7 seater estate?

Black Sky

Dub13 wrote:

I will be in the market for a 7 seater next year with a budget of 20k.Any recommendation's...?

To be different to your normal Opel Zafira, Renault Scenic drivers go Honda.
I recently bought an 02 Honda Odyssey 7 seater for about 18K.
Singapore import, 2.3 vtec (2253cc), automatic/manual(tiptronic type jobbie), full leather, alloys, kids can walk between first and middle row of seats, middle row of seats tilt fwd individually (unlike zafira bench which all or nothing),the back row of seats suprisingly ok for adults for short journeys, but as usual very limited boot space with back seats up, and back seats fold flat but not quiet as flat as a zafira.Just had VisionFx do some window tints on it.
MPV of the year in Singapore, Australia etc in early 2000's.

http://www.cbg.ie/Car_detail.asp?CBGID=501331&ID=772205&NumPics=3&Make=Honda&Model=Odyssey&frmFilter=#
http://www.cbg.ie/Car_detail.asp?CBGID=380691&ID=638380&NumPics=3&Make=Honda&Model=Odyssey&frmFilter=
http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=452233

Fey!

I don't know if they're available here, but I travelled in a Buick MPV type thing in China recently. Great space, and very comfortable (3 of us in the group were between 6'3" and 6'6", and we had no problems). Can't remember if it was a 6 or 7 seater, though.

prospect

ninty9er wrote:

The SW doesn't have 7 seats. 2 of my neighbours have them.

Yes it does, it has the option of being a standard estate, or a 7 seater.

Blue850

And now for something different;)

http://www.classiccarsireland.nl/autos_detail.asp?ID=190

breanoh

Blue, i love your way of thinking! That would be a great Family car!
The laguna had a 7 seats, but the rear seats faced the bootlid, and the kids basically sat on the floor. The Renault 21 Savanna was a much better option, 3 proper rows of seats, nice(ish) design, good 1.7l engine, there was also a 2.0 and a 1.9 td, It has typical Renault comfort, and none of the three of them my family had up until 2003 ever broke down. I think they went out of production in '95 or '96, and there aren't very many around. but well worth looking for. I actually regret sending our last one to the crusher!

Fey!

Blue - very nice find!

tribesman

The small 7 seater MPVs (Zafira, Scenic, & Touran etc) don't have a big enough boot if you need to use the back row. I'm not sure a double buggy would fit in there with the back row in use.

If you don't want to move up to a bigger car, how about the Fiat Multipla? The looks are not to everyones liking but it has six seats without sacrificing on boot space.

If you care to go bigger the Sharan, Galaxy, Alhambra & Espace have seven seats and still have a decent size boot.

prospect

tribesman wrote:

If you care to go bigger the Sharan, Galaxy, Alhambra & Espace have seven seats and still have a decent size boot.

I beg to differ,
I have a colleague with a '05 Grand Espace, and with all seats in position, the boot space is crap.

Completely agree on th multipla though. A great car to drive aswell.

tribesman

prospect wrote:

I beg to differ,
I have a colleague with a '05 Grand Espace, and with all seats in position, the boot space is crap.

Fair enough. I hadn't actually seen the boot size. I assumed it would be a decent size since the Espace is bigger than the Grand Scenic.

Fey!

and you'll buy a Multipla fairly cheap. Here's a list:

http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=search&maxrows=100&MakeID=8&xMakeID=8&ModelID=69&xModelID=69&Year=&xYear=&submit=Find+cars+%3E%3E

Check out the 1979 one...

prospect

tribesman wrote:

Fair enough. I hadn't actually seen the boot size. I assumed it would be a decent size since the Espace is bigger than the Grand Scenic.

You would be forgiven for thinking that, I was the same until I actually saw it.

Lex Luthor

Black Sky wrote:

To be different to your normal Opel Zafira, Renault Scenic drivers go Honda.
I recently bought an 02 Honda Odyssey 7 seater for about 18K.
Singapore import, 2.3 vtec (2253cc), automatic/manual(tiptronic type jobbie), full leather, alloys, kids can walk between first and middle row of seats, middle row of seats tilt fwd individually (unlike zafira bench which all or nothing),the back row of seats suprisingly ok for adults for short journeys, but as usual very limited boot space with back seats up, and back seats fold flat but not quiet as flat as a zafira.Just had VisionFx do some window tints on it.
MPV of the year in Singapore, Australia etc in early 2000's.

http://www.cbg.ie/Car_detail.asp?CBGID=501331&ID=772205&NumPics=3&Make=Honda&Model=Odyssey&frmFilter=#
http://www.cbg.ie/Car_detail.asp?CBGID=380691&ID=638380&NumPics=3&Make=Honda&Model=Odyssey&frmFilter=
http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=452233

My neighbour has a Honda Stream and looks very similar to that Odyssey....are they the same car? Is the Stream available over here? They look very practical.

Black Sky

Lex Luthor wrote:

My neighbour has a Honda Stream and looks very similar to that Odyssey....are they the same car? Is the Stream available over here? They look very practical.

Loadza Honda Streams available on carzone and cbg. I actually went out with the intention of test driving some Streams, as they were in the 15K to 16K price bracket, but just happened to be an Odyssey in the garage I took as well, and that was that. Stream is basically the Honda equivalent of the Zafira, etc. but I think being a Honda carried a price premium so never imported to these parts.


A couple have soem extra body kit styling...
http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=362047
http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=336512