[Munksgaard]

My wife, kid in a car seat, and I recently went on a two weeks vacation in our VW Polo, baby stroller, disassembled om changing table and two weeks worth of luggage included. Granted, the car was jam-packed, but it makes me think you could get the things you listed to fit in a smaller car.

[Doxin]

Never mind that even a larger european car like a citroën berlingo is wildly smaller than most american SUVs.

[cycomanic]

On the outside, cars like the berlingo offer so much more room on the inside than even large SUVs it's not even funny. Goes to show that many of the "I need a large car because I have a family" arguments, are really more about looking big from the outside, not so much about internal practicalities.

[nephanth]

Do people actually buy berlingos to drive their family? I thought they were more intended to transport items / tools

[Doxin]

My mom got one mainly because it was convenient for transporting my grandma. Not many cars you can exit from sitting height. Of course it also fits a lot of crap when e.g. going on holiday. It's an odd in-between between a sedan and a van.

[cycomanic]

The older Berlin OS were much more trade/transport cars, but the newer Berlingo comes in a family version which is pretty cool (and received reviews at least in the German press).