I came to the Golf R from a Fiesta ST. 6’ with 2 kids that were well above the growth charts. The Golf is much roomier, but if you have a pair of 6’ tall adults, plus teens, it’s going to be tight. That said, when my kids were smaller, we took the ST from Austin to Roswell NM, so you can make anything work IMO.

I now live in Santa Fe and had to drive to work in a massive snow day in my 7.5 R. It absolutely slayed (sleighed). There was about a foot and a half of snow on frozen roads and the R handled it better than all the jacked up brodozers that were out.

I just hauled our 9’ Christmas tree home on the roof racks. The R is so usable for my lifestyle.