Category: Large MPV 
Price Range: £20,595 to £26,945
Roomy, comfortable, easy to drive, unpretentious image, good value for money, cheap to run.
A bit dull-looking, some doubts about quality, stingy basic equipment levels.
The Galaxy's a people-carrier that lives up to its label, but there are more inspiring and stylish propositions out there - not least Ford's own closely-related S-MAX.
This Galaxy is a completely new car and has not been developed from the Mk1, a sister model to the Volkswagen Sharan and Seat Alhambra, so it's got no previous form on this score.
The general quality of the interior is good for this price range, with attractive, plain monochrome trim. Some of the surfaces, such as the brushed-metal-effect strip along the dashboard and the surrounds for the stereo and sat nav screen, looked a bit cheap, though, and seem easy to scratch and mark.
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wrote on 12 04 2007