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Best SUVs with 7 seats of 2024
If a standard five-seat car isn’t enough for you, you might want to consider an SUV with seven seats. We’ve selected the 10 best high-riding cars with enough seats for a septet to travel in style.
Battery range up to 34 miles
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The Q7 is something of a beast, looming large in the rear-view mirrors of other cars and taking up a fair bit of roadspace. The upside for drivers and their passengers is that the cabin is massive, with a decent amount of space in the third row of seats for grown-ups – plus ISOFIX mounts in all the five rear seats. If you opt for the plug-in hybrid version, though, you only get the five seats.
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The Kodiaq has masses of space in the second row of seats, with three ISOFIX anchor points for child seats (with an optional extra one on the front passenger seat). The rear third row of seats is really only suitable for smaller kids on booster cushions, because space is in short supply.
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If you’re after a practical, seven-seat family car but can’t or don’t want to shell out huge sums for an expensive off-roader, the Dacia Jogger offers an interesting twist on the usual formula for a seven-seat SUV. This 2023 carwow Buy It Award winner might look like a regular estate car at first glance but it is, in fact, big, chunky and spacious, just like you expect from an SUV.
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The Land Rover Defender, as the name’s heritage suggests, can cope with just about every adverse situation imaginable. It will deal with the school run extremely well, making rivals such as the Volvo XC90 look decidedly soft next to its rugged exterior. If you regularly need to use seven seats, you'll need to choose the 130 variant.
The largest model in the Volvo range has been around for a few years, but its quality ensures that it’s still one of the best seven-seaters currently on sale. Seven fully grown adults can travel together – as long as those in the third row don’t mind squeezing in a little. Unusually, for a car brand with safety at its core, there are no ISOFIX points in the third row.
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SEAT’s family SUV has a very spacious cabin, but the third row is a tad tight: even though the middle row bench slides back and forth, it’s a squeeze when travelling seven-up. ISOFIX points only on the outer seats of the middle row means it’s not as child-friendly as some rivals.
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The compact GLB is boxy and upright, as we expect an SUV to be, while the interior is well-appointed, with a high-quality cabin. The rear seats are spacious, but the third row is very tight, so it’s very much an adult-free zone. There are ISOFIX anchor points in the outer two middle-row seats and in both of the third-row seats.
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We think that Kia’s ruggedly handsome Sorento is one of the best family SUVs around, thanks to its spacious, practical character and a very cool digital dashboard. You might be able to squeeze a couple of adults in the third row of seats, but only for short journeys. There is, however, more than enough leg-and-headroom in the middle row and there are four ISOFIX points, on the outer seats in the middle row and on both of the third-row seats.
2025
Adventurer's Choice Award
Battery range up to 45 miles
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The X5 seats seven seats, but only as a cost option and the extra row isn’t as spacious as rivals such as a Land Rover Discovery. However, it does afford you two extra seats for children: adults can be squeezed in for short trips but won’t want to undertake long journeys. The second row of seats is much more spacious and there’s enough width to the cabin for three to travel in comfort without too much rubbing of elbows.
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The spacious Peugeot 5008 has lots of room in the middle row of seats, with its three individual sliding-and-reclining seats, so it’s ideal for the needs of kids and child safety seats (with an ISOFIX point for each seat). The third row of seats is relatively tight for space, but they fold flat and can lift out entirely to create a massive 2,150-litre boot.
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