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The Best Family Cars of 2016

Sep 20, 2016 by Matt Smith

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Imagine driving across the country with a carload of children. Now imagine doing that twice, every year. CarGurus surveyed families to determine which cars best meet their needs, and among other findings, 1 in 3 parents reported driving his or her kids at least four hours per week. Cumulatively, that equals two round trips between Boston and San Diego per year. We’ve all lusted after a Mazda MX-5 Miata or Dodge Challenger at least once in our lives, but if kids are in the picture, the shortcomings of a sports car become readily apparent.
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Filed Under: Car Lists, Car Shopping, General Chat, New Cars, United States Tagged With: best family cars, Car Minded, Car Safety, cargo space, fuel-efficient cars, Great deals, Honda Odyssey, safe cars, subaru outback, Toyota Highlander Hybrid, Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen, Volvo XC90

Bigger and Better: Combining Cargo Capacity and Fuel Economy

Last updated: Nov 25, 2019 at 5:00PM
Published on: May 14, 2014 by Steve Halloran

Every driver has a different set of expectations and needs for his or her primary vehicle. What meets my needs might not work for you at all, and your ideal car might be the last one I’d ever consider buying for myself. No wonder arguments about cars often get out of hand.

CarGurus user reviews provide a good idea of whether and how well a particular car met the needs of one driver, and based on car reviews received from our users over the course of the last year, it looks like most drivers are pleased with their cars. Our user reviews invite submitters to score a car from 1 to 5 points in a number of different categories, and with more than 10,000 reviews received from April 2013 through April 2014, three categories received average scores of 4.5—Reliability, Style and Overall—and Front Seat, Handling, Power and Price each earned averages of more than 4.

The two categories that received the lowest average scores were Cargo Space at 3.9 and Fuel Economy at 3.7. These qualities generally have had to be traded off in vehicles, since increasing size reduces fuel economy with all other things being equal. But cars get better with every passing year, and these days it’s possible to find vehicles with plenty of room as well as reasonable gas mileage. So here’s a look at our top 10 2014 vehicles for cargo capacity and mileage across a number of segments.

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Filed Under: Car Lists, Car Shopping Tagged With: car shopping, cargo space, good mileage, new cars

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