Best 2020 small SUV

[Quickstatus]

The RAV4 has a very long wait. I think the small compact SUV market is very tight and not a lot of discounting available.

RAV4 hybrids are so popular Toyota don't have enough factory spots and wait times are stretching out to 9 months . There is a Facebook page: “Australians waiting for 2020 RAV4”
Even the Suzuki Jimny is struggling to fulfil demand.
The increase in the instant asset writeoff will make things tighter despite Covid

 

[Tropic]

Well in the midst of the doom and gloom, another moment of sadness standing behind my 85 yr old dad watching his Honda CRV with 4 new tyres, new battery and recent major service, polished to mirror finish as usual, being loaded onto a tow truck for transport to Pickles for whatever it's future holds. Dad is one of the thousands of older Australians having no option to accept a buyback offer from Honda as their Takata airbags are unable to be replaced. Having looked after the CRV since new and not planned on buying another vehicle at this stage of their lives, my parents now suffering with the stress of doing just that ... during a pandemic.

 

[tgh]

It's only a car….

 

[Tropic]

Yes it is just a car tgh...

 

[Tropic]

When I was little boy growing up in the wilds of the NT, I had a pet dog called Bunji. Bunji went everywhere with me including on many walkabouts with the local aboriginal kids and their families. He was my best mate. One day Bunji ran out in front of a roadtrain and got squashed right in front of my 10 yr old eyes. The shock of what I had seen just washed over me like an icy shower. I managed to find some roofing iron and got Bunji to the side of the road but he had gone... Later that day I buried Bunji behind the mango tree and kept his chain collar in an icecream container along with other things of value to me. Later, when going through the ruins of our house in Darwin after Tracey, I found my icecream container on a pile of broken timber and asbestos sheeting. It was empty. I felt such a sense of loss and sadness. My uncle came along and asked why I was upset. I told him about Bungie's collar and he said, "It's only a length of chain mate...." A car is an object not a living thing, of course, but when you invest a lot of time in looking after something for 20 years, I can honestly understand how someone might feel a sense of loss when you have that thing taken away...

 

[docjames]

2020's Best Small SUV Megatest

Thinking about making a big decision on a small SUV? Step away from the dealership until you've read our fearless ranking.

www.whichcar.com.au

 

[eastwest101]

2020's Best Small SUV Megatest

Thinking about making a big decision on a small SUV? Step away from the dealership until you've read our fearless ranking.

www.whichcar.com.au

Yes - after shopping for similar cars a while ago I can mostly agree with their assessment. Their #1 ranking Toyota CH-R is a good car that has about $3-4K too much on its sticker price, their #2 ranking - the Kia Seltos is easily the best and newest car without any major flaws and at a very good price - they will sell bazillions of them. All the others have at least one fatal flaw or compromise that you have to live with, the CX-3 and Kona being too squishy for some, the HR-V and Qashqai having the worst infotainment systems in the world, the ASX and Venue needing a better engine etc etc , any of them that doesn't have AEB is actually a bonus in my view, many owners have found AEB to be very dangerous with too many false positives meaning you are almost guaranteed to be rear ended.

 

[drron]

Yes experienced AEB in a rental in Canada.Overtook a truck,pulled in front of it to let the idiot behind pass and as he passed the AEB kicked in.Probably inches from being wiped out by the truck.

 

[Tropic]

Yikes! I assume one can turn it off? The Seltos is what we going for but delivery in Perth is 3 months min. The Toyota has limited visibility for rear pax IIRC

 

[tgh]

AEB is a worthy app in my VW product.
No false positives, it sometimes glitches when we are already under heavy braking but thats ok...

 

[Quickstatus]

AEB and other attention autopilots can be turned off

I find that when a vehicle is in front but in the lane to the right of my VW causes the VW to slow down to the speed of that vehicle - to prevent going faster in the inside lane

 

[drron]

AEB and other attention autopilots can be turned off

I find that when a vehicle is in front but in the lane to the right of my VW causes the VW to slow down to the speed of that vehicle - to prevent going faster in the inside lane

But that's the best overtaking lane!