Have you looked at Passat ? My Girls , both lanky always complain about leg room, untill I had a passat. The jag X-type was hopeless for rear passengers.

Mazda, not sure about how good the dealer support is, when things go wrong, many postings on here about mazda 6.

Exactly my buying dilemma three years ago. Son is now 6ft 6. Also wanted big carrying capacity and, of course, at the best price. We were prepared to spend K16 tops. After weeks spent looking, fitting son into back/front seat we finally found the car that ticked our boxes. It took a week to get our head round the idea but, at K11 we were also saving on what we had budgeted.

We've had the Berlingo for nearly four years now: no regrets, hasn't put a foot wrong.

Not on your agenda I imagine, but undeniably a very practical and relatively cheap solution.