Best 7-Seater Cars You Can Buy 2025 – Carwow

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There are plenty of cars to choose from if you’ve got lots of passengers to haul around, but the best seven-seaters are far from the boring, van-based models of old. Some are genuinely desirable, not just for their practicality but for their poshness – such as Land Rover Defender.
Others, like the Hyundai Santa Fe and Peugeot 5008, aren’t as posh but make for excellent all-rounders; spacious and with eye-catching designs that’ll turn heads as you offload six children at the school gates.
Our expert reviews team has thoroughly tested every seven-seater, living with them as their own cars. After extensive road trips, school runs, loading them up with luggage and threading them through city streets, here are the ten best seven-seater cars on sale:
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Seven-seater SUVs are the more desirable options – generally speaking – and if you need a car with a bit of off-road ability or ground clearance, it’s a no-brainer. They tend to be tighter inside than van-based or -shaped cars, so if utmost interior space is your priority, the Volkswagen Multivan is worth considering – while the ID Buzz offers the best of both worlds.
If you take frequent long-distance road trips, you’re more likely to want a petrol- or diesel-powered car, as they’re more efficient at high speed and don’t require long motorway stops. That being said, EV technology is coming along, and the Kia EV9 and Peugeot 5008 offer generous mileage to a charge.
The BMW X7 and Range Rover are two of the poshest seven-seater cars on sale, oozing road presence and looking at-home parked next to a supercar. They’re very pricey though, and while they’re arguably worth the cost, there are far more affordable options which are just as adept at ferrying around six passengers – such as the Dacia Jogger.
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There aren’t actually any outright bad seven-seater cars on sale at the moment, but there are a few which lose points in particular areas. The Nissan X-Trail is a rather good SUV, but its rear seats are very tight – best for small children, or very occasional use.
The Citroen e-Spacetourer is a very spacious electric seven-seater, but it offers dismal range – you’ll struggle to see near 200 miles in the real world, so it’s near-useless as anything other than a city-going shuttle.
The Dacia Jogger is currently the cheapest seven-seater on the market. Prices start comfortably below £20,000, although you will want to spend a bit more for a few modern essentials like an 8.0-inch infotainment system and keyless entry. That pushes you up to the mid- and high-spec models, which hover around that £20k mark.
For the most passenger space in all three rows, the largest SUVs like the Land Rover Discovery, BMW X7 and Audi Q7 are the most spacious. The Dacia Jogger has a surprising amount of third-row space, too.
A plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Volkswagen Multivan will keep your fuel costs low if you have easy access to a charger, as you’ll barely have to use the engine. The Peugeot E-5008 also offers a PHEV version, and the regular hybrid is very economical, too.
The Peugeot 5008 offers a phenomenal 916 litres of boot space with the third-row of seats stowed away, which is impressive for an SUV. But the Volkswagen Multivan offers an immense 1,844 litres behind the second row, 3,672 litres with the seats removed, or 4,053 litres in the long-wheelbase version.
All modern 7-seater vehicles need to pass some stringent crash and safety tests before reaching the market. Even third-row passengers have full three-point seatbelts these days, and most luxury seven-seaters also offer airbags for every occupant.
Many of these cars are high-end luxury models, so their manufacturers fit them with the most sophisticated safety kit available.
If safety is your key concern, the Volvo XC90 is your best bet – Volvo crash tests it far beyond what regulations dictate, and so far not one person in the UK has died in one. That's a record to beat.
Additional seats on their own may not necessarily affect the insurance premium, however they will be considered together with the main rating factors such as the vehicle size, type, performance and its intended use.
Vehicle reliability is as much to do with maintenance and servicing (as well as a bit of luck) as it is with anything else, but the Kia Sorento and Skoda Kodiaq have a decent reputation fore dependability.  The Toyota Highlander is another good bet if you are looking for a trouble-free seven-seater.
To have seven seats a car naturally has to be relatively large, but the Mercedes GLB isn't vast, and the Dacia Jogger's estate (rather than SUV) design makes it seem less bulky than some models.
This really depends on whether you're looking at when all seven seats are in place, when only five are up, or when all five rear chairs are folded down. The Volvo XC90 has between 316 and 1,856 litres depending on how many seats you have in place, which is pretty decent.
Yep, the Mercedes EQB is a seven-seater, but the rear two are rather cramped.
The smaller Tesla Model Y is also available as a seven-seater in America, but in the UK only the five-seat Model Y is available at the moment. The Kia EV9 is the best electric seven-seater at the moment, and it's been joined by the Volvo EX90.
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