The Dodge Journey has great seating for seven. Flexible seats so you can fold down and have more storage. The gas mileage is over 25 mile to the gallon which is a huge money saver for a family of seven. I love that all rows can control the heat/cooling to their liking separately. My fiancé works in a steel mill so having a van wasn't an option because all vans that we looked at were too low to the ground, but the Journey was high enough where the bottom wouldn't get harmed driving through the steel mill. I would love the Journey more if the third-row seating was easier to get to.

I drive a 2014 Dodge Journey. I love this car. It gets great gas mileage, I usually average 25mpg. It handles well, I never have problems on snow or in rain. It has a roomy interior, I'm a big guy, and I have plenty of room. I can have the front seat pushed all the way back and my teenagers have plenty of let room. I use it for work, and I have to carry a supply of advertising materials, and there is plenty of cargo room for that. If have to haul something larger, the back seats fold forward by just lifting a lever. The Uconnect system is awesome. It makes using your phone hands free a breeze, and it also streams my playlists. The car's engine is mechanically sound, I haven't had to get any repairs done, and so far I've driven over 50,000 miles. Then only issues I've had so far are with the suspension. I hit a pot hole during the winter, and it did damage that could not be repaired using the factory parts. I had to purchase after market parts to make the correction, but I was able to easily access the part and make the repair myself which saved me over 200 in labor costs.