Seven passenger seats: six in the cabin and one beside the driver. That last detail settles more bookings than anything else on this page, so it is at the top rather than buried in a table.
Where the seventh person sits
Six of you travel in the back, facing forward, boarding through a sliding door on the kerb side. The seventh sits in front. For a team of colleagues that is nothing at all; for a family of seven it means one of you is not in the same compartment as the others, and that is better known now than at the terminal with the doors open.
Six or fewer and everyone is in the cabin together.
Seven seats or six bags — rarely both
Six suitcases is the honest maximum, and it assumes the back is not also full of people. Seven passengers with seven large cases is the one combination that does not go in, and no minivan is going to change that. Tell us if that is you and we will send a second car, rather than let you find out on the kerb.
Seven people travelling light, or five people with a whole family's luggage — the Vito does either without argument.
What it is actually for
Airport runs where the group has to stay together, and full days out where the alternative is two cars, two drivers and two conversations. It will do Gobustan and the Absheron fire sites and be back by evening, and it will do Gabala or Sheki as a long day with everyone in one vehicle.
On board
Air conditioning that reaches the third row, a hotspot, water, USB, room for the luggage and a driver who speaks English. The fare is charged per vehicle, so seven people divide one price instead of buying seven seats.
When a sedan is enough
Three of you or fewer with ordinary luggage do not need this much van, and should not pay for it. The Accent, the Sonata and the hybrid BYD Destroyer 5 all cost considerably less.
More than seven and the van stops being the answer: one 20-seat Sprinter rather than two of these — one driver, one price, and nobody following in a second vehicle.
Fewer people but a car that has to look like something? The six-seat Mercedes Viano VIP takes one passenger less than this and costs considerably more, and for an arrival you are meeting rather than making, that is sometimes the right trade.
Booking
Tell us how many people, how many cases, the date and the two addresses. We say whether it all fits before you pay, not after.