25 best family SUVs

Honda CR-V

The CR-V has been around longer than most others on this list, yet it remains something of a safe choice, thanks to its fantastic practicality, reliability, economy and ease of use.It's not the most exciting compact SUV, but it has a flexible interior and is well-built and frugal. That said, the dashboard could benefit from being simplified, and automatic models are considerably thirstier than their manual counterparts.The C-RV is a little long in the tooth compared with the rest of the segment, so when its replacement arrives late this year, it'll have some catching up to do.