Buying New or Used 7 Seater Options

deepm123 on 02/10/2019 - 13:05
Last edited 02/10/2019 - 20:56

My car got written off recently and was totally not prepared for such situation.

A] Can you please help with options for 7 Seater.

I have narrowed down to following choices :

Toyota - Kluger, Privus V
Mitsubishi - Outlander
Honda - CRV , Odyssey

B] I have option of Novated lease from company, buy second hand through car sales, pickes auction. Any thoughts on best aaproach.

C] Not so keen but last option could be buy new from dealer .. budget should not be issue but yeah if I get good second hand then I prefer that.

Thanks for your help in advance

Edit - I will be using the 3rd row rarely i.e. less then 20 days in a year.

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  • Reppunkamui on 02/10/2019 - 13:18
    +1

    Would recommend Kia Sorrento (7 seater SUV).

    Novated lease depends on your car usage (high is good) and employer flexibility. Nowadays, the warranties and guaranteed price servicing from the manufacturer is pretty good.

    2nd hand depends on the model (some depreciate faster than others, some more reliable than others, and some have well documented issues) and your general vehicle maintenance expertise to avoid buying a lemon.

    Pickles auction is really risky (both ways, getting a bargain and a lemon). Not my preference either.

    Good luck.

  • pyramid on 02/10/2019 - 13:21
    +1

    whats your budget? do you regularly carry 7 people or occasionally? did you check carsales with your filters?

  • [Deactivated] on 02/10/2019 - 13:30

    consistent 7 seater use, Kia Carnival or Hyundai iLoad
    occasional 6th and 7th seat usage, Outlander/Kluger/Sorrento/SantaFe

  • humdingaling on 02/10/2019 - 13:52

    Are all 7 seats being filled by adults or children?
    it can get rather squishing at the back of these cars if you are fielding all adults
    inversely if you have kids that require child seats ….certain year/models combinations may not accommodate 3rd row anchors

    also bear in mind
    Most of the listed leave you with limited boot space if you are using the 3rd row

    • 87percent on 02/10/2019 - 14:05

      THIS… 7 seaters in the back suck if you're over 5ft, which is why i bought an odyssey

      • Ugly on 02/10/2019 - 16:43
        +1

        I bought a Kia Sorento for this reason. I'm 6'1 and there's still enough legroom

  • Richardc on 02/10/2019 - 14:05

    For used I will go for Odyssey

  • obiwanmy on 02/10/2019 - 14:09

    I would recommend to go and try the back seat out with the intended occupant - I ended up with Mazda CX-9 as it was most spacious for my family (that and Kluger). Dont bother with CRV / Prius / Outlander unless you are only using it for a child. Even Santa Fe was too small for us.

    Went for CX-9 as Kluger is abit outdated (no CarPlay, HUD etc).

  • seraphim2017 on 02/10/2019 - 14:37

    I have the outlander, 1 year old $24k plus change with full history (not from pickles). I wouldn't want to say it's a permanent 7 seater, it's a 5 seater with occasional use. If regularly seating 7, go people carrier or go home. Even 'proper' 7 seat SUVs like the kluger aren't as practical. If occasional kids, then outlander fine, if occasional adults, then kluger class better.

  • SnoozeAndLose on 02/10/2019 - 14:45
    +2

    Brought Honda Odyssey last Jan 60K, 2016 Jan, for $31K from a dealer in Orange, NSW with Cap price and warranty until 2021.

    It is not a permanent 7 seater for me as I have two kids using both middle seat and third-row use when I need to carry in law and my parents.
    Good thing for Odyssey is people can access third-row between the 2 seats in the second row.

    • shole on 05/10/2019 - 21:19

      this is why I got it also but spent the extra 16k and got it new

  • scotty on 02/10/2019 - 21:47

    Have you checked out the poll we set up at the beginning of the year — What Should I Buy - Best 7 Seater under $50k? Lots of discussions there.

  • deepm123 on 14/10/2019 - 15:08

    thanks everyone for your comments

    • SnoozeAndLose on 14/10/2019 - 15:10
      +2

      what did you end up buying?

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