Family Cars: Babies in the Back, Mummy up Front

Family Cars to support your loved ones

As your family grows, you need a car that can both support and protect. Having children often means that you have a limited budget for luxuries in life, and money often goes on clothes, shoes, food, and other daily essentials. With this in mind a car can save you money, help you make more money, but has to be within your household budget and must be safe.

What are the key factors when deciding on a new family car?

There are so many things to consider when looking for a safe and practical car:

• How big is your family and how big will it be in 5 years time?
• Do you have a pet?
• What do you use the car for?
• How many doors do you need? 
• What is the insurance group, miles per gallon, costs of running the car?
• How safe is it?

There are many more considerations on top of the above, anything from age, make, model all the way through to what free gifts you can get upon purchase.

Buying your family car can be a stressful decision, so we have listed some of the best family cars available today to help guide you through the maze of choices available to you.

Top 5 Cars For The Growing Family

Bigger is not always better. If the car is too big, how can you park it and drive it through the small country roads, or through the school gates? There is nothing more embarrassing than other families watching you fail to park a huge SUV and judging your purchase.

Getting the size right is important. The most important thing is the safety that the car provides, and knowing the safety rating of the car should be the first question that the salesperson answers for you.

Volkswagon cars are built to last with the T-Cross scoring high on the safety ratings and the Tiguan scoring high on the family friendly ratings. Both cars are spacious, comfortable to drive, and with an elevated driving position, they offer even more protection. 

Volvos have a reputation for being sturdy family cars with the Volvo CX40 an excellent small family friendly SUV that scores high on the safety ratings. It is reasonably priced and a comfortable safe drive for the whole family.

Cliches exist for a reason and it is a cliche that Volvo are built for safety, hence there is a 2nd Volvo that scores high on our lists. The Volvo V60 is another in a long line of safe and reliable Volvos for the family.

For the family concerned with safety and price, there are 2 Skodas that we would like to add to the list here. They might not be the most fashionable car makers, but they are cheap, reliable, spacious, and provide room for the whole family to feel comfortable on journeys around town. The Skoda Karoq and the Skoda Scala. 

Finally, no family friendly list of cars could be complete without a Mercedes adding into the mix. It might be at the higher end of the budget, but pulling up to school in a Mercedes will make heads turn and tongues wag.  The Mercedes A Class scores very highly on the family friendly ratings and even higher on the Safety ratings. 

Whatever car you choose for your family, getting your finance here at Match Me could also help you get a warranty for all your repairs and give you even more peace of mind when you drive your children around town.