The Subaru Outback has a growling turbocharged engine, a five-seat SUV wagon body and lots of clever, practical equipment. For adventurous families, it will also tow, haul and drive beautifully - at a modest price.
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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.
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If you’re shopping for a sporty hatch or sedan, the Hyundai i30 is the benchmark for high-value performance and quality. For small families needing boot space and 5 comfortable seats, but not a big SUV, the i30 N-line and hybrid offer bang for your buck in tough economic times.
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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.
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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.
If you want one of the best driving, most luxurious and surprisingly capable five-seat SUVs in the market, don’t shop with the elite rip-off brands…
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The Mitsubishi Outlander is an excellent-value seven-seat family vehicle with plenty of features and capability. It looks modern and tough, but you need to know if it’s going to be good enough compared with other medium SUVs.
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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.
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If family is forcing you to shop for an SUV because it’s fashionable, the fast family performance sedan icon, now has a big boot. Long live the wagon - to hell with the status quo. Here’s what you need to know…
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Shopping for a large seven-seat SUV or eight-seat people mover? Kia Carnival might be king of triplet transport, but the Hyundai Staria is built for both big families and small business…
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If you’re shopping for a small car like Toyota Yaris, Suzuki Swift or Kia Picanto, the Mazda2 offers excellent value with a swish of stylish comfort against its rivals. So how do you pick your kids’ potential first car?
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In the market for a new car and seriously considering a hatchback? Good, because there’s a new Subaru Impreza in Australia for 2024 with enormous appeal. But is it enough? Let’s see if it’s ideal for your family…
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Mazda3 should make you reconsider that heavy, impractical SUV or the long list of overpriced prestige German cars. If you’re money smart, you’ll put this sensible, stylish small hatch or sedan on your shortlist for a test drive.
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Cheap utes are becoming popular in Australia. But are they everything they promise to be and can unknown brands like JAC offer real value to consumers who need a workhorse on a tight budget? The T9 is the latest attempt to make Ranger, Hilux, Triton and D-Max irrelevant.
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Kia Sportage is a medium SUV that can handle both family duties in the suburbs and regional holiday travel. This affordable, reliable and well-equipped five-seater is very comfortable, safe to drive every day on Aussie roads - and now comes in hybrid.
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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.
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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.
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The Toyota Camry is a medium sedan with a high-value, modest pricetag. If reliable, economical and mundane daily driving is your family’s mission, before SUVs came along, a proper Camry sedan got the job done.
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If you’re shopping for an exciting medium-size sedan but need practicality, affordability and reliability rolled into an efficient, compact vehicle, the Hyundai Sonata is excellent value… and goes like stink.
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Hyundai i20 N is the baby performance car: it's not quite as quick on the track as an i30 N, but it’s a cheaper mechanical driving experience. Let's see if it’s right for you...
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