Best Mid-Size SUVs

If you are planning to buy a new car, an SUV will likely appear on your short list. If this is the case, your options are too wide. Whether you want a small SUV or a full size SUV, or anything in between, you can find an SUV for almost every price range, shape, size and powertrain configuration you can think of.

Here, we rank the best SUVs in each market segment based on approximately 200 data points. These data points cover acceleration performance, handling, comfort, cargo space, fuel economy, cost performance and driving pleasure. Car and Driver's rankings are based on the results of a large number of instrument tests we conduct on hundreds of cars every year, as well as the intuitive experience our expert editors gain while actually driving. We take rankings very seriously because we want you to have a comprehensive understanding of the models you are interested in.

Car and Driver's ranking mainly comes from two aspects: first, the data obtained from our comprehensive instrument tests of hundreds of vehicles every year, and the second, the subjective feelings formed by our senior editors in actual road driving. To select the best mid-size SUV, we looked at approximately 200 data points covering acceleration, handling, comfort, trunk space, fuel economy, cost performance and driving pleasure. We take rankings very seriously because we want you to have a comprehensive understanding of every car you are interested in.