Road test

Motoring Australians bought more than 10,000 a year but there can be costly reliability problems with gearboxes and engines.

Motoring The third-generation Touareg due in Australia early next year, hailed by VW as the “biggest leap in the history of SUVs”, confirms what many people think.

Motoring Somehow this stunning Italian manages to floor the flaws. Alfa Romeo, thank you for the Guilia Quadrifoglio.

Motoring Ford's pint-sized pocket rocket has a turbo three-cylinder engine with more power than the turbo four it replaces.

Motoring Kia’s practical Sorento occupies the middle ground among seven-seaters, fitting between the school-run and the 4WD giant for mountains at the weekend.

Lifestyle For those that can look past the modern SUV obsession, there are some fine luxury sedan bargains. Like the Jaguar XE R-Sport 20T.