Ten cheapest 4x4s and off road cars perfect for families – from ultra comfy Honda to spacious Dacia for UNDER £10k

FAMILY drivers looking for a cheap, rugged 4x4 are successful luck - a radical of experts has identified 10 large second-hand options.

These see an ultra-comfortable Honda and a spacious Dacia exemplary that's disposable for nether £10,000.

For all-wheel-drive prowess connected a budget, car sellers HeyCar person shown that you don't person to walk a luck to bargain a prime SUV.

Honda CR-V

Honda’s iconic CR-V exemplary has been astir since 1995 - though present we’re focusing connected the exemplary built betwixt 2018 and 2023.

This mighty instrumentality offers ample abstraction wrong with up to 7 seats and a prime finish.

You tin expect to prime up a bully prime utilized illustration for astir £15,000 upwards.

Nissan Qashqai

The top-selling Nissan Qashqai is hugely fashionable among UK drivers and successful 2023 was the nation’s best-selling car.

Available successful four-wheel drive, the spacious, British-made centrifugal tin outgo arsenic small arsenic £12,000 second-hand - provided you’re blessed with the erstwhile procreation exemplary - with the experts astatine HeyCar recommending the Tekna trim which includes a 1.6-litre DCI diesel engine, manual gearbox and all-wheel drive.

The interior has a premium feel, is incredibly spacious, and the seats are comfortable, with a peculiarly generous footwear capableness of 430 litres.

By 2030, the mega-selling Qashqai, arsenic good arsenic the Nissan Juke, volition beryllium electrical only, similar the Leaf.

Skoda Kodiaq

A deed since its merchandise successful 2017, Skoda precocious released the second-gen Kodiaq.

This means the archetypal is present a second-hand bargain, providing drivers with a superb all-round household car for a debased price.

With all-wheel-drive, plentifulness of space, and large compartment features, experts astatine HeyCar suggest looking retired for the Scout exemplary with its higher crushed clearance, cleanable for tackling unsmooth trails.

A good, utilized Kodiaq volition outgo astir £15,000.

MINI Countryman

How astir a Mini?

The MINI Countryman tin beryllium ranked alongside the likes of the Dacia Duster arsenic a tiny SUV with upmarket features, each for arsenic small arsenic £12,500.

It comes with a petrol motor and automatic gearbox, with a diesel mentation besides available.

It’s large to drive, whether you’re successful the metropolis oregon the countryside.

Dacia Duster

One of the cheapest options around, the Dacia Duster is simply a bargain 4x4 that doesn’t autumn abbreviated successful quality.

Comfortable off-road, with Sun Motors supremo Rob Gill describing it arsenic “chiselled, pugnacious and cool, wrong and out", the latest variation includes a 1.2-litre petrol mentation that's turbocharged to springiness it plentifulness of oomph, portion the 1.6 hybrid and a 100 Bi-Fuel exemplary that tin tally connected LPG is simply a large enactment for redeeming money astatine the pumps.

For an adjacent cheaper option, determination are plentifulness of second-hand models disposable for little than £10,000, though these volition beryllium the second-gen models that are astir 5 years old.

SsangYong Korando

The little-known SsangYong Korando is considered an affordable alternate to the likes of the Qashqai and Karoq.

It doesn’t consciousness similar a fund enactment though, offering generous modular instrumentality levels and adjacent a seven-year warranty.

SsangYong, present called KGM, offers the caller Korando for conscionable implicit £25,000, but without the enactment of four-wheel drive.

But according to HeyCar, second-hand examples with debased mileage tin beryllium recovered for little than £20,000, and often considerably less.

Fiat Panda 4x4

The Fiat Panda is 1 of the world’s astir renowned tiny cars, though their 4x4 version, archetypal released successful 1982, is roomier and much rugged.

The third-gen model, built from 2011, has lone precocious been pulled from merchantability by Fiat, with a caller EV mentation connected the way.

The astir caller 4x4 Panda won Top Gear’s ‘SUV of the Year’ grant successful 2012 and is considered 1 of the astir affordable four-wheel thrust vehicles around, costing £5,000 oregon little successful immoderate instances.

HeyCar urges drivers to support an oculus retired for the four-wheel-drive model, arsenic astir Pandas are two-wheel-drive.

Mitsubishi ASX

Mitsubishi is known for its 4x4 power, with the Pajero an icon among fans and the four-wheel thrust mentation of the Lancer Evolution wide loved for its historical rallying prowess.

These days, the comparatively caller ASX has taken centre stage, released successful 2010 and presently connected its 2nd generation.

While it doesn't lucifer the income unit of the Qashqai, the ASX is simply a dependable enactment for household drivers and tin beryllium picked up astatine a bargain price, particularly the first-gen version.

Subaru XV

Like Mitsubishi, Subaru has go a favourite among household drivers looking for 4x4 capability.

The XV, besides known arsenic the Crosstrek, is simply a compact SUV that's a large alternate to the Peugeot 3008.

It's usually disposable for astir £12,000 for a 2017 model, with each XV versions coming with the aforesaid Active Torque Split AWD system, with either a 1.6 oregon 2.0-litre petrol engine.

Suzuki Ignis

While the Jimny is the much iconic, the Ignis is possibly the much perfect prime for those watching their budget.

The 2nd iteration of the model, released from 2016, is disposable successful four-wheel thrust but mightiness beryllium hard to find astatine utilized car dealerships.

Suzuki is preparing for a important displacement arsenic they pave the mode for their archetypal EV, which includes binning disconnected the Ignis hatchback and the Jimny LCV.

The Japanese car marque is looking to scrap 4 models successful the UK arsenic they hole for the government’s zero-emission conveyance mandate, which forces manufacturers to merchantability an expanding fig of EVs implicit the next decade.

Elsewhere, petrolheads are getting a look into the world's toughest bus, designed to spell off-road connected the astir unsafe terrain and is adjacent utilized by exigency crews.

The monstrous 35-seat Torsus Praetorian is packed afloat of utmost features, including military-grade air-conditioning designed to support occupants successful the harshest of conditions.