10 Top Picks: Best Cars 2016

Car buyers are always looking for the best car. How you set may be different, and the buying decision, of course, the price factor and a pure emotional appeal.

Consumer Reports, define "best" as one of the cars that stand in our extensive testing, as well as the brightness of reliability, safety and owner satisfaction. Of course, there are many good cars on the market today to choose from. But when a reader asked us to definitely the best name, is our answer 10 choices in all popular categories. And we have the data backup.

What it is necessary to be Tops
Performance: To be eligible, each model must be on or near the top of its class in our test results streets.

Reliability: Models must have a weighted average or better reliability predicted based on problems reported by customers to 740,000 vehicles in the survey in 2015. US automaker.

owner satisfaction: We surveyed our customers about their happiness levels around 230,000 vehicles in your garage. Will they buy your new car?

Safety: Top Picks are to work effectively in a collision or rollover testing by the insurance industry (if tested) and the government.

Best Subcompact Car: Honda Fit

Think of the first new car to you or someone in your family? Honda may just be perfect. This fuel, competitive returned 33 mpg overall, but its maneuverability never leave vibe "compromise cars." He has an exceptional interior space for a small footprint, with stylish second row seats stow or lift to hold more cargo. a standard camera rear vision. road noise is not booming, and a rough ride can be tiring on a long drive. However, high scores owner satisfaction, and crash tests that were upgraded his predecessor. just under $ 20,000, the Fit can be easily park runabout that makes you smile.

Best Compact Car: Subaru Impreza

Despite its compact size, the drive and the overall comfort will surprise you. It has large windows, lots of interior space for a car of its size, intuitive controls, a set of available security technologies, the results of crash tests were large, and the hatchback version is available for transport large cargo. If you live where there is heavy snowfall, you will appreciate the incredible all-wheel traction wheels. Impreza car is stylish and practical.

Best Midsized Car: Toyota Camry

Sure, it may seem like vanilla, vanilla, but found that the sale of ice cream flavors. Camry seamless high visibility in outdoor, the controls fall easily to hand, a roomy interior, probably not the most attractive of its kind, but it was far from simple. Power train cab ride is quiet, smooth and comfortable and enjoyable handling noise and capable. A hybrid version has a fuel economy that is very good, but still quite affordable. Camry provides solid year after year great flexibility, and when combined with the impressive results of crash tests, so the sedan is almost perfect and one of our top 10 picks.

Best Small SUV: Subaru Forester

We hear all the time that Subaru is the "official car of New England." But Forester good enough to be a small SUV everywhere. It is spacious tower, comfortable and shipping undisturbed costs. System AWD that the channels of Toyota RAV4 and Honda CR-V in our assessment of the snow. fuel economy among the class leaders. It also has the best line of sight of the driver's seat of the models on the market. Warning pre-collision braking Automatic are not standard, but are available in most of alignment at an affordable price. Crash tests IIHS scores powerful create a safe cocoon

Best Luxury SUV: Lexus RX

Lexus created the luxury crossover segment there nearly 20 years, and the government was not diminished since. Origami style grill and the "Predator" RX has evolved from discrete portion park player Little League designs are more extroverted. But do not let your nervousness confused new image. Still quiet comfortable cabin, demonstration of power, seamless, and interior fit and finish is good taste. The hybrid version gets an impressive 29 mpg. This is a high-performance engine strained German school; It does not have a razor and crisp handling, the feel of the steering, brakes and sharp. But the RX regarded, reliable easy to indulge wealthy clients, it is not good.

Best Sports Car Under $40K: Mazda MX-5 Miata

No more fun per dollar in small packages package Mazda. MX-5 Miata combines precise handling and manual transmission and crisp-machine zoomy receive 34-mpg envy to create the perfect car for enthusiastic drivers and riders weekend. Convenient storage cabinet is the decisive factor. It is reliable, too. Nervously, firm suspension, high and low cab driver biggest space, the Miata is not a passenger car. However, given a sunny day and a winding road, nothing is important. We loved this car, and that's why it is one of the 10 first choice.

Best Large Car: Chevrolet Impala

Limited length fleet rental life honorable Airport, the new version of the Impala puts the competition in your rearview mirror. It shows the US automaker knows how to make a regular car for the masses. Impala is a dynamic and comfortable, combining a comfortable ride with superior handling, overcome some of the luxury sedan elite at their own game. The controls are intuitive happy, without using the interface is too complicated. There is enough space in the cabin to accommodate five with plenty of legroom and elbow. Trust us: It is a heart too.

Best Midsized SUV: Kia Sorento

This is a great hidden in plain view of the SUV. Most medium-size crossover racing riders often feel as unattractive. However, the Sorento offers an upscale elegance to conventional prices. It is not smaller than rival medium, but which allows the Sorento is a friendly city while providing the space and features a larger vehicle. Both V6 290 horsepower is sensitive, with competitive fuel, and the suspension absorbs bumps and ruts badly with dignity while giving you confidence in the corners. The interior design is simple smooth and beautiful. Above average reliability combined with the expected good results in crash tests. There's a new king category

Best Pickup Truck: Ford F-150

This is the aluminum body construction man enough for a big truck? You bet. By avoiding the traditional steel body panels, Ford created a truck that weighs less, allowing it to be a fast track and low fuel consumption. 2.7-liter turbo V6 has more rugged truck traditionalists could wish. It gets 1 mpg better than a comparable Chevy, which adds on the life of the truck. The cabin is very quiet and spacious, with large windows and a relatively narrow pillars to improve the external visibility of the windshield. Synchronization intuitive infotainment system 3 is a welcome stop pop update settings MyFord Touch. Class on crash test results and the best mode is referred to the reliability of every domestic truck makes F-150, solid horse battle and one of the best elections in October 2016.

Best Minivan: Toyota Sienna

Most people do not dream of a minivan, but Sienna is super reliable transportation, with all the modern features one, connected to an active family would. Its spacious and multifunctional interior, with seats available for eight people, marries well with a magic carpet Sienna and power train energy. Interesting options on all four wheels to eliminate reasons for buying an SUV less practical. Let the neighbors booed rendition reality software for the family. Soon, they will lend them for careers Sienna Home Depot.