I've been looking at these as " perhaps one for the future" because you can get three child seats across the middle row but there are also three pairs of isofix mounts in the middle too, which is quite unsusual.

But Peugeot scored a design own goal because the 5008's "funky" underfloor storage means the floor is not strong enough to take the child seat base unit's down arm. So you either have to use fiddly top tethers or fill the floor storage with a telephone directory.

I wish people would read a little about the subject before they put pen to paper or do they think that we should return to the late 40s when cars did weigh a lot and used large inefficient engines..

I shouldn't imagine many people visit this site who can remember anything about driving in the late 40s - or are you thinking of fuel consumption? :-)

I would remind you that today's cars are anything up to 50% heavier than corresponding ones designed and built 20-30 years back. Luckily engine technology has compensated for the gain in weight and fuel consumption has more than kept up. The reasons are safety (crumple zones etc), more-or-less unnecessary gizmos which take up space, and a general tendency towards obesity, perhaps like many of the potential buyers.

And 'reading about the subject' does not necessarily provide the same experience as hands-on.

Edited by Andrew-T on 25/10/2013 at 16:21