Recommend an MPV which can easily carry a family and luggage?

My daughter is considering replacing her Volkswagen Golf 1.6 with a larger, more powerful car that will take two child seats and an adult in the back and has enough space for either a folding wheelchair or the luggage associated with a family with two small children. So far she has test driven the Volkswagen Touran and the Nissan Qashqai. What would you recommend? She would expect to trade in her 7-year-old Golf and top it up with £15,000-£20,000.

Asked on 12 October 2013 by JB, East Horsley

Answered by Honest John

There is not enough width in the second row seats of a Touran or a Qashqai (or a C-Max or a Mazda 5) to comfortably fit an adult and two child seats. I suggest a new Citroen C4 Picasso, which has three separate back seats, each with ISOFIX tethers and a big, deep 537 litre load compartment. Test and video demonstration here: www.honestjohn.co.uk/road-tests/citroen/citroen-c4.../

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