Seat Tarraco

Seat Tarraco is the sort of SUV people choose when they want seven-seat practicality without moving all the way into a van-sized body. It does the everyday family work well: a big boot, flexible seating, and the higher driving position that makes traffic and parking easier to judge. By our assessment, the payoff is space and calm road manners; the trade-off is bulk, so tight streets and car parks ask more of the driver than a smaller crossover. In use it is the kind of car that feels sensible rather than exciting, with the controls and cabin aimed at routine life. Compared with smaller Seat SUVs it is the roomier, less nimble one, and compared with a full-size premium SUV it keeps the focus on value and usefulness. It fits families who need real carrying capacity more than style points, and it is less convincing if compact size is the main requirement.