Wagon Reviews

The Golf wagon is the ideal anti-SUV, but has Volkswagen done enough to improve the new version?

Porsche's Taycan has proven to be a big hit for the German sports car maker, even outselling its perennial 911 model. Now available in Cross Turismo wagon guise, is this all-electric model the ultimate all-rounder?

Yes, there is an argument that Genesis launching a station wagon is a bit like someone attempting to make money by announcing they’ve come up with a new DVD player, or perhaps even a black and white TV.

The Volvo V60 has been replaced... by the Volvo V60. But this one is the V60 Cross Country, a rugged-looking wagon that lives up to the lineage of the Volvo estate cars of years gone by. There's no V70 CC anymore, but this is the closest thing...

The Skoda Octavia RS wagon might be the go-to car for families who want a sporty, stylish model with practicality as its middle name, but how did the new-gen sports wagon deal with family life for Matt Campbell? He lived with it for six months - through the birth of his first child, a 100-plus-day lockdown, and through a few annoying car tech glitches. He's what he thought.

The VW model you've maybe never heard of has big plans - as Volkswagen's flagship passenger car, it's got Audi, BMW and Mercedes in its sights. So can the brand who claims "premium for the people" pivot to just straight-out premium?

Subaru's Outback has been an Aussie family favourite for decades, and the current sixth-generation model has plenty of tech, safety, and practicality, with the bonus of pretty handy off-highway ability. Do you really need that big, high-riding SUV?

People movers are not just vans anymore. These days they’re less box-on-wheels and completely decked out with all the fancy equipment to make them as comfortable as possible.If you’ve got more than five children, you’ll probably need a people carrier like one of these. And if you’re always moving large, bulky items that’s another good reason to get one. But which is the best? Today we’ve got a people mover comparison lining up two stand-outs, the top-of-the-range Kia Carnival Platinum, costing $64,680, before on-road costs and extras, and the Volkswagen Multivan Comfortline Premium, which is second from the bottom of the range and costs $61,990, before on road costs and extras. The Carnival seats eight people while the Multivan seats seven, they’re both technically 'vans', and are huge inside. But which is the best people mover to suit your needs? Let’s get into it so you can decide! 

Talk about pushing out the envelope in different directions! No SUV combines 4x4 capability with on-road dynamics as Land Rover's Defender. Sure, it's expensive, and way more so with desirable options, but the L633 is also impressively complete. Now, the capacious 110 wagon is joined by the short-body 90. Far from being a lesser Defender, it provides unique attributes, especially for urban users.

You've been forced to give up a hot hatch, what now? Volkswagen's Passat R-Line might have the answers.