We had a Ford Territory two years ago and we didn't love it. The back row is only suitable for young kids because there is just no leg room at all. We also found that all the door seals and rubber things in the car seemed to shrink a bit. It just seemed a bit cheap.

Since then I've had my Mazda 3 and DH has his Aurion, but to take the whole family somewhere we need to take both cars. And with Baby Boo on the way my car won't fit three car seats in it.

Soooo..... We've just recently ordered our new Kia Grand Carnival. I was nervous at first because I heard about all the problems the early Carnivals had, but my Dad is a mechanic and apparently these new "Grand" Carnivals are much much better. We went and looked at them and they are a true 8 seater. You can easily fit 8 adults into the car. The only seat you can't put a kiddie seat is the very back middle seat as there is no anchor point. Until bub comes we plan on putting two baby seats in the middle row (one rear on forward facing), one on each window seat, and removing the middle seat completely (All the middle row seats can be individually taken out of the car until needed. Then there will be an aisle in the middle to get to the back row. Once bub comes, we'll take one of the middle row window seats out, put the MaxiRider from DH's car in the back row behind where the middle row seat is removed, and the two baby seats will go in the middle row with one on the other window seat and one in the center. DS already climbs into the car by himself, so he'll be able to climb in the maxiRider himself and with the seat in front removed I can buckle him up without even climbing in the car. When the whole family goes on a trip my 11 year old DSS will sit in the back row with DS, and we'll pop the extra middle row seat back in for my 14 year old DSS. We should get it by the end of the month, so fingers crossed it's as good as we are hoping.

Oh, we also love Tarago's but they are just soooooo out of our price range these days