This intelligently engineered SUV has been designed to perfectly suit Adelaide life

As befits a city that hosts the Tour Down Under, Adelaide is richly populated with spandex-clad cyclists giving the hills a good weekend workout. Similarly, that’s when the sprawling Stirling Market is filled with treasure hunters, and Hahndorf plays host to pedestrians wandering the main street checking the classic galleries and new distilleries. And the Haval H6 can navigate any crowd thanks to its pedestrian and cycle detection system, and the vehicle’s smart Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) is just another level of safety and peace of mind.

For all of the broad avenues of Adelaide, grabbing an on-street park isn’t always the easiest thing in the world – and pulling off a swift reverse parallel park on Currie Street when you magically stumble upon a vacant spot is a frustrating lesson in how to hold up busy CBD traffic. Or at least, it was before the Haval H6 fixed it: thanks to this smart SUV’s fully automated, hands-free technology, including AI, a 360-degree camera and 14 radars, the time from you sliding effortlessly into your park and you elegantly sipping a signature cocktail at Maybe Mae can be counted in seconds.

Adelaide is not without its congestion frustrations, as the seemingly constant attempts to improve South Road prove seemingly every day. But even in these moments the Haval H6’s tech-loaded dashboard turns crawling traffic over the Cross Road overpass into an entertainment bingeatunity! The 12.3-inch touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto means your playlists and podcasts are right at your fingertips, or pull up your maps and contacts to arrange a traffic-dodging rendezvous en route (what better time to arrange a cheeky meet-up at the famous 24-hour Cafe de Vili's for a cheap’n’cheerful diner meal?) while the dashboard wirelessly charges your phone.

This city knows a thing or two about how to perfectly mix Asian and European influences - after all, we’re the city boasting Part Time Lover’s glorious menu showing that fusion, when done right, can be even more delicious than the sum of its parts. Not only is the Haval H6 a breeze to nip into a tight park on Flinders​​ Street before popping down Pilgrim Lane for a bowl of Part Time Lover’s Korean spiced bolognese, but it’s also a mobile showcase of how to blend modern engineering and timeless design.

Remember when you were a kid in Adelaide and the inside of the family car was always whatever was happening outside, only turned up to 11? Getting flashbacks of those white-hot seatbelt buckles during a sweltering February heatwave, or the freezing vinyl seats adhering to you during a July hailstorm? Well, now you can forget all of that forever: the Haval H6 has temperature control front and centre. That means a sunroof for those summertime drives to Seacliff, heated seats for those cosy Mount Barker winter brunches, and air conditioning easily adjustable year-round on the innovative touchscreen. And remember, you can absolutely use CarPlay to blast some Paul Simon if you still feel nostalgic for those old family drives.

Sometimes you just need a bit of trunk for your junk – for example, if you’re headed to Beerenberg for a balmy day’s strawberry picking, or shooting down the Fleurieu to boogie board down some of Australia’s best waves at Middleton, or just picking up bargain after bargain at the Fishermen’s Wharf Markets in Port Adelaide. Or all three! It’s entirely doable with the Haval H6 and the sheer storage versatility offered by the 60/40 rear seat split. You’ll never have to choose between a beach day and a parklands cricket match again!

The best part of being in Adelaide is that there are world-class destinations a few hours in every direction. Whether you want to head southeast to Mount Gambier and the beauties of the Limestone Coast, due north to the glorious open vistas of the Flinders Ranges, south across the water to the living wilderness preserve of Kangaroo Island or west to the wild oceans and port towns of the Great Australian Bight, you need a vehicle that can fit your crew, get you where you need to go and bring everything you need – and do so in style and safety. The Haval H6 delivers on all counts, including the smart tech to keep you in lanes, recognise roadway signage, and even monitor driver fatigue to ensure you’re always safe behind the wheel on those wide open roads.

Whisper it quietly, but Adelaide’s always offered more bang for its buck than the pricey eastern metropolises. It’s not that we’re cheap, to be clear, we just know the value of a dollar – and besides, there is no shortage of things to splurge on here. And the Haval H6 is priced with that attitude in mind, which just means you’ll have some spare cash to drop on hand-feeding the kangaroos at Cleland Wildlife Park, or spending a luxuriant getaway at the Kingsford in the Barossa, or booking in some Gastronomo dining experiences in unique SA wilderness locales. And the Haval H6 is the SUV to get you there.