Best Family SUVs and 7-Seaters in Melbourne: A Buyer's Guide

Choosing a Family SUV or 7-Seater

Whether you need room for a pram, sport gear or grandparents, the right family car makes daily life easier. Here is what to think about.

Five seats or seven?

If you only need the third row occasionally, a mid-size SUV with a 5+2 layout may do. If you will use all seats every day, look at a large SUV or a people mover with proper adult-size third-row room and air vents.

Safety

Check the ANCAP rating and the date it was awarded, plus features such as autonomous emergency braking, blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert and curtain airbags that reach the third row.

Child seats

Count the ISOFIX and top-tether points. Bring your child seats to the test drive and fit them.

Hybrid, plug-in or electric

Hybrids save fuel in stop-start traffic, plug-in hybrids can do the school run on electricity, and EVs are cheapest to run if you can charge at home. Read our electric and hybrid guide.

Family cars we sell

• Footscray: Hyundai Tucson, Santa Fe and Palisade; Kia Sportage, Sorento and Carnival; Mitsubishi Outlander; Isuzu MU-X; Chery Tiggo; GAC M8; XPENG G6 and X9; Geely EX5.
• Melton: Nissan X-Trail and Patrol; Haval H6 and Tank (GWM); Mitsubishi Outlander; Renault Koleos.

Finance, trade-ins and fleet

Our finance team can arrange car loans, novated leases and business finance (see finance). We will value your trade-in, or buy your car outright through Sell My Car. Buying with an ABN or for a fleet? See our business and fleet page.

Visit or enquire

Browse new, demo and used stock online, see the latest offers, or use the form on this page and the right dealership will get back to you. You can also see all our dealerships.