Tarago. I know it wasnt on your list but we looked at every car on your list when we were doing the bigger car trade up and nothing came close to the Tarago. We got ours (a 2008 model 8 seater) for $40,000. Low kms, hardly been driven, beautiful inside.
The Territories and Klugers really arent made for carseats in the backseat. I knew it would eventually blow my gasket climbing the kids in and out of the back.
The Odyssey would be fine if you werent carting around 4 kids full time. It had no boot space and the very back seat was quite cramped.
I was hoping for a Grand Carnival at the start, but DH had extreme reservations about Kia cars (and rightly so, they dont have a very good rap). Yeah they are slightly bigger but honestly no different from the Tarago except their a bit less quality.
We owned a Kluger before the upgrade and we were infinitely happy with it. So we decided to stick with Toyota and go the Tarago. I have not looked back since, honestly they are AWESOME. And they last forever.
ETA - I know your a military family too. This factored into our decision in buying the Tarago. We put quite a few K's on the car driving here there and everywhere and we also have family come to stay (usually MIL and FIL) and the 8 seater Tarago means we can fit everyone in the one car. They are honestly worth the little bit extra $$$ for quality and if your willing to spend up to $50,000 you could get a practically brand new one for that price. They hardly drop in value as they get older too as youll see by the prices of some older model Tarago's in your car searching. The only bad point (and it isnt a major one really) is that the back row only has two anchor points not three. So we're going to get a third fitted for the middle back seat before we have our next baby so we can sit 3 across the back seat and 1 in the middle row.
Last edited by Freya; March 21st, 2011 at 05:33 PM.
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