Shopping for a big seven-seat SUV or eight-seat people mover? Kia Carnival might be king of triplet transport, but the Hyundai Staria is built for massive families and small business…
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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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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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Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling medium SUV in Australia, offering good resale value and envious fuel economy. If you need an enormous boot and a simple, functional family vehicle, RAV4 is hard to beat.
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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.
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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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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 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.
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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 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 futuristically styled Kona keeps its turbo performance engine, but this compact SUV is bigger and heavier. Does it go as hard as it once did, and make sense for small families?
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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…
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If you have lots of kids, including twins or even triplets on the way, the Kia Carnival is the best possible family vehicle for you. It’s a smart, luxurious and highly practical workhorse that also offers excellent value.
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The Mazda BT-50 is more than just an Isuzu D-MAX clone. It can tow, carry and transport with relative ease, but it’s also great value and offers a premium interior - for a ute.
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The soft-roading Subaru Forester packs a punch, and is one of the safest, most practical and capable SUVs on sale today. It’s also a great value, nicely driving and popular five-seater.
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The Hyundai Palisade is a big, bold and comfortable holiday machine for growing families. Palisade offers excellent value, generous 8-seat SUV space, and practicality on par with LandCruiser, but at a much more affordable price.
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The Kia Sorento is as close to a prestige SUV as you can get, only without the big price. You would pay thousands more for an equivalent Mercedes or BMW, but a new seven-seat Sorento will be far more reliable and better value.
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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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Pajero Sport is an excellent value off-roader if you need a 4WD with a reliable diesel engine, good fuel economy and enough towing power. This tough 7-seater is a wise choice for adventurous families.
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The Santa Fe is one of Australia’s best-selling seven-seat SUVs. It offers the kind of refinement and equipment you’d expect from a premium European SUV - but at a fraction of the price. This means the value proposition with a Santa Fe is incredibly strong.
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