Recommend me (my daughter) a car with a big boot.

[GuzziPaul]

Middle daughter is expecting twins Dec/January and needs a car with a big boot to get a double pram is and associated baby stuff. She currently has an automatic Micra ( but a full licence) and boyfriend has an automatic Aygo and only an auto licence.

Doesn't want diesel (Glasgow id going ULEZ) if she can help it. Not got a price limit yet but I reckon below £15k

So far I have suggested:
Kia Sorrento
Skoda Octavia

[Wossname]

She'd get a Superb estate for that, Shirley? An estate, or something like a Cmax/Touran, would be the way to go.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Yeah Skoda Superb has a proper 3 body boot. i'd have thought you can get one with the DSG auto box and a petrol engine.

EDIT....for your £15k you can get 3! Hardly the most glamorous of cars, but I'm guessing anyone who currently has a Micra Auto DGAS about such things.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-detail ... 500&page=1

[KungFooBob]

L200, Amorak, Hilux, etc.. all have big loads areas, but not so practical, so maybe a Landcruiser Amazon.

[Nidge]

Couple of grand over budget but great boot size: https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-detail ... sed&page=1

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Ford Mondeo, any model, any year, they've all got huge load areas and are nice to drive.

[Mr. Dazzle]

FWIW I can get Baby D's running buggy - which is bigger than a regular pram - all here paraphernalia and weekend bags for Mrs D and I into the boot of my 3 series saloon, I don't think you need to worry too much about getting a massive car.

[GuzziPaul]

Yeah Skoda Superb has a proper 3 body boot. i'd have thought you can get one with the DSG auto box and a petrol engine.

EDIT....for your £15k you can get 3! Hardly the most glamorous of cars, but I'm guessing anyone who currently has a Micra Auto DGAS about such things.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-detail ... 500&page=1

She dislikes cars and driving, so does the boyfriend. Sent her links to the Skodas. They could also do a bit of Taxu driving on an evening if they get bored.

[v8-powered]

Kia Optima Estate, actually a very nice car to drive with acres of room.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

She dislikes cars and driving, so does the boyfriend.

Don't have a car then, my mother and father managed without one and we lived about two miles down an unpaved lane from the nearest shop.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Don't have a car then, my mother and father managed without one and we lived about two miles down an unpaved lane from the nearest shop >50 years ago when no-one else had a car and towns life was set up accordingly.

FTFY

[GuzziPaul]

She dislikes cars and driving, so does the boyfriend.

Don't have a car then, my mother and father managed without one and we lived about two miles down an unpaved lane from the nearest shop.

Quite hard doing her job without a car ( she will continue to work0 and the bofried works in the middle of nowhere north of Glasgow, so they still need two cars.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Don't have a car then, my mother and father managed without one and we lived about two miles down an unpaved lane from the nearest shop >50 years ago when no-one else had a car and towns life was set up accordingly.

FTFY

You might be correct

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

She dislikes cars and driving, so does the boyfriend.

Don't have a car then, my mother and father managed without one and we lived about two miles down an unpaved lane from the nearest shop.

Quite hard doing her job without a car ( she will continue to work0 and the bofried works in the middle of nowhere north of Glasgow, so they still need two cars.

The typos intimate at furious typing, I hope not and it's just fat fone fingers.

To be fair to me, I know nothing about your daughter and her bofried, and I still stand by my suggestion of Mondeo, but if she dislikes cars why not get a Mazda Bongo Friendee, how could anyone hate such a daftly named vehicle.

[Mr. Dazzle]

but if she dislikes cars why not get a Mazda Bongo Friendee, how could anyone hate such a daftly named vehicle.

I find it hard to disagree with this.

[Potter]

Do they still make Ford estate cars? This seems like a sensible option as a family car with twin babies.
With £15k you can get something very good if you don't go for a premium option and aim for functionality.

[GuzziPaul]

Don't have a car then, my mother and father managed without one and we lived about two miles down an unpaved lane from the nearest shop.

Quite hard doing her job without a car ( she will continue to work0 and the bofried works in the middle of nowhere north of Glasgow, so they still need two cars.

The typos intimate at furious typing, I hope not and it's just fat fone fingers.

To be fair to me, I know nothing about your daughter and her bofried, and I still stand by my suggestion of Mondeo, but if she dislikes cars why not get a Mazda Bongo Friendee, how could anyone hate such a daftly named vehicle.

Sorry, yes fat fingers/fast typing. trying to do some proper work and just come on here for a quick check. Mondeo may be oK and possibly cheaper on bits then a Skoda, however I do like VAG DSG autos and I don't know if the Mondeo auto is a dual clutch

[the_priest]

I have a Skoda Octavia and it has been brilliant. Lots of rooms, cavernous boot on the hatchback version and it just works. Mine is basic model, but does everything very nicely thankyou. Also insurance is good, economy on the 1.4 is fine and it does motorway work quite happily as well. DSG versions are nice enough to drive (my brother had one), albeit that I have a six speed manual.

[GuzziPaul]

She's just got a 2nd hand pram/push chair combination thing. £750. New they are over £2k Everything for twins is expensive and prams even more so. This is a women that didn't want kids, pregency was a suprise to us all and twins was a complete shock as no previous form on either side of the family.

[Mussels]

I had a 1.8l petrol Mazda 5, not much of a drivers car but superbly flexible for children and their assorted junk.