When you’re looking for a quality family car you should have a number of important considerations, including reliability, safety, price, economy and practicality. When it comes to reliability, you can’t do much better than a used BMW. They have excellent records in terms of reliability and rarely suffer from mechanical faults.

On the price front, a used Ford such as a Mondeo will come fairly cheap, and should serve you well as a family car. Both BMW and Ford also have excellent safety records, with many of their cars scoring highly in the Euro NCAP tests.

For practicality, used BMW, a used Ford or a used Vauxhall will do the job well. All three of these manufacturers offer large family car models that will easily accommodate you, your partner and three children in the back seats.

Economy is another major factor with buying a family car, as you don’t want your family car to be a ‘gas guzzler’, especially in the current climate with fuel prices constantly fluctuating. All three manufacturers offer economic models, with cars such as the Corsa, 3 Series BMW and the Focus being very economical to run.

Whatever you choose as your family car, a Ford, BMW or a Vauxhall, you can be sure that they won’t let either you or your family down.