I've just bought one of these in black:
And yes, there is a fair bit of plastic but it's not awful. 'Wipe clean' as someone said lol. Mine doesn't have that grey gear knob and steering wheel, they're black and chrome.
But we do need the extra row of seats now, and the Galaxy/S-Max didn't have quite as much boot space with the rear row up, which they will be all the time.
It drives like a an estate car. Fifth Gear reckon it lacks overtaking punch. I didn't think it felt much different to the Vectra. Maybe it'll be held back when fully loaded but it's not meant to be an Evo...
The engine is a 2.0TDi VAG unit.
It's on 18's lol and the DVD player should keep the kids quiet on a long run. MP3 head unit but no way to plug an iPod in unfortunately. It's also got the 10 disc autochanger, dunno whether you can load it with mp3 discs; not too bothered but it would be nice if you could.
No handsfree kit, need to get something sorted there...
Flame away ;)