Recomend a car that seats 6

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: bernse
As topic says. Recomend a car that seats 6.. but not a minivan. Also needs to be FWD and relatively economical.

Co-worker that is in the market has something against minivans (personally, I think some are kind of nice) so he's stock with a car that can seat 6 and have at least a bit of cargo room left over. Thoughts?

Pretty much everything Japanese that I can think of for mid size cars are all bucket seats, so looking at a max of 5.

Some North American cars still have a bench, don't they?

Crown Vic.

The back seat is Very roomy.

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: bernse
As topic says. Recomend a car that seats 6.. but not a minivan. Also needs to be FWD and relatively economical.

Co-worker that is in the market has something against minivans (personally, I think some are kind of nice) so he's stock with a car that can seat 6 and have at least a bit of cargo room left over. Thoughts?

Pretty much everything Japanese that I can think of for mid size cars are all bucket seats, so looking at a max of 5.

Some North American cars still have a bench, don't they?

Crap front wheel drive/.???

better be Small people.

Buy a real car,fwd is too hard to work on.

 

[beatle]

Volvo XC70 or XC90.

 

[virtueixi]

Originally posted by: Summitdrinker
LH cars = tranny problems

too bad a good car otherwise

The second generation trannies are ok. If you take care of them, they will last 100k+ miles.

 

[PlatinumGold]

if fuel economy and FWD wasn't required, the Avalanche seats six AND has lots of room for storage.



but given your specs i'd say the Freestyle is a good choice.

 

[Summitdrinker]

100K plus miles?........how about 300K plus miles if you take care of them

no cv joints to go out, no timing belt or sludge engines, ball joints are cheap to fix. like Isaid above people don't listen to there elders, LOL:beer:

 

[flamingelephant]

I second the intrepid concorde suggestion.... 1998-2004. Lots of room. Can seat 3 in back very comfortably, and 3 up from if you have to. try and stay clear of the 2.7L engine

 

[virtueixi]

Originally posted by: Summitdrinker
100K plus miles?........how about 300K plus miles if you take care of them

no cv joints to go out, no timing belt or sludge engines, ball joints are cheap to fix. like Isaid above people don't listen to there elders, LOL:beer:

The sludged engines actually have timing chains.

 

[Summitdrinker]

ya they do.........

 

[Metron]

Originally posted by: Doggiedog

Originally posted by: Metron
In the not too distant past, there was a vehicle called the "station wagon" from which these abominations called "minivans" and "SUVs" emerged.

Marketers realized that station wagons didn't sell well, so they made them taller and wider and altered the name a bit. Some station wagons still exist, and with a third row seat they would easily accomodate six people.

Newer incarnations like the Mazda5, Toyota Matrix look more modern... but they are still essentially station wagons. More traditional wagons like the Volvo V70 might fulfill your requirements.

PS... I enjoy annoying SUV owners when I tell them they are driving a tall station wagon on a truck frame, with a ride to match.

You forget to mention station wagons usually have third rows that face backwards. Have fun on the hood of the car behind you when you get rear ended.

The OP didn't specify SAFETY as a criteria...