Reliable and Fuel-Efficient Compact SUVs
These models—recommended by CR—combine SUV utility and small-car practicality with money-saving fuel economy
The most popular SUVs are compact models, with their attractive combination of small-car efficiency and station wagon utility. With any car, reliability is always a top consideration, and so is fuel economy. The list below has hybrid and conventional SUVs that scored well in Consumer Reports’ road tests, have average or better predicted reliability ratings, and get 28 mpg overall or better.