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Originally Posted by SUVLustMaster
Captains are not the better choice for some.
If you need to accommodate 7 and/or need full storage, you need the bench. For these folks, they have the option to fold down the middle seat to help with claustrophobia. I would argue that for some families with young children, the bench is better because the child seat tethers are located on the back side of the seat, not in the floor in the Captains configuration.
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If you need to accommodate 7, you belong in a minivan. The X7 is not a 7 passenger vehicle. On a rare occasion it can be used to transport 7 people, but you can’t squeeze 7 people in it for even a weekend trip because there’s no room for luggage even with a generous cargo box on the roof.
If you need lie flat storage to the point where you need to pick up the whopping extra 8 square feet that the bench provides, you belong, again in a minivan.
And, as already stated, installing car seats on the bench makes it nearly impossible for passengers to get into the 3rd row without removing the seats each time.
The X7 is a 6 passenger luxury car. It’s not a people-hauling minivan. It’s not a lumber-hauling pickup truck. It’s the car you graduate to when you are done with minivan life. When your 6 passenger family has dwindled to 5 or 4 and you will only need the pop-up 3rd row infrequently. The 3rd row is a great situational option, no different than heated seats or something else you only need a handful of days per year. It’s not something you can use on the daily. The X7 is not a minivan replacement for the family of 6 with kids-under-five crowd.