I think the Cross will be the more practical compared to the new HRV. Rear door is very square at the glass section compared to the sloping HRV. Have to see it in person to judge.

But historically, the honda being honda will be the more entertaining to drive of the 2. Toyota's have very numb steering, but often better sound proofing, more comfortable suspension and the 1.8L engine is a proven reliable unit. Neither will set your pants on fire though, but you also won't go wrong with either.

The 2008 on the other hand.......... Don't. It's actually a segment smaller anyway.

if got child , go for Sedan la and use baby bassinet if its a baby

SUV mana safe if shit happens.

Do you see AhFatt or Hellfire ever got approved to be sold in the States or EU ?

enough said

Yep. Also the loading "hole" size and shape. And the load floor height.

Normal quoted boot space is usually calculated to the window line, so for SUVs and MPVs it is sometimes deceptively smaller than a sedan (even a B segment City has 500L, bigger than most SUV/MPV) but very often a SUV/MPV can easily load things past the window line. Safe or not or police kacau is another story.

A lot of things that makes sense for families don't necessarily make a lot of sense otherwise. Like sliding MPV doors for example...great for children to use and not to worry about them smashing the doors into other cars. Compared to MPVs with normal swing out doors like on the Alza that are very long and swing out very far, tough for tight parking spots (fortunately he Alza is fairly narrow).

A lot of people buy cars based on Thier emotions and not the technically and functionality and fail to test out these aspects when car shopping.

It's an option lah. You say like that, might as well don't buy car. Why commit 5 years for a hunk of metal. Just take grab everywhere.