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The modern SUV now spans the whole car market and blends a varied mix of qualities. These are our favourites
For the past quarter-century, the sports utility vehicle (SUV) has experienced such remarkable growth that it has fundamentally reshaped automotive design.
While SUVs do have their drawbacks, top models deliver exceptional comfort, practicality, generous space, versatility, and a distinctively robust aesthetic.
The market segments have mushroomed in popularity and continue to grow. Now you will find small SUVs, family SUVs, sports SUVs, luxury SUVs, hybrid SUVs and electric SUVs, and even that isn't an exhaustive list.
But which are the best of the best? This article covers SUVs of all walks of life, making it our most broad SUV top 10. While narrowing the field down to 10 cars is tough, we've done just that.
Our pick for the top spot is the Range Rover Sport, which delivers performance, practicality and driver appeal. Other options include the excellent-value Dacia Duster, the generally brilliant Porsche Macan and the family-friendly Skoda Kodiaq.
You can read our full list of the top 10 best SUVs on sale below.
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Our first nose around the Digatron was in JCB’s test and demonstration quarry in Staffordshire, which is full of sharp immovable objects and very much ‘no go’ territory. But, suggested JCB, if you can come to the broad expanse of Monster Jam University, that can be amended. Watch our video above to see how we got on...
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Clag, clart, gunk, mire, ooze – call it what you will, it seems we are notorious global experts on it. And we’re looking at the full glorious spectrum of it today, in an old Rutland limestone quarry criss-crossed with tracks and paths.
This is exactly the kind of place we need to be to settle a question posed by the arrival of the new, J250-generation Toyota Land Cruiser.
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Revamped Kia Sportage: A Stylish Family Crossover with Hybrid Power Options
One of the UK’s best-selling family cars gets a major update inside and out
The updated Kia Sportage will arrive in UK showrooms this summer, offering a choice of petrol or hybrid power.
One of the UK’s best-selling cars, the crossover has been reworked to bring its styling into line with its newer stablemates, such as the Picanto, Sorento and electric EV3.
The new treatment comprises column-like headlights and a blockier grille up front, plus new lights and a more prominent bumper at the rear.
The changes mean it's now slightly longer than previously (at 4540mm compared with 4515mm), but it remains the same height and width and the wheelbase is unchanged (at 1650mm, 1865mm and 2680mm).
Two powertrain options are available. The entry level comprises a turbocharged 1.6-litre four-cylinder petrol engine that sends 148bhp to the front wheels through a six-speed manual or seven-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox.
The range-topping hybrid uses the same petrol engine, but here an electric motor is sandwiched between the powerplant and a six-speed automatic gearbox. The set-up combines to send 236bhp through the front wheels, although four-wheel drive (with the same output) can be had too.
The 261bhp plug-in hybrid will not be available initially but is expected to return to the line-up in due course.
Inside the revised Sportage is a new 12.3in curved infotainment touchscreen running an updated version of Kia’s ccNC operating system.
There's also a new two-spoke steering wheel, while the centrally-mounted touch panel (for functions such as the climate control) is retained.
There is seating for five, with the rear row split 40/20/40, and boot space behind that row ranges from 562 litres in the petrol car to 587 litres in the hybrid.
With the rear seats folded down, boot space ranges from 1751 litres (in the petrol) to 1776 litres (in the hybrid).
The car has also been fitted with more sound-deadening material around the B-pillars and door cards to improve rolling refinement. This makes it “the most refined Sportage ever”, according to Sjoerd Knipping, chief operating officer of Kia Europe.
Pricing has yet to be announced, but it's expected to broadly align with the current Sportage, which starts at £30,170.