How do you transport the kids to and from all their activities? Until we moved to Sussex I stuck firmly to walking and public transport: where we lived in London a car was more of a liability than an asset. In a complete turnaround, I have driven four different cars in the last year and now need to use a car daily.

Because of this, I was glad to trial the new Skoda Yeti. They’ve been targetting bloggers to write about the launch of the new car and wanted to get some views from mums.

The Yeti worked well as a family car. It coped with J’s 4th birthday party when we had to fit all the food in the car on the way to the hall AND all the gifts on the way back. It was spacious enough for car seats in most combinations and had a handy and highly visible button to turn the front passenger airbag off so you could fit a read facing car seat in the front. I found it very easy to get K in and out because the car is high off the ground and has pplenty of head space.

Although high, the Yeti is not over-wide. I couldn’t persuade D to see if we could get 3 car seats across the back as she really only wanted to ride oin the front on the way home from school. It looked as if it would be possible if not comfortable. And, surprisingly, the boot only just fitted the buggies – I tried it with a MacLaren Volo as well as the big Phil and Teds. There seems to be more boot space in our Renault Grand Scenic, which dh usually drives. My Renault Megane boot is of a similar width, but of course is not as high. Earlier this year I also used a Matiz for a couple of weeks: now that has a tiny boot.

The version I was trialling had all the gadgets including a built in sat-nav which was nice. To be honest, it would have taken longer than the week’s trial for any busy mum to find all the features and work out how to use them. I loved driving it: it is smoother and more responsive than either of our usual cars. It costs around £13-22k and I’d certainly consider it as a main family car for driving in town and in the countryside.