If they want a bigger car but not off road go for a good ole Piccaso 20hdi, tons of room and great reliability, we have done 50k+ in ours, one set of brake pads and discs and a timing belt last year, and it passed its MOT straight through this year and previous years.
Its an early 55 plate with around 111k on it, we have had it 3 years
This is the other least troublesome car I have ever had other than the Frontera of course
