Willow - we have a Mazda MPV (2005 model I think?) We paid about 29K for ours, secondhand of course!

We love it!!! Its a 7 seater with sliding doors on BOTH sides of the car.

We had all three car seats across the back seat (the baby seat, a maxi rider and another baby seat forward facing) and there was heaps of room for them all, plus we had 2 extra seats in the back back part.

Then my IL's came to stay with us, and it was evident that they couldn't sit in the seats in the back back, because they are both around 6 foot 2 and pretty wide, so I took the maxi rider out and put it in the back back part - which is has now stayed cos DS loves to ride back there by himself (the nigel haha)

So at the moment we have a rear facing baby seat behind the passenger seat, we have folded down the middle seat, car seat behind the driver and then Aricyn on his lonesome in the back.. hehe

So at the moment, it kinda looks like a bus Its awesome. Have I said I love my car? I freakin love my car. lol