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Top Gear Advice
Here are the best family cars to buy right now
Need a car that serves the whole family? TG has your back
Ford Focus
"Success in a hatch isn't just about the drive. The Focus has the rest of the bases well covered too."
Click here to read our full review of the Ford Focus
Advertisement - Page continues belowPorsche Taycan Cross Turismo
"The Cross Turismo is arguably the most complete fast estate available today. Not the biggest or most practical by a long chalk, maybe not the most engaging alongside a petrol M3 Touring, but in terms of its breadth of ability and fulfilling the role it sets out for itself, it is brilliant."
Click here to read our full review of the Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo
Skoda Superb Estate
"The Superb combines huge space inside with Skoda’s typical practical little touches, a premium but useable interior and gloriously soft suspension for proper refinement."
Click here to read our full review of the Skoda Superb Estate
Advertisement - Page continues belowBMW i5
“If BMW’s stated aim here was to combine 3 Series dynamism with 7 Series luxury, it’s mission accomplished.”
Click here to read our full review of the BMW i5
Mercedes-Benz E-Class estate
"The regular E-Class wagon is a delightfully refined, comfortable, spacious and mature way of moving a lot of stuff around luxuriously. It now has an oddly old-school charm to it too, derived from the very fact it’s not a bolshy, out-of-my-way SUV."
Click here to read our full review of the Mercedes E-Class Estate
Audi RS6
"This latest iteration has added sophistication and technology to go with its speed. Boy-oh-boy, a hell of a lot of speed."
Click here to read our full review of the Audi RS6
Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio
"The Giulia in general and the Quadrifoglio in particular was bang-on right from the start. Fast and furious when you want, but liveable the rest of the time. And such a lovely object. The amended infotainment and driver assist features work well, so it's a successful update."
Click here to read our full review of the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio
Advertisement - Page continues belowVolkswagen Golf
"Better steering, better refinement, better safety, more modern lighting. All of them steps ahead from a car that already pretty much led the class. Get yourself a 148bhp TSi with the multi-link axle and you’re laughing."
Click here to read our full review of the Volkswagen Golf
Audi Q4 e-tron
"The Q4 e-tron is a useful family SUV that just happens to be electric. It’s relentlessly capable and easy to live with as a car full stop."
Click here to read our full review of the Audi Q4 e-tron
Advertisement - Page continues belowPeugeot 3008
"The 3008 makes its extra size and height feel genuinely useful though, and with its surprisingly low kerb weight and lithe handling, it’s not hamstrung by its additional heft over a Peugeot 308."
Click here to read our full review of the Peugeot 3008
Porsche Macan
"It's impressive that Porsche consistently manages to set the bar in the various classes that it builds its cars: rivals have long tried to outdo the Macan with various premium crossovers and have consistently failed."
Click here to read our full review of the Porsche Macan
Vauxhall Astra
“It's decent to drive, smart looking and is finished to a high standard. And Vauxhall has clamped down on ownership costs, so it's accessible too.”
Read our review of the Vauxhall Astra
Aston Martin DBX
"In a sector crying out for some difference, the DBX provides it. It looks interesting, goes really very well and hits all the targets. It does feel like an Aston Martin product, and is a really very practical SUV (running costs aside)."
Seat Ateca
"The Ateca remains one of the best five-seat crossovers you can buy. It drives well, has a good range of strong, economical engines, looks and feels the part (outside at least, the interior looks a bit dull) and doesn’t cost the earth to buy in the first place."
Click here to read our full review of the Seat Ateca
Land Rover Discovery
"It’s a true automotive Swiss Army knife, capable of taking seven full-grown humans further up a mountain, down a river or straight to The Savoy than pretty much anything."
Click here to read our full review of the Land Rover Discovery
BMW X3
"The X3's chassis is both decent fun through corners and supple over bumps though. It’s a strong middle-ground contender. The engines and transmissions are mostly superb to use, and deliver decent economy too."
Click here to read our full review of the BMW X3
Skoda Kodiaq
"A former Top Gear award winner, the Skoda Kodiaq is among the most complete family cars you can buy for sensible money."
Click here to read our full review of the Skoda Kodiaq
BMW M3 Touring
"The bottom line is this: the M3 Touring is eye-wateringly, cheek-pufflingly good to drive fast, and because it shares a body with the excellent 3 Series Touring, it’s also an incredibly competent, well-made family car."
Read our review of the BMW M3 Touring here
Dacia Sandero
"The Dacia Sandero is, and always has been, almost comically cheap... It makes no promises it cannot keep, and absolutely nails the brief Dacia set for it: simple, spacious motoring for pennies on the pound. Supermini size and space for (often sub) city car money."
Read our review of the Dacia SanderoVolvo XC90
"The best family SUV out there. Which, given the usage of most modern SUVs, makes this the pick of the bunch."
Read our full review of the Volvo XC90
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