MY13 Passat wagons big enough for three kids?

[Jmac]

Wow way too much time on your hands lol. i have a 4mo wagon and is ample for me , 2 kids 7 and 5 yrs. Wouldnt swap it. In know its a bit thirsty but i didnt buy it for economy, i know how good it is, same variant with the diesel cant go wrong, fuel miser, new common rail great , if budget says a bit older then the PD engine now has good coverage warranty wise with the common injector issue. If i end up needing economy wouldnt hesitate
Cheers
Jmac

[tigger73]

Here are my experiences;

Passat Exterior width: 1820mm
Interior (rear) usable width (inner door handle to inner door handle) i.e. narrowest part from door to door: 1333mm

Here are some other cars I am now considering (Comparable interior widths);
1500mm Toyota Torago
1480mm Ford Territory
1450mm Falcon Sedan
1420mm Toyota Kluger
1420mm Holden Sportswagan
1400mm Ford Mondeo MC
1380mm Honda Accord Euro
1370mm Toyota Aurion / Camry
1350mm Citreon C5
1350mm Opel Insignia Select
1300mm Mitsubishi Lancer (new shape)
1300mm Holden Captiva LX
1300mm Skoda Supberb

Just thought I would share some details.

The other important dimension is the width of the centre seat (i.e. between seat belt buckles).

I've had the seat belt buckle disappear under the booster seat a number of times.

Can be a bit of a pain to extract.

[The_Hawk]

We hunted around for our last vehicle looking for something to fit three across too. It's far harder with three child seats and harder still if your using them with the stock seatbelt and have to get a hand down between to click them in every time.

In the we chose the Multivan. It's not small by any stretch and you have to be mindful of car park heights, but damn its comfy and has heaps of room! Especially on long trips.

[Golf Loon]

Audi A4 wagon. That is all.
That said I'd probably go a tdi skoda next time

[CaseySP]

The other important dimension is the width of the centre seat (i.e. between seat belt buckles).

I've had the seat belt buckle disappear under the booster seat a number of times.

Can be a bit of a pain to extract.

Seat belt extenders will fix this.

[Paul_R]

Re those finding it hard to buckle in older kids in a booster which uses the seat belt...

I just leave it permanently clipped in. The 5 yr old pulls some belt out of the roller and slips in through the belts then pulls it tight. We have a CX 9 which is obviously enormous and it is still very tight to get at the buckle.

An Alltrack is on the radar as a replacement. Just need to convince my wife that we don't really need 7 seats because we don't!