My mate bought a 53 plate one and has in less than a year spent more than the purchase price to keep it running!…major electrical problems (like shorting out the electrics, all the windows opening while the car is parked overnight, dodgy alarm, all electrical power lost on motorway etc etc), cat went, suspension broke (2x), brake problems…he hates the thing – and his wife cannot lift the seats in and out as they are so heavy, so they sit in the garage 99% of the time.
Buy a Galaxy/Sharan/Alhambra.
Also, we looked at ‘big’ mpvs, but decided that even with three kids, and weekly need to use the 7 seats, we would only need the ‘huge’ space of big mpvs for holidays or occasional weekends. I am so glad we bought the smaller on (Touran) – its far more adaptable, cheaper to run, easier to drive round cities in etc and we simply bung on a roof box for holidays. I think big mpv’s are less ‘efficient’ with the space.