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
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HAVAL
H6 |
HYUNDAI
TUCSON
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KIA
SPORTAGE
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MAZDA
CX-5
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MITSUBISHI
OUTLANDER
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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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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