Front Wheel Drive Hatchback Manual Reviews

Suffers from exactly the same flaw as every other Infiniti – the only reason you’d buy one is because it’s rare-groove different. Not necessarily better.

More an SUV than a soft-roader. Patchy dynamics but well finished and has good off-road ability

The Kia Cee'd is the car that lobs the paving slab of reality into the windscreen of preconception. It might be a straight clone of a Toyota/Ford/VW hatch, but it’s a damn good one.

The Grandland X is a good car, but not a great car. However, that doesn’t matter so much in the SUV class

While still a comfy, useful hatchback, the C4 Cactus's move mainstream has taken away its class hero status

A refreshing niche that ain’t a crossover, but not as sporty as billed

A likeable thing. Go for a higher powertrain and it makes most sense.

Another good Mazda from one of the very few car companies – any company, come to that – which simply doesn’t make a bad product

The Eclipse Cross is a striking and mostly successful Qashqai rival

Kia improves things yet again. Refinement, styling and interior quality are nearly as good as anything out there. Nearly…

Jaguar’s little crossover aims to storm a competitive set with F-Type-inspired looks inside and out, and an engaging drive

Great-looking, great to drive new Volvo should be a fine car to own.

It's taken Volkswagen a surprising amount of time to get here, but finally we have a Golf Estate that's up with the best.

Citroen's Fiat Panda - character over driving thrills, but none the worse for that.

The latest Tiguan feels solid, sensible and laser-guided at its target market

The CX-5 is a cracking SUV that really will exceed your expectations. Well worth a look.

Volvo has made something nicely distinctive here. It'd be impressive even if they'd been practicing for years