Edmunds Top Rated 2025 | The Best Cars, Trucks and SUVs for 2025

[@edmundscars]

After thousands of hours behind the wheel and a year of testing, evaluating, and judging, our team deemed these six cars the best you can buy in 2025. Do you agree with our picks? Let us know in the comments and be sure to check out edmu.in/TopRated25 for more on our winners.

[@GetOutsideYourself]

And good on you for giving the top prize to the Civic Hybrid instead of some $100k plus Bimmer or Lexus. The Civic truly is a great car at any price.

[@jayem8981]

Think before you speak. Would the Civic be a great car at $100k? Obviously not. It’s great because it’s cheap and does an effective job at getting you from point A to B.

[@gigi9467]

@@jayem8981i dont think you thought before u spoke or u dont know he means.

[@jayem8981]

@@gigi9467 “The Civic truly is a great car at ANY price.” Ok genius, explain what that means. Or do you think context doesn’t matter? The Civic is a great car in large part BECAUSE of it’s price. So you can’t directly compare it’s “greatness” to say, a BMW M3. Why? Because the M3 is a much greater car than the Civic. But then the argument comes back to price and how the Civic is a great car FOR it’s price.

[@gigi9467]

@ lol u still dont get it lol

[@jayem8981]

@@gigi9467 Lmao. You’re slow buddy. Don’t you have floors to mop? Get to work.

[@FabioAbreu77]

This I don't get: The Kia Telluride has been Edmunds' favorite three-row SUV for years. Edmunds gives the Kia a higher overall score (8.4) then the Toyota Highlander, even the hybrid one (7.9). So, having a lower score and no big changes to 2025, how come the Toyota is Edmunds' Top Rated SUV while the Kia (with a higher score) is not even a "highly recommended" !?!?!?

[@dantegimenez7325]

This is the grand highlander not the regular highlander

[@gilyoon]

RIVIAN R1S should be EV SUV of the Year.

[@normanli7085]

At least the truck makes it on the top rated list

[@viyusavery248]

So you guys ship overseas?

[@K03sport]

no Jeeps or other Stellantis cars...I'm speechless and in disbelief. 😱

[@DigitalDrive-804]

Good job

[@urbanstrencan]

Great video Edmunds testing team, quite agree with your awards winner :) Rivian well deserved reward ;) Would really love to see how you would rate our Europe-only brands and models like Skoda, Renault, Opel, Cupra,.. :)

[@janissaryone1906]

Hyundai's terrible service and support doesn't cut it. The dealers actively try to deny there's anything wrong with their engines whenever a complaint is raised and I would never buy anything from them due to their endemic culture of denial of any issues.

[@gigi9467]

Pos cars for sure

[@ztekz]

Same here, I’ve always stayed away from Hyundai and Kia!

[@barangoran4179]

Teslas service is much worse, but no one talks about it because Elmo.

[@gigi9467]

@ at 1-2% of cat sells it dont matter and ppl who talk are the minority lol

[@davidvoth7218]

This shows how much Honda messed up on the current model of their Accord. The Accord use to be the best of the best, now its an eye sore.

[@gregp.7148]

Great to see the Civic being back on the top! Especially that it’s an efficient hybrid! (Is it affordable though?)

[@Hallowsaw]

It's 28-33k in a sea of 40-50k cars

[@gigi9467]

Yea wont 20-25 years like the old ones and at 30k for a civic i passed on it

[@vvattup]

Congratulations to Rivian. Can’t wait to get hands on R2.

[@gigi9467]

Do it before they go belly up lol

[@brooklyn5466]

I have 2023 Ford Maverick Tremor XLT with luxury package and it's fantastic. Short Powerful Great vision Cheap plastic is fine AC/ heat is great Good safety features Good for city and county Good price The fact that you didn't mention it shows you guys are not on the right track.

[@mss627]

Now do one about the most repossessed vehicles of 2024.

[@kalanikadafe]

That background with DRLs is soooo clever ❤❤❤

[@mattspeer01]

Can't got wrong with the top pick, even if the Civic isn't the most exciting car to drive. I am a bit partial to my new car I bought a few days ago, a 2025 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing. The thing is a monster and even in its engine break-in period, it's the most fun I have had driving a car out of the 20+ that I have owned.

[@kailuagarage]

I just bought one too - then it snowed, so waiting, waiting, waiting haha

[@mattspeer01]

@ Congrats! Must be frustrating with snow. Luckily it only snows where I live about 1-2 days a year.

[@kailuagarage]

@@mattspeer01It is, but our '24 Cayenne S with snow tires is not bad until then!

[@Furious321]

You guys got the 6-speed, right? Right guys? SURELY.

[@kailuagarage]

@Furious321 I did!

[@samuellewis1965]

Where can you buy a Grand Highlander? Easier to buy a Lexus TX?

[@M1911jln]

Thank you for stopping Emme Hall from screaming at the camera. This is the first time I’ve made it all the way through a video with Emme as a presenter.

[@Ayyyyydootdoot]

What are you on about? That broad is literally screaming at the top of her lungs. This is the shittiest Edmund’s video I’ve ever seen.

[@TinoMiller]

The Frontier is vetter than the Ford Ranger .. But I don't know how 5hese reviewers are getting away with giving such bad and awful vehicles top picks .. They have these vergicles for 1-2 weeks and rate them as tip picks ?! Please don't buy a vehicle based on a review .. Get in them yourself .. I should say the Honda Civic deserves its place there for real

[@nathanwright8616]

the lighting and drama in this video is SO GOOD

[@GetOutsideYourself]

We updated our Tesla Model 3's to the 2025 LR, and Performance, and agree wholeheartedly with your conclusion. Much better than the previous version. I don't care what Throttle House says, the new version of the Performance is way better. I'm even getting used to the blinkers on the steering wheel, though Tesla may yet bring back the stalk.

[@mattbrew11]

They definitely brought back the Zeig Heil!

[@user-ns7ip8qy9l]

You going to the Nazi rally on Saturday with the other Teslas?

[@aussie2uGA]

@@user-ns7ip8qy9lindoctrinated much?

[@barangoran4179]

Tesla could build a car that has no brakes and you would still love it. As a fellow Teslainvestor, i approve.

[@aussie2uGA]

@ Unless you're tracking it, you can take those Brembo's off a Tesla and the regen brakes the car for 99% of situations anyway.

[@Korey32T]

I don’t get the civic! I have driven MANY and I truly don’t understand! It is reliable but that is about it! Boring looks and so so handling! I’m starting to think Honda slides y’all some money on the low! 🤷🏾

[@spcneary]

The best car in 2025 is one that was built before 2010, same as it was in 2024.

[@K03sport]

I'll take a 2010 Saab 9-3 Aero Sportcombi.

[@nkwhoa]

Honda Civics FTW!!!!

[@AutoCars-h4x]

❤❤

[@_Chev_Chelios]

2:04 Emme, you dropped the ball again! Your only job is to spill huge open top big gulps into the interiors of brand new cars that you don’t own.

[@gstuart0770]

I love the channel. Keep up the good work.

[@XtianJade]

The ID Buzz is not an SUV.

[@joseroldan9247]

I love my 2024 Tesla Model 3 Performance!

[@joeferreira5686]

Good for you. Hope you don’t mind loosing half it value in three years.

[@ALMX5DP]

@@joeferreira5686it’ll be comparable depreciation to most other similar vehicles and not too much of a concern for the typical customer demographic.

[@user-ns7ip8qy9l]

Nazzzi rally on Saturday? You in? Other Teslas will be there

[@barangoran4179]

Teslainvestors strong in the comments 💪

[@chrisd-lw6zt]

Considering Consumer Report placed the Rivian at the bottom of reliability your top pick is suspect.

[@TheLastMoccasin]

Consumer reports methodology (and funding) are suspect. Read up on what all things count as reliability concerns.

[@SoulTaker3222]

@@TheLastMoccasin Found the rivian owner lol

[@TheLastMoccasin]

@@SoulTaker3222 Nope, just not a fan of poor quality "reliability" reports that are not about reliability. JD Power is worse than Consumer Reports though.

[@SoulTaker3222]

@@TheLastMoccasin oh I completely agree. I like Rivian and what they are doing so I’m just poking fun is all.

[@TheLastMoccasin]

@@SoulTaker3222 Rivian has some "initial build quality" issues (maybe not as bad as Tesla) but still present. That plus a "customer adjustment period" where people don't know how to use things that are new to them. How these agencies count these issues as "reliability" issues is beyond me though. Unfortunately, only time will truly tell us how reliable they are.

[@SoulTaker3222]

Sad to see no mention of the BMW IX considering how well it was praised in the review video. Seeing the KIA here is hilarious in hindsight after hearing how bad the dealerships and brand has been with its customers. Also, the Tesla being on this list is insane.... you have to menu hop to get anything done in the car... you play with the stupid screen more than drive the damn car. The only thing i agree on here with is the Civic being the winner - Honda did great work with it and knocked it out of the park.

[@tonepilot]

For the Tesla Model 3 I guess you don’t mind menu diving to change the windshield wiper speeds or to change gears. I guess you also don’t mind fumbling for the turn signals while you turn the steering wheel. I suppose you also don’t mind the lack of Android Auto or CarPlay. You probably don’t care about phantom braking either or the poor return to speed times for the cruise control.

[@TheLastMoccasin]

Correct, because they actually own the car and know how to use it, not just read about it on the Internet and comment...

[@tonepilot]

@ I own the car

[@davidarreola1985]

I don’t think the lack of CarPlay or Android auto is an issue at all. The car’s system is great and I do not miss it. I’ve never had phantom braking, so it might be worth it to take it to the dealership to check if there’s something wrong with the sensors on yours. The driving through the menu for the wipers, is as easy as pressing the dedicated button at the steering wheel and scrolling the left wheel to adjust the speed, so it is not as complicated as you make it seem. The turn signals are easy to get used up after a little while too. Just because some things in the Model 3 are different from other cars, doesn’t mean it’s bad. The car’s great improvements over the previous model are what earned it its recognition.

[@tonepilot]

@ wait. You can scroll through the wiper speeds with the scroll wheel? We made an appointment for the phantom braking and the fact the wipers keep coming on by themselves. Tesla canceled the appointment saying there’s no solution. Yeah, not having CarPlay isn’t the end of the world but everything adds up to a more stressful driving experience than it needs to be. I do admit the Tesla excels on long road trips due to its easy navigation and charging. We didn’t have any phantom braking problems until Musk killed the radar in our car with an update. It was so bad we had to file a report with the federal transportation department.

[@TheLastMoccasin]

@@davidarreola1985 Thanks for picking up on the "how to use the wipers" part. That plus the fact that he thinks his Highland had a radar that Elon turned off makes it clear it's a bot or NPC.

[@GPS321]

How about what really matters; long term testing!

[@Hallowsaw]

You could search in a used car website for highest mileage vehicles in the class you are looking at and that will tell you where to start looking. It is unrealistic to ask for long term testing because that leads to used cars and manufacturers could care less about used car sales

[@DarkClosetOfTheMind]

Didn't a Edmund's video in the past call the Hyundai Santafe the ugliest vehicle made in 2024?

[@jacktheman1989]

Wrong, Camry wins handdown

[@BigTimeRushFan2112]

and the award to worse transmission in the wold goes too...... Toyota Camry! Enjoy joiing the class action lawsuits just to get yours fixed for the 3rd time in under 50k miles.

[@vvattup]

20 years ago

[@psy999]

Well, you sure made a convincing argument

[@nickho4320]

With the 2025 Prius being a larger, better looking and more efficient vehicle than the civic for the same price I don’t know how the civic beat the Prius.

[@justinbecker4772]

The ergonomics of the prius are terrible. A lot of people can't adjust the steering wheel in a way where they can see the gauge.

[@Paul_salvo]

The rear seats are also so bad, the older Prius is such a good uber and taxi due to space and packaging efficiency. This new Prius lost that and it’s taking a toll in practicality for looks and appeal

[@normanli7085]

The fact u said the new prius is larger makes ur statement invalid. Did u even see the specs?

[@nickho4320]

@ yes longer wheelbase and larger interior volume. What specs are you talking about? And Prius is available in awd which should also be taken into account. Prius is a better hybrid and Toyotas make better hybrids than Honda. You think a civic hybrid is larger than a Prius?

[@Paul_salvo]

okay I’m going to put the specs of the 2020 Prius, the 2025 Civic Hybrid hatchback, and the 2025 Prius. 2020 Prius: Cargo space: 27.4 cu.ft Front Headroom :39.4 in Front Legroom :42.3 in Rear Headroom :37.4 in Rear Legroom :33.4 in Wheelbase :106.3 in 2025 Prius: Cargo Space: 20.5 cu.ft Front Headroom :38 in Front Legroom: 43.2 in Rear Headroom: 36.4 Rear Legroom: 34.8 Wheelbase: 108.3 2025 Honda Civic Hatchback Hybrid: Cargo space:24.5 cu.ft Front Headroom: 37.6 in Front Legroom: 42.3 in Rear Headroom: 37.1 in Rear Legroom: 37.4 in Wheelbase: 107.7 in So despite the new Prius being bigger in length and size, it offers more front seat space both the old Prius and the Civic, but it can’t offer similar rear legroom at least? And has the smaller trunk?

[@williamelkington5430]

Nonsense.

[@DarwinChaug]

Tesla unbuyable. Pick another car

[@aussie2uGA]

Why?

[@raydoherty5419]

All solid picks, making a prediction the Lucid Gravity grabs that EV SUV title off the EV9 next year. Model 3 and Civic Hybrid are both close to perfect in their application.

[@henrylopez3479]

Loved the Civic Hybrid Touring but the only thing that stopped me from getting it was the lack of AWD. You guys put it in there next year and I’m upgrading.

[@robarakira]

But Elon

[@1braincellwhm]

Cry some more 🤣😂🤡

[@aussie2uGA]

What do you disagree with Elon over?

[@chuchum3]

Yawn. Experience an EV namely Tesla and you won't care about these "winners" nor would you ever have the urge to buy them. Ever again.

[@barangoran4179]

Not really, its just a Tesla at the end of the day.

[@JibWangson]

Prefer my 89 corolla

[@JH-om2hc]

With no Chinese auto maker? Oh maybe with them there will be no other auto makers are worth their existence.

[@barangoran4179]

China doesnt pay reviewers.

[@BulletSpoung]

I don't see how any EV could ever be a good buy. They loose so much value in only four years and seem to eat tires, that it negates any savings of not buy gas.

[@aussie2uGA]

Depends when you bought it. Like the stock market, buying at highs before a downturn really make those people upset. Before that, people were selling their teslas for more than they paid. It’s all cyclical and no one can predict timing.

[@dougholmes6631]

Silverado EV?? Honda Civic Hybrid???? Credibility lost.

[@paulp8107]

Love the video, but MORE U-DRAG, PLEASE!

[@davidmeyer6389]

It would be great to include a sports car or fun car category in the future. Thanks!

[@joreldavis4069]

U Drag the Civic vs Prius!

[@berniesoprano6980]

Raise the age, raise the pay so troopers don’t transfer to cities with higher salaries and maybe you’ll be find more.

[@patrickcarey393]

Great choices but I wish you had tested Subaru. I drive used cars for a dealer so have driven almost all of these cars, just older renditions. My choice is any Subaru SUV for a smooth, quiet, well handling and precision performing drive. You mentioned one brand with over the air updates and Tesla is the leader in that category. My niece has an older Model 3 with FSD. She has had many free updates and 2 years ago they took her car in and changed the computer free of charge to handle upcoming software changes. Her range is 45 miles longer than when the car was new because of the update feature despite the fact that batteries are supposed to deteriorate with age.

[@kiwan5425]

We all know it's EV9, AGAIN. 😉

[@tff000]

These all seem like great cars, but why no 'sports car' category?

[@a.b-q5t]

And you can get it without a spare tire- very innovative 😮

[@codincoman9019]

Lots of bs. Reliability and low TCO are far more important than features or the WEG mandate to move us to electric clunkers. The truth is that the Korean lemons and the BEV junk is not at all among top cars - those are the best Japanese cars.

[@voxel999]

Japanese built cars yes. The new Toyotas built in Texas and Mexico are straight up trash. As a former Sequoia owner, I was not surprised at the 100K engine recall. My Texas built Sequoia was assembled by monkeys and I suspect it would rattle apart at 60K while the engine self imploded.

[@eg247Rvs]

Love ❤the reviews

[@Mkvkuv]

Car of the year should've been the model 3 highland

[@JibWangson]

Cope harder

[@RealElectech]

Agreed. A Model 3 destroys a Civic in basically every way.

[@mattspeer01]

@@RealElectech Except for build quality, reliability, range, resale value... etc.

[@RealElectech]

@mattspeer01 330 miles range, resale on a new Model 3 is fine, build quality is outstanding, performance is outstanding, technology makes the Honda look like a flip phone from 2009, lowest maintenance cost of any vehicle and brand on the market per Consumer Reports... performance is also in a completely different class than a Civic. Not to mention way better efficiency and cost of ownership.

[@mattspeer01]

@@RealElectech Lol... keep telling yourself that. Resale is absolute garbage on all Teslas. Technology that kills drivers or innocent bystanders all the time (FSD) is not technology you should be bragging about. The funniest part of your statement is that build quality is outstanding... might be the most amusing thing I've read this week. Tesla has never built a single car that could even remotely be called "outstanding" in build quality. Maybe outstanding for how absolutely godawful it is.

[@frankcoffey]

It's Jan. Why don't you wait till the end of the year to announce the best? Some of the cars of 2025 may not even be in production yet.

[@TheMrJourneyer]

Those would be the best cars of 2026 (grouping is based on model year).

[@garygeorge9648]

Is the Grand Highlander Hybrid as noisy as the RAV Hybrid? Are the seats better than the RAV4?

[@daveyjones777]

Ugh that woman’s shrill screaming and loud background noise- bad production.

[@aerialbugsmasher]

Yeah no the Tesla is still absolute trash. I got to ride in one as ride share with only 4k miles in it and it was infested with rattles and creeks, and it rides incredibly uncomfortably. There were pretty pathetic panel gaps on the outside especially in the rear 1/4 panels and the splash guards. Still feels very plasticky inside. The only thing good about it was the infotainment. Tesla is a software company, not a car company, and it shows. Top EV should've gone to the Ioniq 6 or Lucid. I'm on my 3rd EV and even my 1st gen Bolt seemed better built than the Teslas I've been on.

[@jessechen627]

Then there must be a reason why Kia EV9 only had 1.7% market share and Rivian R1T only had 0.9% market share out of all EVs sold in 2024 🧐

[@tonepilot]

The Honda Civic would win just on volume alone. They’re everywhere!

[@femaledeer]

I'm sorry, but it is ridiculous to give praise to cars with a CVT transmissions. CVTs are gimmicks.

[@justinbecker4772]

They've been around for 15 years, that's a long time for a gimmick

[@zed625]

You guys forgot the cybertruck!

[@McSteveIrwin]

🤣

[@barangoran4179]

Werent they talking about good cars?

[@joekavalauskas8767]

500 years of experience?

[@justinbecker4772]

50 employees * 10 years average experience = 500 years

[@ryb2189]

Honda paid for that spot. There is no way you can compare civic hybrid against the Camry hybrid and choose the civic . They are basically the same price the camry is far superior it is even better than the Accord.

[@BigTimeRushFan2112]

all these manufacturers pay this channel for these spots. didn't you know that?

[@edmundscars]

Hi @BigTimeRushFan2112, that's actually incorrect. Edmunds independently test and rate the vehicles, which is how we choose the winners. Manufacturers do not pay Edmunds to be a winner in any of the category's. However, this has been known to happen at other outlets.

[@justinbecker4772]

Hard disagree. The civic is more comfortable and has a nicer interior. The camry hasn't been refreshed in ages. Stop calling everything you don't like bribery.

[@BigTimeRushFan2112]

@@edmundscars right. that's why you choose the Camry with the worst transmission in any car on the planet. right.

[@SharonPeoples-t4p]

Love the civic. Camry is ugly and always has been

[@ladhkay]

Solid list!

[@amigatommy7]

The Tucson hybrid is a good deal. 😊

[@r5LgxTbQ]

I dont get how Silverado EV wasnt above the F-150 Lightning. F-150 is showing its age and has much less battery

[@housepianist]

The Edmunds Car of the Year is the Honda Civic Hybrid. President of the Honda Dealership Association: “Quick! Raise the price of that car! At least 20% above MSRP! Ha ha ha! We got’em now!”

[@2VP]

How do all these cars just come across as boring?

[@dylanmountain5357]

I miss Carlos

[@TinoMiller]

Wasn't the Grand Highlander was on stop sale for most of last year ?!!

[@jerzypawlik9445]

Edmunds rating is a joke.

[@cmiles97x38]

They just evaluate new gadgets and butt warmers and don't care about long term reliability. They are just shills for the auto industry now. Long term tests for 1 year and pronounce it great. LOL

[@johnjohn3241]

Rivian R1T is such a shitty car.

[@ClemsonNY13]

You’re right but it’s a darn good truck. I love mine!

[@b13nx2k]

Is Edmunds a British company? Why the British announcer?

[@gd2bking1]

Are you that ignorant??????

[@K03sport]

because Americans tend to believe/trust ppl with foreign accents more than those w/o. It's why my waze uses Kylie from Australia 🇦🇺

[@kohsman313]

The santa fe is not a truck.

[@massimopaccagnella920]

Civic vs model3 ?

[@SalvatoreP-d9r]

Edmunds did not convince me.

[@ovp66223]

Wake me up on EVs when solid state batteries arrive. Lithium batteries, the drawbacks and the propsensity to out fire the Ford Pinto (at least it needed to get rear-ended) just sitting still, no thanks. Add in still pathetic charging network and the near 50% out of order charging stations, its all kind of a joke at this point. The greenies/wokies pushed EVs too hard, too fast and they're not ready for prime time and may not be for another 5+ years. It's actually humorous watching dumb companies that jumped over to EV to get the government handout ($7500 credit), have dealer lots full of EVs they can't sell. I hope some go bankrupt. That government is freely handing out our coercibly taken tax dollars over to manufacturers that in turn our price gouging us really pisses me off. I hate the government and the companies milking us dry. Kudos to those companies that held off EV plunge and went hybrid. Even more kudos to those that managed to keep V-6 engines. Solid state battery tech intrigues me and I'll hop on board once that makes it way into a proven vehicle (year 2 of production for me). My next vehicle an ICE and hoping V-6 will make a comeback as I don't want any tiny 4cylinder engines, especially not anything turbo'd, as it would be lucky to last past the warranty.

[@paulp8107]

I want your job. I don't even need to be paid lol

[@4rr44E]

The Ranger!? Uhm… okay.

[@Ryanstuff]

Honda can't design a good-looking car to save its own life. They all look like AI upscaled 90s cars.

[@2driverpls652]

You are officially unsubscribe. Jeez.

[@Anonymoususerx-y6o]

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[@saddist1Gtown]

Where's the all-white interior of the Teslas?

[@Particle3445]

For the suv should done not only large suv but midsize and also compact suv/crossovers 👎🏻

[@RobertLeBlancPhoto]

With so many Hyundai/Kia vehicles recommended, it's clear that Edmund's cares nothing about company integrity, vehicle reliability, or dealership experience.

[@kohsman313]

Civic with the bigback seats cu they know the customers 😂

[@scleco93]

I'm sorry what did you say? I think I might have dozed off there for a while. Best of the what?

[@Ayyyyydootdoot]

I gave this video a thumbs down to ask you to stop wasting your time and my time with Kia and Hyundai reviews. No true car person would ever give this brand the time of day, let alone go anywhere near suggesting someone should buy one. These cars are liabilities. They are a financial mistake. They are a burden on the person who buys them. These brands have been disgusting since they came to America and somehow continuously rebrand themselves right into people's driveways due to the cheap price and the stupid warranty but what does that do for you when it's stolen or when it's out of warranty or when that warranty is void because you didn't follow the rules. Now you have a run-down, unreliable, and hideously cheap car that is worth 10% of what you bought it for and you'll never get out of it because you and the rest of America are going to be in negative equity for the rest of time and it's because of shit brands and shit vehicles like this, let's be really clear about that. If you buy one of these you're an NPC, it's a simple as that.

[@barangoran4179]

NPCs buy Teslas and Hyundais, yes.