07 / 08 Santa Fe OR ????

Primrose Lane

Looking for a 7 seater for number of reasons but primarily due to a 3 growing boys & a dog but also because We have just purchased a 5 Berth caravan & need some good & reliable to tow it.

I'm really liking the Santa Fe's but how are they rated?

We are only interested in driving an Automatic!

Flood

What sort of weight is a 5 berth caravan?

kay 9

The sorento is Highly regarded and has a towing capacity almost as good as a full size suv/4x4. Not gone on the sante fe since I learned they have common engine failure and it's quite expensive to rebuild and a replacement is very very hard got. You could be lucky but why take that chance.

kay 9

Forgot to add, might be worth putting this over on the motoring section too. Much more alive and some good advice to be had

TrailerBob

Your towing capacity is all important here, for a 5 berth caravan I'd imagine you're looking at about 1300kg all in but I'd want a vehicle with a rating a decent but higher than that. You don't want the tow car to be pulling its max limit all of the time.

Seven seats means bigger in most cases, but do you need 4x4? Thousands of Dutch and French holidaymakers tow hundreds of miles with MPVs.

Flood

TrailerBob wrote: »

Your towing capacity is all important here, for a 5 berth caravan I'd imagine you're looking at about 1300kg all in but I'd want a vehicle with a rating a decent but higher than that. You don't want the tow car to be pulling its max limit all of the time.

They were saying on the motoring forum a 1.4 petrol golf can tow 1700kg legally so it should pull that at its leisure.

TrailerBob

The OP wants 7 seats. I'd be cautious about putting such a big 'van behind a golf for a long journey, but it can be done. Sharan or similar would be a decent option

dvmanley

Definitely NOT a Santa Fe .... It's reliability is pure bull, and if your going to be pulling its really going to take its tole big time !

The only 4x4 7 seater on the used market that's reliable and actually makes sense when you have a family is the Volvo xc90. The extra 300 euro in tax every year compared to the Santa Fe or any other 2ltr diesel will be nothing compared to the saving in running costs that the Volvo will give you. I've had one for a few years and I have to say it's been he best ownership of any vehicle we've had. Zero problems 150k miles and it still drives like new. We get 37mpg on average and it's so much better than land rovers equivalent.

Snake_Doctor

Take a look at the Nissan Terrano - very underated. Its a 7 seater -, 1980 KG unladen - (just weighed mine). The 2.7 diesel engine (up till 2005) is legendary realibility - timing gears no belt or chain. Same engine in the black London taxi cabs - up to 500k recorded. Mine is Auto as well - a pleasure to drive. They can also be converted to Crew Cab, 330 Tax/Year.

coyle21

dvmanley wrote: »

Definitely NOT a Santa Fe .... It's reliability is pure bull, and if your going to be pulling its really going to take its tole big time !

The only 4x4 7 seater on the used market that's reliable and actually makes sense when you have a family is the Volvo xc90. The extra 300 euro in tax every year compared to the Santa Fe or any other 2ltr diesel will be nothing compared to the saving in running costs that the Volvo will give you. I've had one for a few years and I have to say it's been he best ownership of any vehicle we've had. Zero problems 150k miles and it still drives like new. We get 37mpg on average and it's so much better than land rovers equivalent.

ARE YOU TALKING THE D5 DIESEL HERE ARE THEY THAT EASY ON FUEL

dvmanley

coyle21 wrote: »

ARE YOU TALKING THE D5 DIESEL HERE ARE THEY THAT EASY ON FUEL

37mpg is easy on fuel in my eyes

coyle21

dvmanley wrote: »

37mpg is easy on fuel in my eyes

ok is that auto or manual

dvmanley

coyle21 wrote: »

ok is that auto or manual

Auto

IH784man

Snake_Doctor wrote: »

Take a look at the Nissan Terrano - very underated. Its a 7 seater -, 1980 KG unladen - (just weighed mine). The 2.7 diesel engine (up till 2005) is legendary realibility - timing gears no belt or chain. Same engine in the black London taxi cabs - up to 500k recorded. Mine is Auto as well - a pleasure to drive. They can also be converted to Crew Cab, 330 Tax/Year.

What mpg you getting from here

Snake_Doctor

havnt tried it properly but somewhere between 25-30 mpg I reckon.

IH784man

We get 34/35 out of our 07 dmax,a tank of diesel lasts a week basically,tenner a day oul boy does a lot of driving and will pull trailers a few times a week.

Grueller

IH784man wrote: »

We get 34/35 out of our 07 dmax,a tank of diesel lasts a week basically,tenner a day oul boy does a lot of driving and will pull trailers a few times a week.

Getting 33 from an 06. Have to say they are a very underrated truck about here altogether. Economical, ultra reliable and a lot more comfy than an equivalent L200, ranger or navara imo.

IH784man

Yea have to say a good machine alright,we have the lowest spec model about though,uncles l200 is a nice machine it's an 08 his last l200 was a 02,some difference in the two