The lifestyle tier: Land Rover Defender, Toyota LandCruiser Prado, Jeep Gladiator Rubicon, Kia Carnival GT-Line and the Mercedes B-Class. The practical end of the fleet, from age 20, for family trips, eight-seat runs and the road that turns to dirt.
Seven seats, rear doors that rise at the kerb and near silence on the motorway. Why the chauffeur-driven Model X P100D is such a good car for a group run to Sydney Airport, where it stops fitting, and how a transfer is quoted and booked.
The square-edged fifth-generation Santa Fe in its top trim, with two captain\'s chairs in the middle row instead of a bench. A quiet hybrid six-seater for the trips where who sits where matters more than pace.
The long-wheelbase Model Y with six proper seats. The first electric car that makes sense for a family of six on a Sydney weekend, and a different proposition from the five-seat car most people have sat in.
Seven seats, real ground clearance and a shape nobody mistakes for anything else. The only car in the fleet that is genuinely capable past the end of the sealed road, and still comfortable getting there.
Eight seats and a boot behind them, which almost no seven-seat SUV manages. Nobody books it for glamour and almost everybody who needs it books it again.
