And the Hyundai Palisade.Įnter the Forester Sport. This is a customer crying out for a shot of masculinity, a lick of colour, and SUVs are not masculine. There are mums and dads out there (particularly blokes) who don’t want the SUV lifestyle, and miss their old performance car from their youth, but are forced into the SUV thing because of kids. The cars are such good build quality, they’re unique, they have a bit of character because they have drivetrain advantages if you live in places with few (or zero) sets of traffic lights. If you can get stock.Īnd then there’s Subaru. But Toyotas wear an expensive badge, and while Mitsubishis are reliable, they're on the cheap side because they're not as nice to sit in as the Korean or other Japanese brands.Īnd there’s strong value argument for anything Hyundai does right now, from Santa Fe and Tuscon. There’s a good array of affordable family cars, from Toyota RAV4 and Mitsubishi Outlander, to smaller choices like the ASX or Seltos or Kona. Although, Mazda CX-5 and CX-9 are a bit dear, and Kia doesn’t quite match Mazda's level of polish (but crikey, it’s close).
There are plenty of options in the market for classy, even elegant and luxury SUVs (think Mazda or Kia). Mitsubishi has long ditched Ralliart and Ford has signalled it’s not interested in much more than utes and pickup trucks.
