Some vehicles carry people. The 2017 Volkswagen Multivan TDI340 Comfortline carries a whole plan for the weekend - and all the gear that comes with it.

Seven seats, a cavernous cabin and sliding doors on tap mean the school run, the airport pickup and the Sunday market haul all happen without anyone folding themselves into a corner. This is German van engineering doing what it does best: making the genuinely practical feel completely effortless.

Under the bonnet, the 2.0 turbo-diesel pulls with the kind of low-end muscle that turns a loaded highway stint into a non-event, while the seven-speed DSG shuffles gears so smoothly you stop noticing it. Frugal at the pump and unbothered by a full house, it simply gets on with the job.

Comfortline trim keeps the whole crew looked after, from the supportive cloth seats to the clear, honest dash that puts everything within easy reach. Finished in a deep blue that shrugs off a Melbourne winter's worth of grime, it looks just as tidy parked outside the cafe as it does loaded to the roof for a road trip.

With 109,000 km on the clock and a full complement of doors, seats and storage, this is the rare people mover that works as hard as a tradie's ute yet travels as comfortably as a family wagon. Whether it is the footy team, the tools, or a mattress and a mad idea, it swallows the lot.

Based here in Nunawading and ready to inspect, it is the sort of do-everything van that quietly becomes the most-used set of keys in the house.

Buy a two-seat coupe and you spend your weekends explaining why nobody else can come along. Buy the Multivan and you become everyone's favourite friend on moving day - a promotion you may quietly come to regret.

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