in desperate need of a 7 Seater car. All posts are written from the perspective of the family rather than a car geek. If you want to Contact us please do so via the comments section below. Please note that all SPAM will be ignored.
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Hello
Your website is brilliant- thankyou.
I have a question if I may?
What is the cheapest 7 seater for road tax? or perhaps the overall cheapest to buy and run?
We were looking at a year ish old sedona due to the warranty. Or can you recommend anything better?
Many thanks
Chris
CB,
The Peugeot 308 SW is the cheapest at Band D, £90 at the moment for the year. But we’ve got a Kia Carens because of the 3.5 years left on the warranty. It’s pretty good MPG, (40 ish) and the road tax is £150 for the year. But running costs aside, we bought it because of the warranty. We could cope with mileage, servicing, Car tax etc – but we just couldn’t cope with a gearbox going or something major. But the Carens has a very small boot space when all the seats are up. We’ve just been to Tenby, (hence the late reply), and it was a bit of a squash with the four children. All our luggage went in the 7th seat space folded down. But it did the job!! If you need that extra space you could always buy a roof box from Amazon for about £60. If the Sedona has the full warranty on it and it’s the right price you should consider it.
Watch out for the emissions, that will determine the CAR TAX Band. Each model has a more economical version, for example the Zafira ranges from Band F up to Band K.
Thanks for liking the website. It’s still very new (6 months). Were working towards adding more information but it all just takes a lot of time.
Hats off to you for taking the initiative! It’s a fantastic site. We drive a Doblo Family and it’s the best car we ever owned but we are now looking at buying a 7 seater with seats that fold down into the floor rather than having to get out the allen keys and clearing a space in the shed whenever we need the extra load space. My wife’s fallen in love with the Chrysler Grand Voyager because of the swivelling middle seats (!) and my question is, are there any other cars out there that have this facility whilst still being capable of folding the seats away into the floor. (The VW Caravelle was rejected because the seats didn’t fold). Hope you can help, HN
Both the Kia Carens and Vauxhall Zafira have seats that fold flat. However you will loose on boot space when all seats are upright. I have a Carens and I love it. With one hand I can move the seat from upright to flat. I’ve taken a few pictures of my Carens which might help you make up your mind: Kia Carens Pictures.
The Chrysler is lovely and you might have a job on your hand persuading your wife to buy a different model.
Thank you for your comments about the site. We still have a lot of work to do to make it perfect. Thank you and Good Luck.
Oh sorry – NO OTHER CARS have the swivel seat facility.