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Top Gear Advice
These are the best seven-seaters you can buy in the UK right now
Loadluggers for large families and lifestyle bods start here....
Vauxhall Combo Life
"The Combo is well judged for family life and makes no misguided attempts at sportiness."
Read our seven-seater twin test with Vauxhall Combo LifeAdvertisement - Page continues belowBentley Bentayga
"It’s a force of nature, but an annoyingly irresistible one, helped by just how long, wide and heavy Bentleys are in the first place."
Volkswagen Caddy Life
“The Caddy Life has benefitted massively from the move to Volkswagen’s MQB platform, with proper car-like driving dynamics and better equipment than you’d expect from a van-based lump.”
Advertisement - Page continues belowVW Tiguan (Allspace)
“Over half of the many, many thousands of Tiguan crossovers Volkswagen sells every year are of the longer, seven-seat variety."
Read our review on the VW TiguanVolvo XC90
"Volvo was arguably the first firm to realise, back in 2003, that what people wanted was the functionality of a people carrier, but the image of a 4x4."
Audi Q7
“As far as being a nicely-appointed seven-seat SUV with real practical appeal if you regularly haul multiples, the Q7 meets the brief.”
Citroen e-SpaceTourer
"Granted, the Citroen e-SpaceTourer won’t win any beauty contests. But it makes no secret about prioritising function over form, and in that sense, it stands strong."
Advertisement - Page continues belowDacia Jogger
“This seven seater MPV/estate mash-up is sitting on the latest Renault tech, which is lovely.”
Hyundai Santa Fe
“The Hyundai Santa Fe is definitely worthy of making your shortlist when it comes to seven-seat cars.”
Advertisement - Page continues belowFord Grand Tourneo
“The performance is perfectly fine for a car like this, which is to say: it moves easily and without much effort. It's a well executed car, this.”
Read our review on the Ford Grand TourneoKia Sorento
“This is a properly spacious SUV that can actually fit real people…[and] the middle seats slide about when you need to give second-row passengers some knee room.”
Land Rover Discovery Sport
“It’s a true automotive Swiss Army knife, capable of taking seven full-grown humans further up a mountain, down a river or straight to The Savoy than pretty much anything.”
Read our review on the Land Rover Discovery SportLexus LM
“The LM is gate-crashing a world of VVIP travel, openly inspired by the kind of hermetically sealed high-end travel experience enjoyed by serial users of private jets, the real world Logan Roys, Bobby Axelrods and Hollywood high rollers.”
Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV
“The EQS 580 is a pretty rapid device for something this size, and it has the handling smarts to match.”
Read our review on the Mercedes Benz EQS SUVMercedes-Benz GLB
“The GLB doesn’t rely solely on its badge – it has been well thought through, with a reasonably versatile, appealingly techy interior and good road manners.”
Nissan X-Trail
“Seven seaters are expensive to run, so anyone in the market for one will be grateful for the X-Trail's hybrid economy boost.”
Peugeot 5008
"Peugeot’s largest SUV is a proper seven-seater with mega practicality, and post-facelift it looks far more stylish too."
Range Rover
“More than just a car, in fact; this is one of the definitive luxury experiences of any kind.”
Seat Tarraco
“The Tarraco is a roomy, good looking way to move several people around without resorting to a van with windows.”
Skoda Kodiaq
"A former Top Gear award winner, the Skoda Kodiaq is among the most complete family cars you can buy for sensible money."
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