People carrier buying guide

Sometimes there is no substitute for space, and lots of it. Maybe you have a family that just keeps on getting bigger. Perhaps you are in business and want the flexibility of a vehicle that isn't a van 100% of the time.

Then a career in the taxi business may beckon and there is no other vehicle that is more suited to not just accommodating bodies, but their luggage too. Whatever the real reason why you want cubic metres of mobile storage, the brilliant truth is that there is a massive amount of options in the used car market.

People carriers have never been better to drive, more practical, or so well equipped. You might well struggle for some of those qualities at the lower reaches of a Bangernomics budget, but on the whole you will be able to pick up more seats than you thought, for less.

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