Smoothest riding car?

[808 Estate]

Citroen DS was like being on a magic carpet and cosseted by ethereal nymphs.

[Noel Tidybeard]

sit on a sheet of newspaper- always worked on a school trip on a Daimler/Leylandii Fleetline! 😁

[chodweaver]

I recall Clarkson praising the Berlingo for the best ride he'd ever experienced! I don't remember ever travelling in one though, so cannot comment.

To this day, I still get nauseous if reading/looking at a screen while a passenger on A or B roads, doesn't seem to matter what the vehicle is.

Personal chunder history:

Vauxhall Victor estate

Ford Popular 105E

Several ADO16s and minis

Marina (many, many times)

School trip coaches (usually into a plastic bag. I'd got plenty of practice in by that age)

Citroen GS (driven by a lunatic uncle, around Barrow's roads)

[loserone]

My kids (and wife to be fair) are quite happy to be flung about at a rate of knots in my stream of old pugs; 305, 205, partner and 406 being favourites.  The ride of the 305 was sublime, and a good view out from the back too.

 

Put them in a Saab 9⁵ aero hot, a Honda of some sort, or a Subaru and they soon start complaining when getting a shift on.  Hire stuff like a 330d, an i40 etc have just caused issues and to be fair I found them uncomfortable too

 

You want good dampers, high profile tyres, and a good view out.  An M59 would certainly achieve that.  There's a lot to be said for Pug rear suspension, when it's not worn out!

 

Only car I've ever puked in was an E30 318is.

[HMC]

20 hours ago, chodweaver said:

I recall Clarkson praising the Berlingo for the best ride he'd ever experienced! I don't remember ever travelling in one though, so cannot comment.

To this day, I still get nauseous if reading/looking at a screen while a passenger on A or B roads, doesn't seem to matter what the vehicle is.

Personal chunder history:

Vauxhall Victor estate

Ford Popular 105E

Several ADO16s and minis

Marina (many, many times)

School trip coaches (usually into a plastic bag. I'd got plenty of practice in by that age)

Citroen GS (driven by a lunatic uncle, around Barrow's roads)

Yes that’s correct re clarkson. On I player now is a vast array of top gear episodes including episode 1 of the new format from 2002. The studio looks a bit odd and unresolved, and the first item is clarkson on a booze buying road trip in a Berlingo. He was impressed and at no stage was a piano dropped on a BL product.

[Garythesnail]

Smoothest riding 'car' is  a MK6/7 Ford Transit, isn't it?🤪

[Foeux]

I have had a few good contenders. LS400 was very smewthe but its seat comfness is trumped by Volvo. 850, v70(p1 and p2) and 940. I can only imagine an S80 sits at the top f that tree but have never tried one out - only reservation would be if it had big wheels and thin tyres.

Notable mention was a citroen ZX I had. Wallowy in the extreme but excellent all the same.

[fraser.innes.3]

My daughter was regularly sick in the Mondeo and Mégane, but was ok in the scenic and Grand Voyager that replaced it. Maybe something to do with the height that they sit at. Both were really smooth rides as well.

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[New POD]

Wife gets bad travel.sickness. 

Apparently the back of a mk5 Astra convertible, isn't so bad. 

[The Vicar]

I found my W124 to be very smooth, it was a base spec 200e with ‘caps and 15” wheels I think. 

An early 2000s Lexus LS (the ugly one) is another good shout.