We have a territory! I have to say we were against the territory at first too! but endedup with one!

but we looked at
1)Captiva - I couldnt see much out the back window and didnt enjoy test driving it, so we gave that one a miss. The territory had a wider vision out the sides and back.

2)Hyundai Santa Fe - was out 2nd choice, loved how it drove and wide enough for 3 seats in the back row, but we chose Territory as it was cheaper.

3)Kia Sorento - very similar to Captiva and Santa Fe nice car worth looking at, but for me I couldnt see enough out the back window like the Captiva.

4) Kluger - liked it - however I couldnt understand how I could fit a normal carseat for my kids in themiddle seat as its not the same width as the others its like 1/2 a seat, maybe others with Kluger can say which kid sits in that seat with a carseat? there is now way we could put a capsule in that middle seat,maybe only the booster seat would have fit, so we decided against the Kluger.

5) Mazda Cx9 - soooooo wanted that car has everything but was out of our pricerange! if you can get one for $20,000 definately look at one its awesome!

6) Mitsubishi Grandis - not a SUV but has enough room inside definately worth looking at! but we wanted a new car and they dont sell new ones in Aust anymore only 2nd hand ones.

7) Honda Odessy - love honda but I didnt like where the anchor points where as they hung over the heads of the kids and the boot space was almost nothing couldnt even fit a proper pram in there.


What we did was measure the carseats we were putting in the back seats in a row and then measured the back from door to door closed inside and the only ones that were wide enough for us were the ones mentioned above. (we have a SNS Compaq, SNS Unity Carrier and InfaSecure Booster)

Have fun choosing! love getting a new car!

Re the fuel consumption this was hubbys concern too - he said that it depends on the weight of the car. Ifyou have alook at redbook in the webyou can compare all the weights of the cars and the consumption. We only fill our car every fortnight it costs $90 so for us it was $15 more a week in fuel (we used to have a Mazda 3)