Leisure activity vehicle, MPV, van, minibus, estate: five words that describe five factory origins, not five seat counts. The only figure that counts in Belgium sits in box S.1 of the registration certificate.
A Belgian category B licence covers nine seats, driver included, as long as the maximum authorised mass stays under 3,500 kg. Both conditions apply together. Above that it is D1 or C1, with a medical exam and a licence capped at five years.
The load index is the number just before the letter on a tyre sidewall. On a 7-seater it decides what you are allowed to fit. Worked through on the Dacia Jogger, Peugeot 5008, Volkswagen Multivan and Kia EV9, and what the Belgian roadworthiness test does with it.
