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Best buys for this year’s three-child family
THE Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have taken the newest addition to their brood – baby Prince Louis – home, but having three young heirs to the throne to cart around brings its own set of considerations. The biggest is child seat law. With three young children, William and Kate will need a car capable of accommodating three highbacked child seats.
Astonishingly, at our last check, there’s nothing on their current fleet that will actually do this. With that in mind, we’ve come up with a few options for the newly enlarged royal family – all of which can comfortably accommodate three child seats.
LAND ROVER DISCOVERY
This seven-seat SUV is immensely popular among family buyers and provides a sufficiently regal air along with bags of room inside. It’s decent to drive, is offered with a wide array of engines and, best of all, is guaranteed not to get bogged down in the Scottish countryside.
RANGE ROVER SPORT
Moving up the market but down in size, the Sport actually offers more seats than the full-sized Range Rover. It’s also leaner and better-looking but will still fit in beautifully pulling up to any state banquet. Best of all, it can be had with the incredible 525bhp supercharged V8 engine, making for one of the fastest people-movers on the planet.
SEAT ALHAMBRA
At some point you may have to bite the bullet and admit an MPV makes most sense. With a cavernous interior, wide-opening doors and three rows of seats, there’s nothing that can swallow up kids and their clobber quite like a people-carrier. The
This is one of the cheapest ways into threerow motoring. Unashamedly van-based, the Doblo isn’t pretty, nor is it fast, or premium, or good to drive, or feature-packed . . . but it’s big, comfy and spacious. And cheap. Very cheap. Try and remember that.
AUDI Q7
This is one of the best seven-seat SUVs with room in all three rows for child seats and one of the most premium interiors on sale today. And if you want discretion, say no