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Last updated June 17, 2024 by
Tom Wiltshire
10 best family cars with big boots
Given the financial pressures on many household budgets, if you’re shopping for a new family car with a big boot, it’s likely that a low price will be right at the top of its ‘must-have’ list of features.
At Carwow, our expert reviewers recognise how important value for money is, which is why our selection of the 10 best family cars with big boots are also from the affordable end of the price scale.
Each of these great choices has space for five people with an enormous boot to carry all of the kit that family life entails, yet are inexpensive to buy and run.
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It might look like a conventional family car, but don’t underestimate how clever the Peugeot 5008 is. It’s really a stealthy seven-seater MPV, disguised to look like a fashionable SUV to increase its desirability. Those third-row seats quickly and easily fold into the floor, revealing an enormous 952-litre boot. Each seat in the middle row slides back and forth individually, plus there are ISOFIX child seat mounting points for all three, too. Equipment levels are generous, with many 5008s featuring a huge sunroof to increase the sense of space inside. Economy-focused petrol and diesel engines ensure you won’t need to visit filling stations too often, either.
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Fresh to the market is the second-generation Skoda Kodiaq, the Czech company’s largest SUV. Big it may be in size, but true to Skoda’s roots, the Kodiaq still represents a lot of family car for the money, despite the increased sense of luxury one experiences thanks to the generous levels of equipment and high-grade interior materials. Seven-seater Kodiaqs are likely to be the most popular, with 845 litres of boot space available when the rearmost row is folded into the floor. If you don’t need space for seven, then there’s a version with five seats and an even larger, 910-litre boot.
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Dacia’s popularity illustrates how cheap family cars don’t have to be basic, with the big-booted Jogger earning its place as one of the best seven-seaters on sale. It’s an appealing cross between an estate and an SUV, with running costs kept bank balance-friendly courtesy of a small petrol engine and a very economical hybrid alternative. Inside, the Jogger’s practical rather than exciting, but niceties such as air-con and smartphone integration are available, so it’s not austere. If you don’t need to use the rearmost seats, they fold over easily presenting 699 litres of boot space, but you can increase this to 820 litres by removing them altogether.
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In recent years, one of the stalls Citroen set out for itself was to focus on making its cars exceedingly comfortable - the C5 Aircross is a case in point, with the goal largely achieved by a clever suspension system and sumptuous seats, but there’s more to it than that. It’s an SUV that’s on the larger end of the medium-sized scale, which makes its interior much roomier than many alternative choices, for both passengers and their luggage. How roomy? Well, choose a petrol- or diesel-engined version and this affordable SUV will provide 720 litres of boot space and still have oodles of room for five passengers. The battery pack for the plug-in hybrid versions reduces that down to 600 litres, but that’s only just outside this best 10.
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Reflecting how buyers' tastes have shifted in recent years, Volkswagen only offers its latest Passat as an estate, but given the saloon version of its predecessor was a slow seller, few will notice its demise. Big estate cars with enormous boots frequently serve-up a value-focused family car package and the Passat’s no exception, with high levels of equipment, a plush, upmarket interior and a cavernous 690-litre boot while keeping all five seats in use. There’s a plug-in hybrid version, too, but again the cargo bay is reduced to accommodate a battery pack under the boot floor, dropping the capacity to 510 litres.
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Battery range up to 35 miles
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Not only does Peugeot’s latest 308 SW look great thanks to its sharp styling and bold paint options, it also offers even more room in its boot than the larger 508 SW range does, making its spaciousness feel like great value for money. How big are we talking? Choose your 308 SW with either an economical petrol or diesel engine and you have 608 litres of boot space available while keeping all five seats in use. Be mindful that if the even lower running costs of the plug-in hybrid or fully electric e-308 SW appeal to you, the battery pack under the boot floor erodes the available space, reducing it to a still very useful figure of 548 litres.
Battery range up to 46 miles
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As a consummate family-focused car with a big boot, the Skoda Octavia Estate takes some beating. Compact enough to be nimble in town and easy to park, yet sufficiently accommodating to easily deal with five people and all of their kit, the Octavia is a feel-good, value-focused choice that doesn’t feel remotely cheap. Economical to run, with a choice of petrol and diesel engines, it’s well-made, reliable and the 640-litre boot will cope with everything from tip runs to impromptu camping weekends and everything else between.
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Hyundai’s had a similar reinvention to Skoda, emerging from the ranks of cheap and not very cheerful motors to cars of all shapes and sizes that have desirability as standard. Whereas Skoda’s trodden a largely conservative path, Hyundai’s dared to be bold with its styling as the Tucson ably demonstrates. Practicality hasn’t been diluted in pursuit of this drive to be noticed, though - in petrol-only form the Tucson’s boot is a commodious 620 litres with five seats in play, but the fuel efficient hybrid versions are only four litres shy of that total. Proof that affordable family cars with big boots needn’t be boring.
Battery range up to 213 miles
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There’s no hiding the electric Citroen e-Berlingo’s van-based origins, but then again, there’s no need to. Berlingo owners rave about their cars’ flexible, intelligent use of space, which make them perfect family cars if you can accept the perpendicular styling. Sliding doors at the back reduce the likelihood of car park dings, storage areas and shelving are dotted about everywhere, including up in the roof on some versions and the boot is simply enormous. The smaller, five-seater e-Berlingo has 775 litres, while folding the rearmost pair away on the longer, seven-seater XL version liberates a cavernous 1050-litre space. If you don’t like the Citroen’s front-end styling, then there are alternative nose designs on the otherwise near-identical Peugeot e-Rifter, Toyota Proace City Verso Electric and Vauxhall Combo Life Electric.
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Age may not be on the Volkswagen Touran’s side these days, but for those who prefer the adaptable flexibility of a traditional MPV over a showier SUV, the VW still takes some beating. Compact exterior dimensions cleverly hide a very spacious and adaptable interior, which feels robust without adopting van-like industrial fixtures and fittings. Seven seats are squeezed into the Touran’s compact footprint, but for those who more frequently find themselves driving with four passengers and their cargo, the VW’s back seats are quickly folded into the floor. Doing so provides 633 litres of available boot space in this affordable compact people carrier.
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