HONDA HR-V FROM $25,490

Honda’s HRV, a compact five-door SUV, combines extraordinary interior flexibility with a punchy drivetrain and handsome styling inside and out.

The base 1.8-litre petrol/continuously variable automatic (CVT) VTi model costs $25,490. Then it’s the same drivetrain with more fruit as you move up to the VTi-S (from $29,140), followed by the RS (from $32,490) and then the VTi-LX at $35,740).

While the 1799cc single-cam i-VTEC unit