An emergency solution to not move two cars, a need for large families, or for those who need a large load capacity, the seven-seaters are versatile, multi-purpose cars with the most varied performances. Here are ten of the most interesting by quality and price.
DACIA JOGER
The Jogger is a Dacia, and as such an unbeatable example of value for money, when the price is "the" question. In this case, it is not only the cheapest seven-seater on the market —at practically a utility price—, but its attractiveness is reinforced by a variety of mechanical options that include proposals with ECO cataloging, either for LPG gas or with the recently released with the name Hybrid which is nothing but the E-Tech technology of the Renault Clio.
The other advantages of LPG will also be the lower cost of use, with an announced average consumption of 4.3 kg of gas/100 km for gas and 4.9 l/100 km for hybrids, which are also the most powerful of the range with its 140 CV. At the center of the range are the versions powered by the 110 hp TCe engine.
If I had to hang a label on the Dacia Jogger, it would be the versatile one since its bodywork has more to do with that of a crossover than with a regular minivan. Hence also a ground clearance of 200 mm, enough to fearlessly leave the asphalt and be able to travel on some path. It is marketed in versions of five and seven seats differentiated for less than 1,000 euros and a trunk of 506 liters in the seven-seater versions and 607 in the five.
The level of equipment and correct perception of the quality of the interior is no longer a surprise. It is true that they are not those of a Premium, nor perhaps of many generalists, but in any case, this Dacia shows the progress experienced by the brand in recent years.
DSFK 580
A good price (€26,495 for the most sophisticated) and great equipment with elements such as led headlights, leather upholstery, and Smartphone connectivity define the DSFK 580, an SUV of Chinese origin that in our country is exclusively available in a gasoline version, with an engine 1.5 turbocharged indirect injection, 146 CV of maximum power and CVT automatic transmission. Label C, therefore, is exclusively for a car with fair dynamic ambition and comparatively higher consumption than that of a good part of its rivals that does not tarnish a more than good feeling of interior space and a trunk that, folding down the two rows of seats, exceeds 2,200 l. capacity.
If a complementary value in the DSFK 580 had to be highlighted, it would have to come from a more than outstanding turning capacity for a 4.68 m long car. It is advertised at 10.6 m, something that is only up to the very good ones and can make a difference in urban use and having to access and exit more than one public car park.
MERCEDES GLB
The Mercedes GLB dates from 2020, three years which means that it may not include the brand's latest design elements, especially its interiors, but it does have that family character that allows you to access all commands with ease. A good part of them is controlled by the MBUX system, one of the best voice recognition currently on sale.
Currently it is available in five and seven-seater versions, these with an extra cost of less than 1,200 euros, and both with 14 cm of longitudinal adjustment in the second row of seats. They lose 70 l of trunk capacity, for a total of 500 although there is no difference in capacity between the front-wheel drive and integral versions -mechanics-.
Six engine proposals, 4 in gasoline from 136 to 306 CV and two turbodiesels from 150 and 190 CV make up the mechanical offer of the GLB, all of them with the DGT C label, with sufficient power and performance to satisfy many demands: from the minimum cost of use to radical benefits.
Its driving and setting on the asphalt define it as a Mercedes in every sense of the expression. It may not be the lightest, but it shines brightly in terms of a sense of poise in corners, in terms of precision cornering, and the feeling of confidence it conveys. It is cushioning, a magnificent balance between comfort and dynamism that makes the variable firmness suspension an appreciable, but not necessary, element that saves almost 1,400 euros. Yes. Because to be a Mercedes and a seven-seater SUV, a starting price below 43,000 euros, always with an automatic transmission.
NISSAN X TRAIL
The fourth generation of the Nissan X-Trail breaks with the previous installments in several aspects. All versions have an Eco label, either by micro hybridization or by e-Power technology, in a fork that goes from 163 to 213 CV, in this case with the e-4orce all-wheel drive.
More than for its economy of daily use, the e-Power stands out for its ease of use, smoothness, and forceful response to the accelerator. Not surprisingly, an electric motor of 150 kW or two of 150 and 94 respectively in the e-4orce all-wheel drive are responsible for moving the X-Trail using the energy of a battery of just 2 kWh capacity powered by a Bold 1.5L three-cylinder petrol engine with variable compression ratio.
Being a seven-seater —or, as usual in these cases, a 5+2-seater, the latter being more valid for children or people with more agility and flexibility than height—, the X-Trail offers a generous interior in width and in terms of legroom. It is also characterized by excellent insulation and a trunk that, although it exceeds what is reasonable, in no case does it reach the top. It announces 585 l for the micro-hybrid version and 575 for the e-Power, which is reduced to 485 l when we talk about the seven-seater versions (just 800 euros more expensive). More remarkable is the equipment, especially the most select versions. Neither the longitudinal adjustment of the second row (22 cm) nor the projection of information on the windshield from the N-Connecta versions is missing.
PEUGEOT 5008
The Peugeot 5008 is one of the most practical and family-friendly seven-seater SUVs that we can imagine thanks to its most generous space, a second row of seats with three individual seats with longitudinal displacement and some last usable seats for people above the 1.70 m and can be removed with one hand. Its trunk overwhelms. It announces 780 l of maximum capacity and a ground clearance of 236 mm, higher even than a good part of the all-terrain vehicles that are still on the market, and can reassure anyone who wants to do some country excursion.
Unlike its five-seater brother, the 3008, the Peugeot 5008 does not have plug-in hybrid variants, nor does it have the DGT Eco badge, although this last flaw will be overcome in a few weeks after the announcement of the micro-hybridized versions with a 48-volt system. which is slightly more powerful than its pure gasoline equivalents and spends around half a liter less gasoline per 100 km. This could bequeath to move the vehicle by itself independently of the gasoline engine when maneuvering or assisting the thermal in situations of maximum demand.
Like Peugeot that it is, it is characterized by the i-cockpit driving position or, what is the same, a position with the small steering wheel located in a very low position and the instrumentation above, which conditions the absence of a Head-up display.
RENAULT GRAND SCENIC
Its more crossover than minivan design justifies the inclusion of the Renault Grand Scénic —heir to a vanishing minivan tradition— in this list of attractive seven-seaters. Its differentiating note, the proposal of a large rim and narrow tire designed to improve aerodynamics and reduce consumption adds the comfort of use in small potholes and speed bumps, but it is not entirely convincing in the face of more demanding use.
At present, it occurs exclusively in seven-seater and gasoline versions with 140 and 160 CV powered by the same engine block, the 1.33-liter TCe, with a price that in manual versions starts at 31,000 euros. 1,700 more expensive are the versions with EDC dual-clutch transmission, while the most powerful start at 34,000 euros.
It is not overwhelming, but the trunk is more than correct,
announced at 533 liters, and consumption, around 6.5 l/100 km, the declared
average, which together with some non-radical features identify the Grand
Scénic as a decidedly family car above other criteria.
SEAT TARRACO
Much more than a seven-seater Ateca, the Seat Tarraco complements it in every way by adding that variable of the two additional seats or a trunk that in its most favorable version, with five seats, goes up to 760 l in both versions of front-wheel drive as well as four-wheel drive. Something less, 700 l, declare the seven-seater variants, 800 euros more expensive.
The possibilities of mechanical choice go through fuel and traction. Diesel lovers have two options 150 with front-wheel drive and 200 CV with all-wheel drive. The records of the latter, 6.4 l/100 km of the average consumption and 7.8 s in acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h, the most powerful make it a great travel car. Better even than the gasoline ones, a 1.5 TSI of 150 CV and a 2.0 of 190, or the plug-in hybrid of 245 CV and Zero emissions label.
Its price range starts at 37,000 euros for the gasoline versions and 150 CV (6.6 l/100 km), at 38,800 for the Diesel of the same power (5.3 l/100 km of average consumption), and at 50,500 for the e-Hybrid.
SKODA KODIAQ
A good part of the qualifiers applicable to the Seat Tarraco is applicable to the Skoda Kodiaq, not in vain both share DNA, structure, platform, and other invisible elements, although there is not a total correspondence in terms of the engines used -in this case it does not include the 190 CV TSI- nor, logically, elements such as trim, coatings, personalization of information, or driving nuances.
In this case, the mechanical offer focuses exclusively on the C label with two gasoline proposals as differentiated as the 150 CV TSI 1.5 and the 245 CV RS sports cars (6.5 s in 0 to 100 km/h and 234 km/h). h maximum speed with an average consumption of 8.7 l/100 km) and two other TDI versions of 150 and 200 hp (the latter always with four-wheel drive and DSG automatic transmission).
The feeling of interior space and load capacity will depend on the interior configuration since the sliding rear seats would allow converting the 530 l into a 725 at the cost of sacrificing part of the comfort of the occupants.
SSANGYONG REXTON
The SsangYong Rexton may not be the most technologically advanced car on the market, but it is a very spacious car, it has a huge trunk and it is a "real" 4x4, one of the few that remain and with a price range that barely opens after 40,000 euros. Logically, the choice options are centered on equipment items since there is only one mechanical version, a 2.2-liter Diesel that exceeds 200 CV, not particularly frugal in its use and somewhat noisier than usual, exclusively associated with an automatic change of comfortable use.
Being a 4x4 to use, they are not missing a mechanical all-wheel drive, the "real" ones, nor a reduction gear that can save us from more than one problem when succumbing to the temptation to leave the asphalt.
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN XL
Big, very big by the standards of a brand that still has the Touareg above, the Volkswagen Tiguan XL lives up to that name and is “something more” than a Tiguan. In this case, two extra seats that condition its trunk and increase the versatility of use of an SUV are defined in its driving by precision, by a variety of mechanical proposals, and that rational, Cartesian presentation and little given to overstimulation based on artifice. Its price range goes from 41,000 euros for the TSI 1.5 with 150 CV to more than 61,000 for the TDI 2.0 with all-wheel drive, automatic transmission, and 200 CV of maximum power.
Its motor range is simpler than that of the five-seater
Tiguan. It focuses on intermediate powers, 150 CV in gasoline and Diesel, with
the top notes of the 190 TSI and 200 TDI versions. They are not associated,
perhaps due to the requirement of their higher weight, nor the
"basic" 122 Diesel variants CV or the gasoline Evo with 130 CV ...
nor the anecdotal R 320. Logic, pure and simple, in a seven-family format.
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