SUV reviews

2023 Tesla Model Y Performance review

The fastest version of Tesla's popular electric SUV has landed in Australia at long last, but can the Model Y Performance justify its circa-$30K premium over the base version?

2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N review: Prototype drive

With a brief to make the most fun-per-dollar electric car, Hyundai's N Division boffins are confident enough to let us loose in a prototype Ioniq 5 N – on ice!

2023 Volkswagen Tiguan R Grid Edition review

Pared-back Grid Edition diminishes little of the Tiguan R’s lovely liveability

2023 Land Rover Defender 130 review: First drive

Bigger is better, right? The Defender now comes as an eight-seater

2023 Volkswagen T-Roc R Grid Edition review

All-wheel drive R power for less than a Golf GTI? VW’s T-Roc Grid Edition leaps straight to pole position

2023 Ford Everest Trend v Isuzu MU-X LS-T comparison review

The seven-seat family wagon stakes heat up, as we pit the new 2.0-litre Everest against the popular MU-X

2023 Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT review

Porsche attempts to tame targa high country’s blue riband route with the astonishing Cayenne Turbo GT Coupe

2023 Nissan Qashqai ST-L review

Nissan's third-generation Qashqai small SUV impresses with a new turbo engine, more space and better looks than before

2023 Genesis GV60 review: Performance AWD

A close relative to the popular Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6, is the quirky Genesis GV60 the Korean EV to get?

Long-term review: New Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV

Is the new Outlander PHEV worth $16K more than its petrol equivalent? We add the world's most popular plug-in hybrid to our long-term fleet to find out

2023 Tiguan Allspace review: 162TSI Monochrome

Another semiconductor shortage special from Volkswagen, but this one balances style and speed in a well-specified package

2023 Audi E-Tron GT review: Australian first drive

Audi delivers a svelte electric flagship that isn’t only swift and silent, it might actually be the pick over a Porsche Tacyan – If you choose the right variant

2023 Lexus RX review: Australian first drive

Can the new-gen Lexus RX be both the best-driving model to bear the nameplate yet while maintaining the qualities – and quality – for which it is renowned?

2024 Toyota BZ4x review: First spin on Australian asphalt

Good things come to those who wait, they say – but will Toyota’s long-delayed BZ4x EV be the good thing Australian buyers have been waiting for?

Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace 2023 review: 132 TSI

Is the middle child of VW's Tiguan Allspace range the quiet achiever, or just a bit of a black sheep?

Mazda CX-9 Sport FWD 2023 review

The big new premium CX-90 has now been unveiled – but is the existing CX-9 still the seven-seat Mazda to buy?

2023 Land Rover Defender 90 review: P525 V8

V8-powered Defender 90 is Land Rover’s ultimate Q-car, but is it worth the high price of admission?

2023 GWM Tank 300 hybrid review: Australian preview drive

GWM’s Tank 300 hybrid hits the market as Australia’s first hybrid off-roader – but is this value-packed Jeep rival any good?

2023 Kia EV6 GT review

The new EV6 GT promises to be as talented on track as it is on road; we hit both in the $100,000, 430kW Kia to find out

Toyota LandCruiser 2023 review: 300 Series GR Sport

Does a luxury four-wheel-drive really need this much off-road capability? Or should that be, does a capable four-wheel drive need this much luxury?

2022 Peugeot 5008 GT Sport review

Last year’s facelift of the seven-seat Peugeot 5008 SUV brought with it a new variant – the black-packed GT Sport. Time to take it for a spin

2022 Mazda CX-8 GT Diesel review

Mazda’s smaller seven-seater competes for less space on the road without sacrificing too much space inside