Top 7 Seaters for Rental
Posted by admin+ at 19 November, at 23 : 15 PM Print
Hiring an MPV abroad is becoming more popular as larger groups and families take advantage of competitive pricing at airports. The main things to bear in mind when hiring a people carrier or MPV are : the size of your group and the total amount of luggage you need to transport with you. If you are on a tight budget you will want to rent a diesel MPV or minivan, as this will save considerably on fuel costs.
To guarantee the best possible price when you’re hiring a minivan, get organised and book at least a few months in advance. Hiring a people carrier is straightforward now with many websites offering price comparison booking engines, so make use of these. Do your homework before committing to any people carrier hire, read the small print if you can, and don’t let the car hire experience ruin your visit. Check out each company’s policy on fuel, do you need to fill the car up on the way back or do you return the car empty.
Make sure you understand what the excess is on your people carrier hire and consider taking out insurance on this aspect as well. The list of MPVs, people carriers and minivans available today for rental is mind-boggling, our personal favourites are reviewed below.
Citroen C4 Grand Picasso – Strong Contender for Best People Carrier.
The Citroen C4 Grand Picasso has a reputation for comfort, and it’s a good looking and roomy 7 seater hire. The Grand Picasso is a great looking MPV and packs a lot of nice touches in, like most Citroens today.
A really easy to use seat mechanism makes it simple to access the third row of seats and there’s a choice of diesel or petrol engines. You will probably notice that the Grand Picasso doesn’t have quite the same taut handling and cornering as some of the other available people carriers Once you get used to the handling though, you should have no problems with the overall performance of this roomy 7 seater.
For people renting the Grand Picasso to go touring around, the comfort levels are really second to none. The seating is really well designed, can be changed quickly as the situation dictates, and there’s plenty of nooks for passenger use. Legroom and headroom are good overall and there is better than average luggage capacity even when all seven seats are in use.
You can achieve excellent fuel economy with the Grand Picasso, particularly with the new 1.6 e-HDI model which returns 57mpg. Overall, the C4 Grand Picasso is a safe, reliable and very popular people carrier hire vehicle and gets a big thumbs up.
VW Touran Compact 7 Seater.
The VW Touran has long been one of our favourites, perhaps not the most eye-catching but it’s been around a long time and is tried and tested. Volkswagen seem to have done everything well with this compact vehicle which seats seven people which delivers everything you need at a very affordable hire rate. The diesel engines are slightly noisier, but deliver far better fuel economy and are well worth considering.
Great handling and comfortable seating go hand-in-hand with a strong record for safety in the VW Touran. Seven people can fit in easily, there is plenty of legroom and headroom, and the people in the front will still be able to hear the people in the back even at motorway speeds.