Ford's Galaxy has been the best-selling people-carrier in the UK since it was first introduced in 1995, outselling its Seat Alhambra and Volkswagen Sharan siblings (the Galaxy is a joint venture between Ford, Seat and Volkswagen) by a country mile. As time goes on though, competition for the Galaxy comes flooding in, notably from the Far East. But the biggest challenge of late has been the emergence of the same idea in a smaller package.