SUV Reviews

Cadillac Optiq 2026: International first drive
By Stephen Corby · 06 Aug 2025
It's unusual for the cheapest and smallest member of a car company's line-up to be the most impressive. Indeed, it's like preferring the acting of the Hemsworth whose name no-one can remember, but there's just something surprisingly attractive about Cadillac's Optiq, which will be the entry point for Cadillac's all-EV offering when it arrives later this year. We went to Detroit for a drive.
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Subaru Forester AWD Sport 2026 review: snapshot
By Chris Thompson · 04 Aug 2025
The Subaru Forester Sport is a mid-spec variant of the mid-size SUV that adds visual extras and more features in petrol and hybrid versions.
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Audi Q4 2025 review: 55 e-tron SUV long-term | Part 2
By Dom Tripolone · 04 Aug 2025
The Audi Q4 e-tron proves good things come in small packages. It’s been a working theory of mine that, the bigger the electric car the less it makes sense. Smaller in the electric car world is better, at least until game changing solid-state battery tech comes along.
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Toyota LandCruiser Prado 2026 review: Hybrid - International first drive 
By Stephen Ottley · 02 Aug 2025
They call it the Toyota LandCruiser (two words) but to Australian eyes it looks like what we affectionately call a Prado. But it’s what’s underneath the surface, beyond the name, that makes this car so interesting.
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Subaru Forester AWD Premium 2026 review: snapshot
By Chris Thompson · 02 Aug 2025
The Subaru Forester Premium is a specific variant that adds a small number of extra features to the base Forester AWD, but isn’t available with a hybrid drivetrain unlike the rest of the line-up.
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GWM Haval H6 Lux 2026 review: snapshot
By Jack Quick · 01 Aug 2025
The Lux is now the entry-level trim in the local 2026 GWM Haval H6 line-up.
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Chery Tiggo 8 2026 review: Super Hybrid - Australian first drive
By Tom White · 01 Aug 2025
Chery's Tiggo 7 plug-in hybrid might be a plug-in price leader, but the Tiggo 8 ticks even more boxes.
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Suzuki Fronx 2026 review: Hybrid - Australian first drive
By Chris Thompson · 31 Jul 2025
With small SUVs becoming more and more prominent, Suzuki is bringing a new sub-$30K hybrid light SUV to the market - the Fronx. We’ve jumped in for a quick spin at its Australian launch to find out.
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Mitsubishi Outlander Exceed Tourer 2026 review: snapshot
By Tom White · 29 Jul 2025
The Exceed Tourer is the pinnacle of the Mitsubishi Outlander range, featuring all of the available equipment.
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GWM Haval H6 2026 review: Ultra Hybrid
By Jack Quick · 29 Jul 2025
The GWM Haval H6 has always been a solid budget buy, but this latest update sees it duke it out with segment stalwarts like the Toyota RAV4, Kia Sportage and Hyundai Tucson.
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