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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.

Audi Q7

1. Audi Q7

9/10
Audi Q7 review
Battery range up to 34 miles
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.
Skoda Kodiaq

2. Skoda Kodiaq

9/10
Skoda Kodiaq review
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.
Dacia Jogger
2024
Smart Spender Award

3. Dacia Jogger

9/10
Dacia Jogger review
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.
Land Rover Defender 110

4. Land Rover Defender

9/10
Land Rover Defender 110 review
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.
Volvo XC90

5. Volvo XC90

8/10
Volvo XC90 review
Battery range up to 28 miles
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.
SEAT Tarraco

6. SEAT Tarraco

8/10
SEAT Tarraco review
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.
Mercedes GLB

7. Mercedes GLB

8/10
Mercedes GLB review
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.
Kia Sorento

8. Kia Sorento

8/10
Kia Sorento review
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.
BMW X5

9. BMW X5

9/10
BMW X5 review
Battery range up to 45 miles
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.
Peugeot 5008

10. Peugeot 5008

7/10
Peugeot 5008 review
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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If you think the Dacia Jogger counts as an SUV – and we do – it offers seven roomy seats, with two rear ISOFIX points as standard, for not very much money. It’s about all the car you could ever really need (apart from a relatively low NCAP safety rating). If the Jogger isn’t SUV enough, you’ll need to spend more than twice as much more for the Peugeot 5008, with the SEAT Tarraco a close second.

If you looking for the largest exterior dimensions, the new long-wheelbase seven-seat Range Rover, with a total exterior length of 5,252mm, just beats the Mercedes GLS. If you’re looking for the most interior space, then the BMW X7 has a massive 954mm of rear legroom.

The Peugeot 5008 the winner in this category, Fold down the third row and you have 780 litres of boot volume to play with: fold down all the seats, and remove the third row entirely, and you have a bott capacity of 2,150 litres, although you won’t have a flat load floor. The Skoda Kodiaq offers more space, with a maximum 835 litres on offer, but not in the seven-seat variant.

The huge rise in SUV sales over the last two decades has largely killed off the seven-seat MPV market. A few models reamian, such as the Volkswagen Touran, and the Ford S-Max and Galaxy, although Volkswagen also now has the impressive new Multivan. Beyond that, you’re looking at van-based seven-seaters such as the Peugeot Traveller or the Citroen Berlingo. And if you’re looking for space, these are the cars you should be buying: they’re usually roomier than an SUV and tend to have better fuel economy and emissions, too.

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