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Best 7-seater cars for 2025: tested and reviewed by experts

The best 7-seater cars are perfect for families, offering flexible seating when you need to squeeze in extra passengers, and a huge boot when you don't.
Michael PassinghamSenior researcher & writer
Kia EV9

How our tests find you the best

Cabin layout

Our lab tests comprehensively assess how intuitive the car’s cabin controls are. We also check if a car has poor interior ergonomics.

Safety

Using Euro NCAP crash tests and our own assessments, our reviews reveal the cars that will keep you (and others) safe.

Visibility

Our lab takes a 360-degree image of each car, then analyses them to identify obstructions to the driver's view.

We also look at

Reliability based on our annual survey (unreliable cars can’t be Best Buys), comfort, practicality and more.

7-seater cars are great for large families, or when you need to transport extra friends home from school – or perhaps grown-up friends to the airport. 

The best 7-seaters offer a comfortable experience whether you're riding up-front, in the second row or right at the back. When the extra seats in the boot aren't needed, they'll usually stow away neatly, freeing up a huge load space. We've put together a selection of the best seven-seaters. 

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Best new and used 7-seater cars

Log in to see our full list of the best 7-seaters available new, as well as money-saving options from the used car market.

Are there any hybrid or electric 7-seaters?

Yes, there are several models of 7-seater that are available as full hybrids, plug-in hybrids or EVs. We've selected a few below as examples, but there are plenty on the market.

Keep in mind that while electric motoring in particular can save you a lot of money if you can charge at home, the sheer size and weight of these cars means they consume a lot more electricity than smaller EVs and have large batteries as a result. If you can't charge at home, the cost of doing so at a public charging station will be expensive. See our guide to the best hybrid SUVs and the best electric SUVs for more information.

How we test cars

Because Which? is independent, you can trust our reviews to give you the full, honest and impartial truth about every car we test.

Every car we review is subjected to more than 300 individual tests in a lab, on a test track, and on real roads – and we really clock up the miles, driving around 500 miles in every car we test.

Testing in controlled lab conditions means the results we collect are directly comparable between different cars, helping us determine exactly which models are better and why, and helping you find the perfect car.

And so you know which cars are likely to prove reliable for years to come, we also gather feedback from thousands of UK car owners through the Which? Car Survey, using it to generate detailed reliability ratings for the cars we test. See our guide to how we test cars for more.

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