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To ask for your family car recommendations please?

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flowergirl24 · 21/06/2024 18:10

Family of 5. Need a new car as our short range EV is just not practical for us.
Needs:
Decent boot space (currently a Nissan Leaf so anything similar sized or bigger would be great)
Would like a high driving position
Decent safety features
Ideally get 3 across the back, but eldest coming up to not needing a full HBB

Does anyone have recommendations? My head is just swimming on auto trader and I can’t make any decisions.
Budget is 15K cash - would rather buy outright than do PCP.

Have had a normal car for a while so I would like something a bit nicer and bigger.

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ElizaGolightly · 21/06/2024 18:29

I love our Dacia Duster. Not very swanky but does everything we need it to and its really roomy.

Arewealljustloosingtheplot · 21/06/2024 18:28

flowergirl24 · 21/06/2024 18:21

Would it be silly to spend 15K on a Land Rover Discovery? At that price, I’d be looking at one around 2015 with 100,000 miles on it.

They aren’t very spacious tbh. If you use the back seats there is no boot. I’d go for a Kuga or similar. Mine is ace.

TeenLifeMum · 21/06/2024 18:27

Landrovers have terrible reliability ratings. We just bought a family car and I really like them but they break down a lot.

I liked the Ford kugas but our local Ford garage is awful so we gave up and went next door to vw. We’ve ended up with a high spec Tiguan and I absolutely love it. We tested the boot with a dog crate and 2 paddle boards.

chocopuffs · 21/06/2024 18:25

I've heard Land Rovers are pretty unreliable so I'd not be buying one with a high mileage! This might not be up your street if you're looking at the Discovery, but maybe look at Skoda. They are part of the same group as VW and they rate highly in terms of safety and reliability. We have a Kamiq but the Karoq is the bigger version, and the Kodiaq is even bigger.

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flowergirl24 · 21/06/2024 18:21

Would it be silly to spend 15K on a Land Rover Discovery? At that price, I’d be looking at one around 2015 with 100,000 miles on it.

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Readytoevolve · 21/06/2024 18:11

The Peugeot 5008 is one of few cars with the 3 seats unless you select a full in family car. Decent boot.