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The best new cars on the road today offer a multitude of high-tech safety features to help protect drivers and their passengers, according toÂ
Consumer Reports
 magazine.
The publication evaluates and tests automobiles to choose its âTop Picksâ annually. Each model in this year's Top 10 âcomes standard with advanced safety features,â the magazine notes.
Those safety features include forward collision warning withÂ
automatic emergency braking
; pedestrian detection typically incorporating an auto-braking feature; and blind-spot warning that lets a driver know if another vehicle would be difficult to spot in the mirrors or even with a quick turn of the head.
"They have to be standard on all models. Not left off the base model, not left off the manual (transmission) model, not left off the sporty model,â which some buyers might choose because they think (usually incorrectly) that they can react better than built-in safety devices, says Jennifer Stockburger, an engineer and director of operations at theÂ
Consumer Reports
 Auto Test Center, a 327-acre facility at Colchester in rural Connecticut.
Stockburger describes these protections as âsaved my baconâ features.
No large sedans make the Top 10
To warrant inclusion among the magazine's top options, a vehicle must have scored well inÂ
Consumer Reports
 safety tests, including accident avoidance. It must also have earned a passing grade if it's been crash-tested by the government's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which provides a rating that goes up to five stars, or the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), a trade group.
The vehicles are sorted according to whatÂ
Consumer Reports
 deems popular categories, and the all-around best in each category gets the nod. âIt's what people are buying,â notes Stockburger.
Notable this year is that no large sedan made the list. âPeople aren't buying large sedans;Â
they're buying SUVs
,â she says. For the curious, she says last year's top big sedan, the Toyota Avalon, still is best in that group.
The Yonkers, New Yorkâbased nonprofit has been testing automobiles since its founding in 1936 and has been anointing its top picks since 1997.
Here isÂ
Consumer Reports
â list of top 2021 models, with the listed price range and fuel economy reported by the magazine.
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Subcompact SUV
mp-curtet.1/Mazda
Mazda CX-30
Consumer Reportsâ
take:
The six-speed automatic transmission is an antidote to the âjoyless continuously variable transmissionsâ common among rivals. The CX-30 features âmuch-better-than-average predicted reliability.â Mazda is the top-rated Consumer Reports brand this year, up three slots from a year ago.
Crash rating:
NHTSA, 5 stars (highest rating); IIHS Top Safety Pick + (highest rating)
MPG:
27
Price range:
$22,050â$34,050
Small SUV
TYLER GOURLEY/Subaru
Subaru Forester
Consumer Reports
â take:Â
The Forester has âthe best outward visibility of any vehicle beyond a bicycle.â The magazine calls its fuel economy âimpressive for an SUV that isn't a diesel or a hybrid.â Every Forester comes with a standard all-wheel-drive system.
Crash rating:
 NHTSA, 5 stars; IIHS Top Safety Pick +
MPG:
 28
Price range:
 $24,795â$34,895
SUV/Wagon
Subaru
Subaru Outback
Consumer Reports
âÂ
take:Â
âThe Outback deftly balances carlike driving manners and efficiency with SUV-like functionality.â It has âample ground clearanceâ and standard all-wheel drive.
Crash rating
: NHTSA, 5 stars; IIHS Top Safety Pick +
MPG:
 24
Price range
: $26,795â$39,945
Midsize SUV
Lexus
Lexus RX
Consumer Reports
âÂ
take:
 The RX serves up âa combination of comfort, performance, safety and reliability.â Those who occasionally need more space can opt for the âslightly longer L version with a small third-row seat.â
Crash rating:
 NHTSA, 4 stars; IIHS Top Safety Pick
MPG:Â
22 (conventional engine), 29 (hybrid)
Price range:
 $45,170â$57,210
Midsize 3-row SUV
Kia Motor Cars
Kia Telluride
Consumer Reports
âÂ
take:Â
The Telluride dominates in the three-row SUV category. It is âhighly competent in nearly every wayâ and provides âa lot of SUV for the money.â
Crash rating:
 NHTSA, 5 stars; IIHS Top Safety Pick
MPG:
 21
Price range:
 $32,190â$44,390
Small car
Toyota
Toyota Corolla
Consumer Reports
â take:Â The Corolla âdelivers terrific fuel economy, has more standard safety features than some cars at twice the price, and earns top marks for predicted reliability.â It also has a hybrid version.
Crash rating:Â
NHTSA, 5 stars; IIHS Top Safety Pick
MPG
:Â 33 (conventional) 48 (hybrid)
Price range
: $20,025â$28,310
Midsize sedan
Toyota
Toyota Camry
Consumer Reports
âÂ
take:
 "The Camry fends off would-be challengers with its mix of efficiency, performance and reliability.â This âsolid choiceâ is newly available with all-wheel drive, and the hybrid model has quick acceleration.
Crash rating:
 NHTSA, 5 stars; IIHS Top Safety Pick +
MPG:Â
32 (conventional), 47 (hybrid)
Price range:
 $24,970-$35,545
Hybrid
Toyota
Toyota Prius
Consumer Reports
â take:
 The Prius, available only as a hybrid, is a âbalanced overall packageâ that delivers ârock-solid reliability ⌠year after year.â Recent innovations include an all-wheel-drive option and the Prius Prime, a plug-in hybrid model with 25 miles of electric-only travel before the normal gasoline-electric hybrid system is engaged.
Crash rating:
 NHTSA, 4 stars; IIHS âgoodâ (the highest score) in most categories, âacceptableâ in a few, but not enough to earn one of the Top Safety Pick accolades.
MPG:
 52
Price range:Â
$24,525â$32,650
Electric car
VCG/Getty Images
Tesla Model 3
Consumer Reports
â take:
 The four-door sedan delivers âpunchy acceleration that comes on in a quiet surge ⌠matched with sharp handling and precise steering.â A futuristic 15-inch touch screen is home to most controls, âbut the screen is distracting to use.â Relatively quick recharging.
Crash rating:
 NHTSA, 5 stars; IIHS Top Safety Pick +
MPG:Â
Not provided in a miles per gallon equivalent, but range is stated as 353 miles.
Price range:
 $37,990â$54,990
Compact pickup
Honda
Honda Ridgeline
Consumer Reports
â take:Â
âHighly innovative,â with the ability to tow a small trailer and also âexcel in the daily commute, with room for the family.â The Ridgeline is the star of what the industry prefers to call âmidsizeâ pickups, as opposed to âcompactâ pickups.
Crash rating:
 NHTSA, 5 stars; IIHS, âgood,â the highest score, in most categories, âmarginalâ in others, earning an âacceptableâ general rating, but doesn't win a Top Safety Pick designation.
MPG:Â
20
Price range:
 $36,490â$43,920 |
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# Consumer Reports Rates 10 Best Vehicles for 2021
## High-tech safety features on standard models was key criteria
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Published March 16, 2021


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The best new cars on the road today offer a multitude of high-tech safety features to help protect drivers and their passengers, according to *Consumer Reports* magazine.
The publication evaluates and tests automobiles to choose its âTop Picksâ annually. Each model in this year's Top 10 âcomes standard with advanced safety features,â the magazine notes.
Those safety features include forward collision warning with [automatic emergency braking](https://auto/trends-lifestyle/info-2018/automatic-emergency-braking.html); pedestrian detection typically incorporating an auto-braking feature; and blind-spot warning that lets a driver know if another vehicle would be difficult to spot in the mirrors or even with a quick turn of the head.
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"They have to be standard on all models. Not left off the base model, not left off the manual (transmission) model, not left off the sporty model,â which some buyers might choose because they think (usually incorrectly) that they can react better than built-in safety devices, says Jennifer Stockburger, an engineer and director of operations at the *Consumer Reports* Auto Test Center, a 327-acre facility at Colchester in rural Connecticut.
Stockburger describes these protections as âsaved my baconâ features.
### **No large sedans make the Top 10**
To warrant inclusion among the magazine's top options, a vehicle must have scored well in *Consumer Reports* safety tests, including accident avoidance. It must also have earned a passing grade if it's been crash-tested by the government's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which provides a rating that goes up to five stars, or the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), a trade group.
The vehicles are sorted according to what *Consumer Reports* deems popular categories, and the all-around best in each category gets the nod. âIt's what people are buying,â notes Stockburger.
Notable this year is that no large sedan made the list. âPeople aren't buying large sedans; [they're buying SUVs](https://www.aarp.org/auto/car-buying/high-power-suvs/),â she says. For the curious, she says last year's top big sedan, the Toyota Avalon, still is best in that group.
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The Yonkers, New Yorkâbased nonprofit has been testing automobiles since its founding in 1936 and has been anointing its top picks since 1997.
Here is *Consumer Reports*â list of top 2021 models, with the listed price range and fuel economy reported by the magazine.
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## Subcompact SUV


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### Mazda CX-30
***Consumer Reportsâ* take:** The six-speed automatic transmission is an antidote to the âjoyless continuously variable transmissionsâ common among rivals. The CX-30 features âmuch-better-than-average predicted reliability.â Mazda is the top-rated Consumer Reports brand this year, up three slots from a year ago.
**Crash rating:** NHTSA, 5 stars (highest rating); IIHS Top Safety Pick + (highest rating)
**MPG:** 27
**Price range:** \$22,050â\$34,050
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## Small SUV


TYLER GOURLEY/Subaru
### Subaru Forester
***Consumer Reports*â take:** The Forester has âthe best outward visibility of any vehicle beyond a bicycle.â The magazine calls its fuel economy âimpressive for an SUV that isn't a diesel or a hybrid.â Every Forester comes with a standard all-wheel-drive system.
**Crash rating:** NHTSA, 5 stars; IIHS Top Safety Pick +
**MPG:** 28
**Price range:** \$24,795â\$34,895
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## SUV/Wagon


Subaru
### Subaru Outback
***Consumer Reports***â **take:** âThe Outback deftly balances carlike driving manners and efficiency with SUV-like functionality.â It has âample ground clearanceâ and standard all-wheel drive.
**Crash rating**: NHTSA, 5 stars; IIHS Top Safety Pick +
**MPG:** 24
**Price range**: \$26,795â\$39,945
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## Midsize SUV


Lexus
### Lexus RX
***Consumer Reports***â **take:** The RX serves up âa combination of comfort, performance, safety and reliability.â Those who occasionally need more space can opt for the âslightly longer L version with a small third-row seat.â
**Crash rating:** NHTSA, 4 stars; IIHS Top Safety Pick
**MPG:** 22 (conventional engine), 29 (hybrid)
**Price range:** \$45,170â\$57,210
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## Midsize 3-row SUV


Kia Motor Cars
### Kia Telluride
***Consumer Reports***â **take:** The Telluride dominates in the three-row SUV category. It is âhighly competent in nearly every wayâ and provides âa lot of SUV for the money.â
**Crash rating:** NHTSA, 5 stars; IIHS Top Safety Pick
**MPG:** 21
**Price range:** \$32,190â\$44,390
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## Small car


Toyota
### Toyota Corolla
***Consumer Reports***â take: The Corolla âdelivers terrific fuel economy, has more standard safety features than some cars at twice the price, and earns top marks for predicted reliability.â It also has a hybrid version.
**Crash rating:** NHTSA, 5 stars; IIHS Top Safety Pick
**MPG**: 33 (conventional) 48 (hybrid)
**Price range**: \$20,025â\$28,310
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## Midsize sedan


Toyota
### Toyota Camry
***Consumer Reports***â **take:** "The Camry fends off would-be challengers with its mix of efficiency, performance and reliability.â This âsolid choiceâ is newly available with all-wheel drive, and the hybrid model has quick acceleration.
**Crash rating:** NHTSA, 5 stars; IIHS Top Safety Pick +
**MPG:** 32 (conventional), 47 (hybrid)
**Price range:** \$24,970-\$35,545
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## Hybrid


Toyota
### Toyota Prius
***Consumer Reports*â take:** The Prius, available only as a hybrid, is a âbalanced overall packageâ that delivers ârock-solid reliability ⌠year after year.â Recent innovations include an all-wheel-drive option and the Prius Prime, a plug-in hybrid model with 25 miles of electric-only travel before the normal gasoline-electric hybrid system is engaged.
**Crash rating:** NHTSA, 4 stars; IIHS âgoodâ (the highest score) in most categories, âacceptableâ in a few, but not enough to earn one of the Top Safety Pick accolades.
**MPG:** 52
**Price range:** \$24,525â\$32,650
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## Electric car


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### Tesla Model 3
***Consumer Reports*â take:** The four-door sedan delivers âpunchy acceleration that comes on in a quiet surge ⌠matched with sharp handling and precise steering.â A futuristic 15-inch touch screen is home to most controls, âbut the screen is distracting to use.â Relatively quick recharging.
**Crash rating:** NHTSA, 5 stars; IIHS Top Safety Pick +
**MPG:** Not provided in a miles per gallon equivalent, but range is stated as 353 miles.
**Price range:** \$37,990â\$54,990
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## Compact pickup


Honda
### Honda Ridgeline
***Consumer Reports*â take:** âHighly innovative,â with the ability to tow a small trailer and also âexcel in the daily commute, with room for the family.â The Ridgeline is the star of what the industry prefers to call âmidsizeâ pickups, as opposed to âcompactâ pickups.
**Crash rating:** NHTSA, 5 stars; IIHS, âgood,â the highest score, in most categories, âmarginalâ in others, earning an âacceptableâ general rating, but doesn't win a Top Safety Pick designation.
**MPG:** 20
**Price range:** \$36,490â\$43,920
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The best new cars on the road today offer a multitude of high-tech safety features to help protect drivers and their passengers, according to *Consumer Reports* magazine.
The publication evaluates and tests automobiles to choose its âTop Picksâ annually. Each model in this year's Top 10 âcomes standard with advanced safety features,â the magazine notes.
Those safety features include forward collision warning with [automatic emergency braking](https://auto/trends-lifestyle/info-2018/automatic-emergency-braking.html); pedestrian detection typically incorporating an auto-braking feature; and blind-spot warning that lets a driver know if another vehicle would be difficult to spot in the mirrors or even with a quick turn of the head.
"They have to be standard on all models. Not left off the base model, not left off the manual (transmission) model, not left off the sporty model,â which some buyers might choose because they think (usually incorrectly) that they can react better than built-in safety devices, says Jennifer Stockburger, an engineer and director of operations at the *Consumer Reports* Auto Test Center, a 327-acre facility at Colchester in rural Connecticut.
Stockburger describes these protections as âsaved my baconâ features.
### **No large sedans make the Top 10**
To warrant inclusion among the magazine's top options, a vehicle must have scored well in *Consumer Reports* safety tests, including accident avoidance. It must also have earned a passing grade if it's been crash-tested by the government's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which provides a rating that goes up to five stars, or the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), a trade group.
The vehicles are sorted according to what *Consumer Reports* deems popular categories, and the all-around best in each category gets the nod. âIt's what people are buying,â notes Stockburger.
Notable this year is that no large sedan made the list. âPeople aren't buying large sedans; [they're buying SUVs](https://www.aarp.org/auto/car-buying/high-power-suvs/),â she says. For the curious, she says last year's top big sedan, the Toyota Avalon, still is best in that group.
The Yonkers, New Yorkâbased nonprofit has been testing automobiles since its founding in 1936 and has been anointing its top picks since 1997.
Here is *Consumer Reports*â list of top 2021 models, with the listed price range and fuel economy reported by the magazine.
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Subcompact SUV


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### Mazda CX-30
***Consumer Reportsâ* take:** The six-speed automatic transmission is an antidote to the âjoyless continuously variable transmissionsâ common among rivals. The CX-30 features âmuch-better-than-average predicted reliability.â Mazda is the top-rated Consumer Reports brand this year, up three slots from a year ago.
**Crash rating:** NHTSA, 5 stars (highest rating); IIHS Top Safety Pick + (highest rating)
**MPG:** 27
**Price range:** \$22,050â\$34,050
Small SUV


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### Subaru Forester
***Consumer Reports*â take:** The Forester has âthe best outward visibility of any vehicle beyond a bicycle.â The magazine calls its fuel economy âimpressive for an SUV that isn't a diesel or a hybrid.â Every Forester comes with a standard all-wheel-drive system.
**Crash rating:** NHTSA, 5 stars; IIHS Top Safety Pick +
**MPG:** 28
**Price range:** \$24,795â\$34,895
SUV/Wagon


Subaru
### Subaru Outback
***Consumer Reports***â **take:** âThe Outback deftly balances carlike driving manners and efficiency with SUV-like functionality.â It has âample ground clearanceâ and standard all-wheel drive.
**Crash rating**: NHTSA, 5 stars; IIHS Top Safety Pick +
**MPG:** 24
**Price range**: \$26,795â\$39,945
Midsize SUV


Lexus
### Lexus RX
***Consumer Reports***â **take:** The RX serves up âa combination of comfort, performance, safety and reliability.â Those who occasionally need more space can opt for the âslightly longer L version with a small third-row seat.â
**Crash rating:** NHTSA, 4 stars; IIHS Top Safety Pick
**MPG:** 22 (conventional engine), 29 (hybrid)
**Price range:** \$45,170â\$57,210
Midsize 3-row SUV


Kia Motor Cars
### Kia Telluride
***Consumer Reports***â **take:** The Telluride dominates in the three-row SUV category. It is âhighly competent in nearly every wayâ and provides âa lot of SUV for the money.â
**Crash rating:** NHTSA, 5 stars; IIHS Top Safety Pick
**MPG:** 21
**Price range:** \$32,190â\$44,390
Small car


Toyota
### Toyota Corolla
***Consumer Reports***â take: The Corolla âdelivers terrific fuel economy, has more standard safety features than some cars at twice the price, and earns top marks for predicted reliability.â It also has a hybrid version.
**Crash rating:** NHTSA, 5 stars; IIHS Top Safety Pick
**MPG**: 33 (conventional) 48 (hybrid)
**Price range**: \$20,025â\$28,310
Midsize sedan


Toyota
### Toyota Camry
***Consumer Reports***â **take:** "The Camry fends off would-be challengers with its mix of efficiency, performance and reliability.â This âsolid choiceâ is newly available with all-wheel drive, and the hybrid model has quick acceleration.
**Crash rating:** NHTSA, 5 stars; IIHS Top Safety Pick +
**MPG:** 32 (conventional), 47 (hybrid)
**Price range:** \$24,970-\$35,545
Hybrid


Toyota
### Toyota Prius
***Consumer Reports*â take:** The Prius, available only as a hybrid, is a âbalanced overall packageâ that delivers ârock-solid reliability ⌠year after year.â Recent innovations include an all-wheel-drive option and the Prius Prime, a plug-in hybrid model with 25 miles of electric-only travel before the normal gasoline-electric hybrid system is engaged.
**Crash rating:** NHTSA, 4 stars; IIHS âgoodâ (the highest score) in most categories, âacceptableâ in a few, but not enough to earn one of the Top Safety Pick accolades.
**MPG:** 52
**Price range:** \$24,525â\$32,650
Electric car


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### Tesla Model 3
***Consumer Reports*â take:** The four-door sedan delivers âpunchy acceleration that comes on in a quiet surge ⌠matched with sharp handling and precise steering.â A futuristic 15-inch touch screen is home to most controls, âbut the screen is distracting to use.â Relatively quick recharging.
**Crash rating:** NHTSA, 5 stars; IIHS Top Safety Pick +
**MPG:** Not provided in a miles per gallon equivalent, but range is stated as 353 miles.
**Price range:** \$37,990â\$54,990
Compact pickup


Honda
### Honda Ridgeline
***Consumer Reports*â take:** âHighly innovative,â with the ability to tow a small trailer and also âexcel in the daily commute, with room for the family.â The Ridgeline is the star of what the industry prefers to call âmidsizeâ pickups, as opposed to âcompactâ pickups.
**Crash rating:** NHTSA, 5 stars; IIHS, âgood,â the highest score, in most categories, âmarginalâ in others, earning an âacceptableâ general rating, but doesn't win a Top Safety Pick designation.
**MPG:** 20
**Price range:** \$36,490â\$43,920 |
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