The Multivan's interior is practical with great storage, but modern and minimalist with large screens and no button clutter, while the lack of a centre console frees up space. The sense of roominess is enhanced by daylight flooding in through oversized windows. An optional panoramic (split panel) glass roof makes the interior feel even more spacious and light.

Standard features on the Life grade of the Multivan include LED headlights and tail-lights, 17-inch alloy wheels, power sliding rear doors and power tailgate, a 10-inch media screen and 10.25-inch digital driver’s display, three-zone climate control, push-button start and eight-speaker audio plus wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Seven seats are also standard.

Seven seats come standard on all grades of the new Multivan. The rear five can be configured into numerous variations. You could have those rear seats facing each other or you can just have a second row with a large boot area or you could have two in the middle row and two in the third row or whatever other variation you can think up. Yes, you can remove all five rear seats and now that they're 25 per cent lighter it’s easier to do so.

At the moment there’s just the one grade of Multivan, the Life, and it's powered by a 2.0-litre, four-cylinder, diesel making 110kW and 360Nm. Transmission is a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic which sends drive to the front wheels.

In Multivans with a diesel engine the 80-litre fuel tank equates to a theoretical range of 1200km with fuel consumption officially being 6.4L/100km.

The 0-100km/h time of the Multivan with a 2.0-litre turbo-diesel engine is about 12 seconds. Top speed is around 190km/h.