Wheels Australia — June 2017

THE HARD-FOUGHT MEDIUM SUV SEGMENT IS

UNFORGIVING OF FAILURE. WE GATHER NINE

OF THE FRESHEST HIGH-RISE CONTENDERS

AND DISCOVER THAT THERE ARE HEROESAND

ZEROS HERE. LET THE COUNTDOWN BEGIN...

SERVE

SOFT

FORD

ESCAPE

|

HAVAL

H6 |

HYUNDAI

TUCSON

|

KIA

SPORTAGE

|

MAZDA

CX-5

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MITSUBISHI

OUTLANDER

|

SUBARU

FORESTER

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TOYOTA

RAV4

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VOLKSWAGEN

TIGUAN

WORDSNATHAN PONCHARD, BYRON MATHIOUDAKIS, BARRY PARK

PHOTOSELLENDEWAR,NATHANJACOBS

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SUV

COULD 2017 be the breakthrough year

for medium SUVs? The car-buying public

has adored them for more than a decade

• inversely proportional to the cooling of
  affection for large cars – yet as reviewers,
  we’ve been patiently waiting for a truly
  great example of the breed to emerge.
  Given that Honda’s new-generation
  CR-V is due in July, Holden’s desperately
  needed Equinox arrives in October, Jeep’s
  long-overdue Compass replacement lobs
  in December and the all-new Peugeot
  3008, recently crowned 2017 European