Best Car Rankings for 2024
The best used and new cars, trucks, SUVs and more based on a data-driven analysis of each vehicle's reliability, resale value and safety.
Best Car Rankings by Vehicle Type
While many best cars lists already exist, iSeeCars believes the right way to rank cars is to depend on data-driven and objective methods, rather than rely solely on writers' subjective editorial criteria. Therefore, the iSeeCars Best Cars Ranking applies data science to over 330 million vehicles in order to analyze each model along three key dimensions: the model's reliability and how long-lasting it is, its safety, and its ability to hold value. The best cars are the models with the highest ratings across all three key areas, as summarized by their iSeeCars Quality Score.
Listed below are the Best Cars in every vehicle category and price point, as ranked by the iSeeCars Quality Score. Identifying the top-ranked models in a category can help shoppers quickly zero in on which vehicles to consider when buying the next car, SUV, or pickup truck. iSeeCars’ categories group vehicles by specific vehicle types, body styles, and drivetrains, reflecting hatchbacks, hybrids, plug-in hybrids, SUVs, luxury cars, and even electric vehicles.
These lists also provide new and used car pricing, as well as fuel-efficiency information for each vehicle model. They identify the top picks in every vehicle category, from the smallest compact cars to the largest luxury SUVs, to help consumers narrow their car buying choices by focusing on the best vehicles.
Best Cars
Best SUVs
Best Trucks
Best Hybrids
Best Electrics
How We Rank These Cars
iSeeCars Best Car Rankings are calculated based on the latest research by our data science team and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
We analyze data from over 12 million new and used vehicles in our Longest-Lasting Cars and 5-Year Depreciation Studies, combined with the NHTSA's Safety Ratings to give you an unbiased guide to the best vehicles in each segment.
After being evaluated, vehicles with the highest average scores earn a spot in the iSeeCars Best Car Rankings. (No final score is given to vehicles missing a score in any of the categories, but scores for other categories are still shown.)
Vehicles are scored in three categories:
Reliability
The reliability score represents an analysis of iSeeCars' proprietary research on the longest-lasting vehicles.
Value Retention
The value retention score is based on our data science team's statistical analysis and prediction of 5-year depreciation from MSRP to determine which cars hold their value best, using US Bureau of Labor Statistics data to adjust for inflation.
Safety
The safety score is calculated based on the last five years of crash test ratings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and incorporates the latest Top Safety Pick information from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).
