Choosing a family car to suit the growing needs of an increasingly hard-to-manage household is a stressful thing, and you don’t need telling that. With young children in tow, life can get more rewarding, but also much, much more difficult. Your car needn’t be an impediment to such growing pains; indeed, it ought to be a help! Nice as it would be to buy a flashy, new, full-featured car, it’s not as feasible nowadays, especially with so many mouths to feed.
Navigating the used car market for an affordable car isn’t easy, particularly when you need a suitable size and level of safety for your family, and without even factoring in your likely undersized budget. Luckily, there are a great many suitable family-friendly daily drivers on the used car market, a good few of which remain heavy hitters even against today’s hi-tech fare. Here you’ll find four of the best currently available on the market. Whether you’re shopping online or looking in areas like Peterborough for used cars, you’re sure to find models that are cheap enough to buy, and all but guaranteed to make your family life a little easier.
1. Skoda Kodiaq
The Skoda Kodiaq is a relatively recent car, and one you can still find on showroom floors, but if you buy used, you can benefit from the significant depreciation they experience as soon as they leave the showroom floor. Skoda’s new electric range is unrivalled; with well-resolved controls and a roomy interior, the Skoda Kodiaq is one of the best of the bunch, and an overall great car for large families. It’s not quite as upmarket as some models, but if boot space and seats matter most to you, you’re in luck.
2. Volkswagen Golf
The Volkswagen Golf is a quintessential make of car, which has endured for good reason over the last few decades. Lately, it’s started to shed its recent-ish boy-racer hatchback reputation in favour of slowly changing into an SUV; however, it’s still much smaller and lighter than the average SUV. They’re great in fuel efficiency and easier to drive, and all the better for family driving on account of their newfound and decent interior space, which can fit up to five family members.
3. Volvo XC40
The former What Car? Car of the Year, the Volvo XC40 offers style and safety in equal and considerable measure. It includes features like automatic emergency braking, lane-keeping assistance, blind spot monitoring, and 360-degree cameras, all of which will make you feel a little more confident behind the wheel and with your children in tow.
4. BMW X5
Last but not least, if you don’t mind becoming a ‘Beemer driver’, the X5 is a great family-friendly choice for its considerable space, four-wheel drive security and remarkable sub-SUV-style BMW handling. Over the years, the model has become bigger and more luxurious, yet it is still just as reliable. You can safely transport your family while looking good doing so.
