Family car review: Toyota Granvia 2020 8 seater

The Toyota Granvia eight-seater people mover is the replacement for the long-running Toyota Tarago, promising to be a great family car. Let's see how it weighs up as a BabyDrive… Read the full review: https://babydrive.com.au/reviews/mpvs... The Toyota Granvia has the definite feel of a white van to drive, it's very boxy and slow but with a surprisingly good turning circle which made it quite nimble around town and relatively easy to park. Being so big and an eight-seater I was keen to find out how practical the back would be and how many child seats would fit but I was quite disappointed. There are ISOFix and top tether anchorages in the two seats in both the second-row and third-row, so I could install four child seats. However, legroom was really quite tight. With the front seats in my seating position (I'm 162cm) there was room for a rear-facing seat in the second-row, forward-facing seats in the third-row and only just enough room for someone my height in the fourth row. I also found the aisle down the centre of the Granvia to get between seats is really narrow and I could only just squeeze myself through it (and I am not a very big person). I also found that when I went to use the boot, the boot door is enormous and heavy and opens with momentum so you have to move out of the way so you don't get hit by it and to my surprise, there is no boot to speak of in this eight-seater version?! It's quite a contrast to the VW Multivan I tested, which could accommodate a stroller behind the rear seats without even having to fold it! The Kia Carnival has a much better layout too, where the rear row disappears into the floor or leaves behind a deep well for storage when in use. You can slide the rear row of seats forward slightly and fold the seat base up but as legroom is minimal in the back anyway it would render the whole fourth row unusable and I'm sure anyone who buys a people mover for their family needs all the seats. To find out when new reviews are published, please subscribe to the BabyDrive email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/diT6uT