Should you buy one?

The HR-V values simplicity and reliability over everything else. If that sort of thing impresses you, it’s pretty good. If you have higher aspirations, you might want to look elsewhere.

Sure, it’s economical. But in the real-world smaller SUVs such as the Ford Puma are just as frugal and better to drive. The Toyota C-HR also offers up a clean hybrid powertrain, but one that’s much less noisy. While the Skoda Karoq is broadly more practical.

What we like

It’s well-built and well-equipped for the money, and has some handy practical touches such as the Magic Seats. Achievable official MPG ratings are also impressive.

What we don’t like

The boot is tiny, it’s quite slow when you get out of town and the overall noisiness means it’s not relaxing on long journeys.