Best Mid-Size 3-Row Luxury SUVs

If you are planning to buy a new car, the SUV will likely appear on your shopping list. Once you have this idea, you will find that the options are so dazzling that you can be dazzled. Whether you want a compact, full size, or a size in between, SUVs cover almost every price point, every shape, every size and powertrain configuration you can think of.

Here, we rank the best SUVs in each market segment based on approximately 200 data points covering acceleration, handling, comfort, cargo space, fuel economy, cost performance, and driving pleasure. Car and Driver's rankings are based on the extensive instrument testing we conduct on hundreds of vehicle models every year, as well as the personal experiences our expert editors gain from real driving. We take rankings very seriously because we want you to fully understand every car you are interested in.

Car and Driver's rankings are based on two indicators: data from large-scale instrument testing of hundreds of cars every year, and the true subjective experience gained by our expert editors during actual driving. We ranked the best mid-size three-row luxury SUVs based on approximately 200 data points covering acceleration performance, handling, comfort, storage space, fuel efficiency, cost performance and driving pleasure. We take rankings very seriously because we want you to know the models you are interested in. All models on the list come standard with three rows of seats, but some models also offer two rows of seats. We rank the two rows of SUVs separately.