Get More Room for Your Crew with Cars that Seat Seven or More

Family Vehicles that Seat Seven

Amanda Hart

Pile them all in

If you are all too familiar with pretending to be a taxi for your family and friends, you already know how life saving it can be to have a one of the cars that seat seven people or more. It can be pretty hard to cram so many people into an average car, unless you want to drive a school bus.

The standard answer for people who needed a lot of passenger space was to either get a minivan or an SUV. Minivans are not nearly as popular as they once were, and neither are the older SUVs. Both these types of vehicles saw sharp declines in sales on new cars after gas prices skyrocketed late last decade.

Car manufacturers were forced to make more efficient and practical cars that could still hold a lot of people, and the vehicles they are rolling off the assembly lines today do a much better job at all of that than previous generations.

These vehicles are not only just about as big as they were before, they are much more fuel efficient. They even managed to keep the price tag pretty low; you can get most of these cars for under $30000. Check out six of the best vehicles with a lot of passenger space:

2012 Toyota Highlander	Price	City / Hwy MPG	Seats Up To
	$28,240	20 / 25	Seven
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2012 Ford Explorer	Price	City / Hwy MPG	Seats Up To
	$28,280	20 / 28	Seven
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2012 Hyundai Veracruz	Price	City / Hwy MPG	Seats Up To
	$28,345	17 / 22	Seven
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2012 Honda Pilot	Price	City / Hwy MPG	Seats Up To
	$28,620	18 / 25	Seven
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2012 Nissan Pathfinder	Price	City / Hwy MPG	Seats Up To
	$29,290	15 / 22	Seven
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2012 Chevy Traverse	Price	City / Hwy MPG	Seats Up To
	$29,510	17 / 24	Eight
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What is most important

If you want the most fuel efficient option that still holds seven people, it's hard to argue against the Ford Explorer. It has an EcoBoost 4-cyl engine in a class where v6 is standard that gives it best in class gas mileage.

If you would rather have the best performance and driving dynamics that your passenger SUV can get you, check out the Chevy Traverse and the Toyota Highlander. They both present a very balanced option, giving you everything you need.

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