The futuristically styled Kona offers choice of engines, good safety and makes a strong case for small families needing options, reliability and quality at the right price. There’s even an electric or hybrid to consider.

The Subaru Crosstrek offers great value and good build quality, with its all-wheel drive system making it a uniquely capable small-family SUV. If you like to leave the bitumen for sand, dirt or gravel, here’s why you need a Crosstrek.

A notionally small SUV like Eclipse Cross offers sharp pricing and good tech levels, but with the comfort and space typical of a medium SUV. If you don’t need the seven-seat Outlander, consider this better-value five-seater instead.

The ASX is a small SUV for a budget conscious buyers who need excellent value, good equipment levels and enough space to get all the small jobs done. ASX won’t do everything, but it’ll certainly do its fair share of family duties.

If you’re thinking about buying a small SUV, the Kia Seltos is a well-built, reliable example, with engine choices between ordinary daily commuting or sportier driving. See if the affordable, frugal Seltos is right for you.

Are you shopping for a stylish, luxuriously equipped SUV with a zippy engine for city, suburban and regional driving? Need to take the family? Good news: Mazda has pumped up its brilliant small car. But it’s not perfect.

A Kia Stonic is the next big thing in SUVs if you’re looking for modest size but with all the benefits of a normal hatchback. It’s safe, economical and affordable, making it an ideal first car.

The Mazda CX-3 is a hatchback turned small SUV. If you need a compact, good-looking and barely functional city run-around, the CX-3 is a recipe for affordable, frugal comfortable commuting.

Small SUV buyers like yourself might not quite be ready to go full-EV with something like Kona Electric, and that’s okay. In the meantime the Kona Hybrid does fuel economy like an extreme sport, so here’s why you should think about one in 2024…