Comfort and practicality
From the outside the Multivan is shorter than a traditional Aussie large car and its body is built up instead of out. The tall body liberates surprising space, while giving occupants a commanding view.
Regular front doors are teamed with sliding rear doors that reduce the chance of car park dings. There are also steps to make it easier to get inside, with grab handles. The remotely operated doors on the Highline are handy, giving those up front the ability to open or close the doors with the push of a button.
Seating is a 2-2-3 configuration, with a three-pew rear bench. The middle seats have their own armrests and can be spun through 180 degrees, allowing occupants to face forward or backward. Facing them forward makes it more difficult to access the rear-most row, especially with the centre table and storage binnacle between the seats.
If you maximise seating space the luggage area is close to useless, perhaps good enough for a couple of laptop computers. But the seats are on sliding rails (which shift clunkily), allowing you to trade off between people and luggage space. The large rear tailgate can be cumbersome in town but it doubles as a great rain cover in poor weather.
As well as opening middle windows, there’s a bank of lights and air vents in the roof, feeding fresh air to occupants, who have impressive head and leg room all round. Unlike some people movers designed from the ground up, the Multivan is adult-friendly in all seven seating positions.
Up front there’s a commercial vehicle flavour; the design is boxy but functional while the plastics are hard. Separators on top of the dash help keep phones or sunglasses from sliding around, while massive door pockets fit anything from drinks to books. The glovebox needs to be clipped all the way open, to stop it falling on your hand, but it’s spacious.
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