Best Family Car?
 

We have three young boys, and looking to find best car/combi/truck (whatever you call those big vehicles in oz). Anyone suggest the best ones? We are looking for a range between £5,000-£10,000. BTW don't tell me too much jargon, not car literate yet :p . Thanks for any help.

Re: Best Family Car?
 

Not sure what you are talking about - are you looking for a car or a combi or a truck? (or do you mean a 4WD? :confused: )

Re: Best Family Car?
 

I am looking for something with enough size to fit my three boys in comfortably. I looked at a web page and quite liked some of the people carriers. Although could not decide between Hyundai and Kia? :rolleyes:

Re: Best Family Car?
 

People carriers are not as common in Oz as in the UK. Resale value is not good, not a problem if you intend to hang onto it til it dies ;), but most people want to trade it in after 3 or 4 years.

In general family cars out here are things like Ford Mondeos (or Falcons), Holden Commodores, Mitsubishi Magnas & Toyota Camrys. There are a large range of smaller cars as well like Astras, Mazdas (1 & 3 ranges) & Ford Focus just to name a few but they are probably too small unless your kids are very young.

My only other suggestion is to consider the manufacturer seriously, cars like Kia, Hyundai, Daewoo & most of the other cheap asian manufacturers dont hold their value at all & also the workmanship is somewhat shoddy compared to something like a Toyota or Holden. They look fine when new but compare a 5 year old Camry with a 5 year old Hyundai & the poor quality becomes apparent.

Check out these sites for some help with chosing something

http://www.redbook.com.au/home.asp

http://carsguide.news.com.au/news/

http://www.carsales.com.au/pls/carsales/!cs_content.welcome_used

http://carpoint.ninemsn.com.au/porta...opDefault.aspx

Hope that helps :)