Shortlist · drawn to scale · updated 29 August 2026
Side profiles drawn from real dimensions. The red line is 2.00 m — the usual ceiling in an underground car park. Everything that crosses it needs outdoor parking. Click a drawing to jump to its entry.
Six things, weighted in the order you put them. Reliability counts six times as much as boot space; every score below is mine, not a manufacturer figure. Sort by any single one of them to see how much the weighting is doing.
Where this bites: the four criteria you ranked highest all reward the newest, most expensive car on the list, and the one you ranked last is the one it is worst at. The winner has a 110-litre boot with seven aboard. If the weekly school run needs bags as well as children, drop down to the cars ranked five to seven, or accept a bus and lose the first four criteria instead. The ranking answers the question you asked; it cannot tell you the question was right.