Used MPVs for sale

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Which MPV should I buy?

Given the fall in popularity of MPVs, there is less choice on the used MPV market today than just a few years ago, but BMW, Citroen, Ford, Renault and Vauxhall, to name a handful, offered such models until relatively recently. Many current MPVs are van-derived, but without penalties in terms of refinement or comfort – their perpendicular bodywork allows for even more interior space and amazing practicality.

Both Lexus and Mercedes sell van-based MPVs, and while their shape might highlight their origins, their interiors are luxurious and perfect for VIP travel. There are also smaller, more affordable alternatives, with five and seven seats, including the Citroen Berlingo, Peugeot Rifter and Vauxhall Combo Life to name just a few. Although there is a narrower choice compared with SUVs, if you aren’t a dedicated follower of fashion, an MPV nets you an enormous amount of car for your money. 

What is an MPV?

MPV stands for multi-purpose vehicle, although they are also known as people carriers or, more typically in North America, as minivans. These practical cars usually come as five- or seven-seaters, although a few are sold with six, eight or nine seats. Vehicles with 10 seats or more are officially classed as minibuses.

What they usually have in common is prioritising interior space for both passengers and their luggage over most other considerations. MPVs tend to feature lots of well-conceived features that make family road trips less fractious, including lots of storage space, cup holders and tray tables. MPVs also major on flexibility, with many seven-seater models featuring two rearmost seats that fold into the boot floor when not in use, liberating extra boot space.

What is the difference between an MPV and an SUV?

Once the staple of the school run, MPVs have more recently fallen out of favour, with many families replacing their MPV with a Sports Utility Vehicle, or SUV. The design of most MPVs tends to resemble that of a van to maximise interior space and flexibility – fact, some are based on vans and share their bodywork, but that doesn’t make them unpleasant to drive or spend time in. By contrast, although several SUVs offer big boots and up to seven seats, their focus is higher-riding, off-road inspired styling, not championing flexible interior space.

Inevitably, there is some overlap, such as with the Peugeot 5008. Although it is a seven-seater SUV, its adaptable seating configuration makes it an MPV by stealth. Interestingly, the switch to fully electric cars could see a resurgence in the popularity of MPVs, as the battery packs nestle neatly beneath the floor without impacting that interior flexibility. Mercedes already sells its luxurious EQV, while cheaper alternatives are available in the forms of electric versions of the near-identical Citroen SpaceTourer, Peugeot Traveller and Vauxhall Vivaro Life trio.