Best family hatchbacks 2023 – our top 7 list from the c-segment class

This is our comprehensive list of the top 7 family hatchbacks on sale right now. We've contained our winners list to cars with combustion or hybrid powertrains, each having been exhaustedly tested by our crack team of road testers to reach a verdict.

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:07 7th
02:06 6th
03:05 5th
04:09 4th
04:58 3rd
05:55 2nd
06:45 Auto Express wildcard
07:40 Our Winner!

[gavinparry]

Had a Focus for 10 yrs. Had the new Civic Advance since May. 
AutoExpress spot on here. Superb car and 57mpg average over first 1, 000 miles

[TUNAsnAK]

My top three:
Mazda 3
Opel Astra
Peugeot 308

[smwatson]

308 depreciates like crazy so price difference v Astra erased very quickly. High spec PHEV for ~£25k is absurdly good value.

[oiyou]

Sat in the civic the other day and the fit and and finish was brilliant very sold. I could buy one lol, im unsure of its paint quality watched video from the US and disappointing paint is questionable. Does the uk edition have the same issues.

[masterjejep]

Why not making a rank list in all aspect like the comfort rank acceleration rank fuel efficient rank agility rank etc

[GBFeb]

Get physical reviewers back… bring on Rory

[davidcurtis]

I like the new presentation style, and personally have had experience driving the focus, corolla and golf. The screen on the focus is awesome, the corolla is very quiet and comfortable but doesnt feel like your driving a car. The golf is still great to drive in auto(dsg) but its true the infotainment system is terrible. Would love to try a Octavia and Civic, think for the value the Octavia would be my winner.

[paultasker]

I'd put the Leon on this list somewhere. Maybe 3rd?

[sammyt]

I would much sooner pick a Mazda 3 over any other car on the list except for the Corolla and the Civic.

[jonathanstone..]

Don't know what ford going to offer first the mondeo the fiesta now the focus. Popular and clear nice drive these keep ford in anyone's top 3 for considerations

[auchendolly]

Ford focus is a great car great job team ❤

[catha]

My dad had a focus for like 10 years and now my cousin has it. Its been running with no big issues for easy 15+ years now. My brother got a kia for 8+ years and it also had 0 issues. For that reasons alone I consider those two brands but I lean more towards Toyota.

[snbala]

SUV, cool image? Haha no chance.

My favourite out of the lot is the Focus, shame they are discontinuing it. Cheap to run, good to drive and alot of kit for the money. Bring hatchbacks back in fashion 👌

[supermario]

Id agree the honda civic is good my next car lol my current daily car vw golf 1.6 diesel is very reliable and i highly recommend my no 2!

[Nidhoggrr]

The golf really annoyed me with some interior and console interface options flat out not being there when all their cheaper competitors give them as standard.

[jageg]

Views like a montage that has been generated by AI. The voice is off also. Keep your presenters in the video rather than using AI versions of their voices. Not a fan.

[jonathancollard]

Overdub narrative needs to slow down a tad and also get ride of the naff jiggling background music please 🧐

[bojansalmic]

honda civic is great but much tooe xpensive in my country Slovenija. I think the bets is Skoda Octavia Kombi.

[Lando-kxso]

Some of these so called crossovers are hatchbacks if strictly looking at their dimensions. Ford Puma, Vauxhall Mokka, Kia Niro, Kia Stonic, Volvo EX30 & a couple more are all really just hatchbacks by looking at their dimensions

[micksmith]

Like the format, would happily watch more similar content