Ford GalaxyApril 2006

Rossy22 October 2010

Wife is on her 2nd company car Galaxy and have to say FORD have come back to the days of the great Escort MK1 and 2 and from the days of the Sierra and MK3 Escorts... The 1st Galaxy the wife had was the 1.9 TDI Ghia which although still a great car had but one problem...setting off from a standstill...it was hard to ballance clutch and power..either wheel spinning like a boy racer or stalling...May I point out not driver error!! The 2nd a 2.0 TDI Envoy although we miss the "spec" of the prevois Ghia does not have this problem and is a true joy to drive, plus has the extra power needed for a 7 seater. Its "never" let us down unlike the previous one which split a rad hose and had a Digital Dash issue. I drive an S Class but would happily own one of these great family 7 seater cars. Personaly, I think its the best in its class, or should that be its in a class of its own? 5 Stars and A+ for me, but if going for a diesel get the 2.0 tdi over the 1.9 tdi.

Anthony Williamson24 October 2010

1. Your photos are showing the exterior of the new model and the interior of the old model (that was shared with VW/Seat). 2. The Galaxy is a full sized 7 seater and there is plenty of room in the third row seats, it is the S-Max that suffers this problem. The roof line of the S-Max is lower to give a more sporty appearance this compomises the headroom for the third row seats. Therefore they are occasional seats as they are lower, do not recline or slide bacwards and forwards. The galaxy is designed to provide the extra height, the seats are higher so that your knees are not on your chin as they are in the S-Max and Zafira. 3. Ford realised there mistakes with clips and have changed to magnets, this is much easier. I have experienced all of these vehicles. I owned an S-Max, a Galaxy (new model and old model), and my brother-in-law had a Zafira. I really enjoy your show. I hope this helps (particularly the point about the photo). Regards, Anthony Williamson

The most DANGEROUS car I have ever driven. The window screen, because of the way its curvered,and the little side windows are all blind spots. You cannot see the bonnet, which I find its quite bad. Too much rear leg room, even for three fully grown 6.329 January 2011

The most DANGEROUS car I have ever driven. The window screen, because of the way its curvered,and the little side windows are all blind spots. You cannot see the bonnet, which I find its quite bad. Too much rear leg room, even for three fully grown 6.3' teenagers. I have literally got to climb in the boot to put the wheelchair and pushchair inside safely as it is a high boot.

anthony 29 January 2011

A very unreliable car, could not cope in the snow I too also reckon the galaxy has two many blind spots, and whats the deal with the two small front side windows...thats not fashion..thats dangerous as cars can be hidden in between them. It feels top heavy, especially at high motor-way speeds or high winds; you feel as if you going to topple over...it just does not feel safe at all. I don't think it was sound prove either because how noisy it was and the engine was quite noisy as well I too did not like how high the boot was, nor the amount of legroom you had in the back.

David Tew25 January 2012

Best car I ever owned, in response to previous reports, it's only as dangerous as other cars with windscreen pillars, and tell me a car that doesn't have them, are they too idle too lean forward a little just to make sure the road is clear as did and still have to do with my Renault Grand Scenic ! Plenty of grunt with the 2 litre, and overtaking was a breeze especially using the semi-automatic mode on the gearbox. As for the height of the boot never a problem, cleared out my son-in-law's father's house easy even with washing machine, fridge etc, so how it's a problem with pram or wheelchair unless its one of those large electric monster I just don't know. The only issue I had with the car in three years was in the snow and that is due more to the tyres than the car (courtesy of my brother who was at the time a Traffic Accident Investigator), and by the way I've since found it may have been a better idea to turn of the traction control. I've now got as previously mentioned a Renault, biggest mistake I've ever made in choice of cars, I'd rather have the Galaxy back anytime.