Can you recommend a family friendly 4x4?

My wife and I are about to buy a new/nearly new car. We have two young children of school age and we live out in the country, so four-wheel drive is essential as my wife will spend a great deal of time ferrying the kids about over the coming years (est 10-12k miles per year).

We’d like a car with a nice interior (leather seats, sat nav, etc) and my wife would prefer an automatic. We have owned an old petrol Honda CRV (2004) for the last six years as a second car and it' has been great - in particular we love the space, the reliability, the low maintenance costs and the high up driving position. What cars would you recommend that fit our criteria?

Asked on 11 September 2014 by Griff500

Answered by Honest John
For comfort, a Honda CR-V 2.2iDTEC auto. Otherwise a Mazda CX-5 150D Skyactiv SE-L nav 4WD auto, or a Nissan Qashqai 1.6DCI 130 4WD auto.
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