Not sure how buying a Kamiq would make you more grown up, why buying a van wouldn't, and why you'd buy something other than what fits your needs anyway?

Also curious as to why you don't get on with the Kamiq?, what's the problem?. Also, what did you have before the Kamiq?.

As for the Qubo. Well it is a very small car, not far off a foot shorter than a Kamiq. With rear seats in place (surprisingly) the boot length and width are not much different (though the height of the boot opening is over 23cm more on the Qubo). But with rear seats folded, the Qubo has 42cm less length at floor level. I'm assuming you need rear seats(?), otherwise the Fiorino (the van version of the Qubo) would be a better bet with a floor length about the same as the Kamiq (1.5M), but which can be extended by another meter by folding the passenger seat.

In terms of reliability, the Qubo with the 1.4 petrol should be fine being a simple n/a unit which has been around in various guises for a long time. But in terms of driving experience, performance, comfort and refinement, it will fall some way below the Kamiq. Even in its least powerful guise, the Kamiq has 25% more bhp and 50% more torque (peaking 1000rpm lower) than the 1.4 Qubo.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking the Qubo, i like them well enough and am absolutely fine with a van based car rather than a Kamiq (we used to have a Peugeot Partner Combi as a family car, it was great!), but I wonder if the Qubo might be a bit small?. Maybe go up a size to the Doblo (also available with the 1.4 petrol, albeit with 95bhp rather than 77)?

I think Ian_SW has it.

The Qubo/Bipper/Nemo filled a perceived gap after the original Partner/Berlingo vans and their car equivalents were replaced by substantially larger models in 2008/9.

In practice, at least as cars, the gap was illusory.

When, in 2015, our 2005 Berlingo Multispace had money pit sized problems I looked at Bippers. While the post 2008 Berlingo/Partners were indeed significantly bigger, the Biipper was a wee bit too small for bikes etc. Also, like a base model seventies Mini, it was light on trim with rubber floor coverings instead of carpets and other cheap/nasty/under specc'd stuff

A Skoda Roomster fitted the bill better in there/then time.

Edited by Bromptonaut on 19/09/2024 at 23:09