Volkswagen T-Roc

Best Small SUVs

Best Small SUVs 2025: Under $40K

Ratings and reviews of the Best Small SUVs priced under $40K on the Australian market… plus our category winner.

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2023 Volkswagen T-Roc CityLife review

What does the new entry-level VW T-Roc CityLife concede to its more expensive siblings? As it turns out, not much

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Best Small SUV Under $45K

Looking for an SUV that offers plenty of features, for less than $45,000? We run the rule over eight contenders, including new-generation versions of the Hyundai Kona, Nissan Qashqai, and Subaru Crosstrek (formerly XV)

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Best Small SUV Winner: Volkswagen T-Roc

The Volkswagen T-Roc is the 2023 best small SUV in Australia, thanks to a well-considered range majoring on value, equipment and driveability.

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Best Performance Small SUV: Cupra Formentor VZx

Fast compact SUVs from the same house go head-to-head, but will it be the VW Group’s German brand or Spanish brand that prevails?

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2023 Volkswagen T-Roc review: 140TSI R-Line AWD

Does the new, more-potent T-Roc R overshadow the mid-spec 140TSI R-Line, or is the latter ‘just right’? Let’s find out.

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Volkswagen GTI and R range hit the racetrack

Volkswagen claims to have the broadest range of attainable performance vehicles on the market, but are they up to the task?

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2023 Volkswagen T-Roc Style: Quick Review

The lowdown on the most affordable version (for now) of Volkswagen’s Golf-based T-Roc small SUV

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2023 Volkswagen T-Roc R-Line: Quick Review

A two-minute guide to the R-Line version of the T-Roc that mixes a bit of sportiness into the equation without treading on the toes of the T-Roc R performance model.

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2023 Volkswagen T-Roc R Grid Edition review

All-wheel drive R power for less than a Golf GTI? VW’s T-Roc Grid Edition leaps straight to pole position

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2023 Volkswagen T-Roc R review: Australian first drive

A sub-$60,000 performance car is once again available from Wolfsburg with the belated arrival of the Volkswagen T-Roc R

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2023 Volkswagen T-Roc review: 110TSI & 140TSI

Does a styling and technology update complete the package for what is one of the best-driving vehicles in the small SUV segment?

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2022 Volkswagen T-Roc review: 140TSI Sport 4Motion

VW’s second dashing compact SUV, the T-Roc, puts the Golf on stilts. So should we be looking up to it?

2022 Volkswagen T-Roc R first international drive review
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First Drive: 2022 Volkswagen T-Roc R

Hot Dub time machine heads to the Alps

Comparisons

Volkswagen T-Roc vs Mazda CX-30 comparison review

Volkswagen’s new T-Roc faces off against the class benchmark from Mazda

2020 Volkswagen T-Roc
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2020 Volkswagen T-Roc review

The Volkswagen T-Roc is based on the Golf hatchback and is the sportier of Volkswagen’s two new small-SUVs

2020 Volkswagen T-Roc
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2020 Volkswagen T-Roc review

The Volkswagen T-Roc is based on the Golf hatchback and is the sportier of Volkswagen’s two new small-SUVs

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Volkswagen T-Roc: worth the wait or another snoozemobile on stilts?

If a Golf is a bit too anonymous for you, we investigate whether the all-wheel drive T-Roc offers a refreshing alternative

Volkswagen T-Roc R review
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2020 Volkswagen T-Roc R review

Golf R-on-stilts is Wolfsburg’s first serious performance SUV

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2020 Volkswagen T-Roc review

We test Volkswagen’s cheeky small SUV rival for the Mazda CX-3 for a snowy sneak preview