Recommend a car for transporting us to dog shows to replace our Citroen Xsara Picasso?

We bought a 2001 Citroen Xsara Picasso HDi on your recommendation in 2006. It's a great car, but now we are looking for something a little bigger to transport two people, two dogs, camping gear and our trade stand and goods to dog shows around the country. We can't go too much longer than the Picasso as we have a limited amount of space for on-street parking, and need to be able to drive around winding lanes of Devon. We are not looking for a van. We like the look of Nissan Serena, Citroen Dispatch or similar. Looking to spend £5000 or less for something that would do 12-15,000 miles per year.

Asked on 19 August 2010 by sueandneal

Answered by Honest John
The Nissan Serena diesel is the worst dog of a vehicle I have ever had the displeasure of driving, but £5000 will get you a reasonable, facelift, TDI PD engined Galaxy, Alhambra or Sharan which are very spacious with all five rear seats left in the garage and are not restricted to 50mph on A-roads.
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