Families use cars, trucks, minivans, and SUVs to get around. Some vehicles do it better than others. U.S. News & World Report has released its latest list of the best new vehicles for families.
To come up with the winners of the 2020 U.S. News Best Cars for Families awards the company evaluated 90 new 2020 model year. vehicles. To come up with the winners, the company looked at a combination of the vehicles’s reviews, safety and reliability ratings, seating and cargo volume, and family-friendly feature availability.
The awards are distributed in nine classes with the winner being the Best Car for Families in that category. Scroll down to see all nine.
Best 3-Row SUV for Families: 2020 Kia Telluride
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The three-row 2020 Kia Telluride has family-friendly design front and center. It has a number of features that will make families fall in love with it from its easy-access third row to its USB ports.
Best 3-Row SUV for Families: 2020 Kia Telluride
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The three-row 2020 Kia Telluride has family-friendly design front and center. It has a number of features that will make families fall in love with it from its easy-access third row to its USB ports.
Best 3-Row SUV for Families: 2020 Kia Telluride
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The three-row 2020 Kia Telluride has family-friendly design front and center. It has a number of features that will make families fall in love with it from its easy-access third row to its USB ports.
Best 3-Row SUV for Families: 2020 Kia Telluride
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The three-row 2020 Kia Telluride has family-friendly design front and center. It has a number of features that will make families fall in love with it from its easy-access third row to its USB ports.
Best 3-Row SUV for Families: 2020 Kia Telluride
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The three-row 2020 Kia Telluride has family-friendly design front and center. It has a number of features that will make families fall in love with it from its easy-access third row to its USB ports.
Best Compact SUV for Families: 2020 Toyota RAV4
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Toyota completely redesigned the RAV4 for the 2019 model year and added a new trim level for the 2020 model year, the 2020 Toyota RAV4 TRD Off-Road. It remains the most popular SUV sold in the U.S. For the 2021 model year, Toyota is adding a plug-in hybrid version of the RAV4 called the RAV4 Prime.
Best Compact SUV for Families: 2020 Toyota RAV4
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Toyota completely redesigned the RAV4 for the 2019 model year and added a new trim level for the 2020 model year, the 2020 Toyota RAV4 TRD Off-Road. It remains the most popular SUV sold in the U.S. For the 2021 model year, Toyota is adding a plug-in hybrid version of the RAV4 called the RAV4 Prime.
Best Compact SUV for Families: 2020 Toyota RAV4
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Toyota completely redesigned the RAV4 for the 2019 model year and added a new trim level for the 2020 model year, the 2020 Toyota RAV4 TRD Off-Road. It remains the most popular SUV sold in the U.S. For the 2021 model year, Toyota is adding a plug-in hybrid version of the RAV4 called the RAV4 Prime.
Best Compact SUV for Families: 2020 Toyota RAV4
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Toyota completely redesigned the RAV4 for the 2019 model year and added a new trim level for the 2020 model year, the 2020 Toyota RAV4 TRD Off-Road. It remains the most popular SUV sold in the U.S. For the 2021 model year, Toyota is adding a plug-in hybrid version of the RAV4 called the RAV4 Prime.
Best Compact SUV for Families: 2020 Toyota RAV4
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Toyota completely redesigned the RAV4 for the 2019 model year and added a new trim level for the 2020 model year, the 2020 Toyota RAV4 TRD Off-Road. It remains the most popular SUV sold in the U.S. For the 2021 model year, Toyota is adding a plug-in hybrid version of the RAV4 called the RAV4 Prime.
Best Minivan for Families: 2020 Honda Odyssey
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The Honda Odyssey isn’t just America’s top-selling minivan. It’s also one of the most reliable. Recent studies revealed that its one of the top 15 vehicles that owners keep for 15 years or more and one of the few models that frequently reaches 200,000 miles on its odometer. Honda recently announced a host of updates to the van for the 2021 model year.
Best Minivan for Families: 2020 Honda Odyssey
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The Honda Odyssey isn’t just America’s top-selling minivan. It’s also one of the most reliable. Recent studies revealed that its one of the top 15 vehicles that owners keep for 15 years or more and one of the few models that frequently reaches 200,000 miles on its odometer. Honda recently announced a host of updates to the van for the 2021 model year.
Best Minivan for Families: 2020 Honda Odyssey
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The Honda Odyssey isn’t just America’s top-selling minivan. It’s also one of the most reliable. Recent studies revealed that its one of the top 15 vehicles that owners keep for 15 years or more and one of the few models that frequently reaches 200,000 miles on its odometer. Honda recently announced a host of updates to the van for the 2021 model year.
Best Minivan for Families: 2020 Honda Odyssey
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The Honda Odyssey isn’t just America’s top-selling minivan. It’s also one of the most reliable. Recent studies revealed that its one of the top 15 vehicles that owners keep for 15 years or more and one of the few models that frequently reaches 200,000 miles on its odometer. Honda recently announced a host of updates to the van for the 2021 model year.
Best Minivan for Families: 2020 Honda Odyssey
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The Honda Odyssey isn’t just America’s top-selling minivan. It’s also one of the most reliable. Recent studies revealed that its one of the top 15 vehicles that owners keep for 15 years or more and one of the few models that frequently reaches 200,000 miles on its odometer. Honda recently announced a host of updates to the van for the 2021 model year.
Best 2-Row SUV for Families: 2020 Honda Passport
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The Honda Passport isn’t for large families in the way the Odyssey or Pilot are, but it’s a great two-row SUV that is suitable for empty nesters and families of four. How do we know? AutomotiveMap recently took the model on a trip to Yosemite National Park, testing out its on-road prowess and family-hauling capability. We’ve also put a rooftop tent on it and tested it on a family camping weekend.
Best 2-Row SUV for Families: 2020 Honda Passport
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The Honda Passport isn’t for large families in the way the Odyssey or Pilot are, but it’s a great two-row SUV that is suitable for empty nesters and families of four. How do we know? AutomotiveMap recently took the model on a trip to Yosemite National Park, testing out its on-road prowess and family-hauling capability. We’ve also put a rooftop tent on it and tested it on a family camping weekend.
Best 2-Row SUV for Families: 2020 Honda Passport
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The Honda Passport isn’t for large families in the way the Odyssey or Pilot are, but it’s a great two-row SUV that is suitable for empty nesters and families of four. How do we know? AutomotiveMap recently took the model on a trip to Yosemite National Park, testing out its on-road prowess and family-hauling capability. We’ve also put a rooftop tent on it and tested it on a family camping weekend.
Best 2-Row SUV for Families: 2020 Honda Passport
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The Honda Passport isn’t for large families in the way the Odyssey or Pilot are, but it’s a great two-row SUV that is suitable for empty nesters and families of four. How do we know? AutomotiveMap recently took the model on a trip to Yosemite National Park, testing out its on-road prowess and family-hauling capability. We’ve also put a rooftop tent on it and tested it on a family camping weekend.
Best 2-Row SUV for Families: 2020 Honda Passport
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The Honda Passport isn’t for large families in the way the Odyssey or Pilot are, but it’s a great two-row SUV that is suitable for empty nesters and families of four. How do we know? AutomotiveMap recently took the model on a trip to Yosemite National Park, testing out its on-road prowess and family-hauling capability. We’ve also put a rooftop tent on it and tested it on a family camping weekend.
Best Hybrid or Electric Car for Families: 2020 Toyota Avalon Hybrid
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The Toyota Avalon doesn’t get much publicity but that doesn’t mean that it’s not a good car. The large Toyota is comfortable and capable. It comes in a traditional internal combustion engine model and a hybrid variant. The Avalon Hybrid is a fuel-efficient model that still delivers the space a family needs, and it’s one of the most reliable cars on the road today.
Best Hybrid or Electric Car for Families: 2020 Toyota Avalon Hybrid
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The Toyota Avalon doesn’t get much publicity but that doesn’t mean that it’s not a good car. The large Toyota is comfortable and capable. It comes in a traditional internal combustion engine model and a hybrid variant. The Avalon Hybrid is a fuel-efficient model that still delivers the space a family needs, and it’s one of the most reliable cars on the road today.
Best Hybrid or Electric Car for Families: 2020 Toyota Avalon Hybrid
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The Toyota Avalon doesn’t get much publicity but that doesn’t mean that it’s not a good car. The large Toyota is comfortable and capable. It comes in a traditional internal combustion engine model and a hybrid variant. The Avalon Hybrid is a fuel-efficient model that still delivers the space a family needs, and it’s one of the most reliable cars on the road today.
Best Hybrid or Electric Car for Families: 2020 Toyota Avalon Hybrid
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The Toyota Avalon doesn’t get much publicity but that doesn’t mean that it’s not a good car. The large Toyota is comfortable and capable. It comes in a traditional internal combustion engine model and a hybrid variant. The Avalon Hybrid is a fuel-efficient model that still delivers the space a family needs, and it’s one of the most reliable cars on the road today.
Best Hybrid or Electric Car for Families: 2020 Toyota Avalon Hybrid
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The Toyota Avalon doesn’t get much publicity but that doesn’t mean that it’s not a good car. The large Toyota is comfortable and capable. It comes in a traditional internal combustion engine model and a hybrid variant. The Avalon Hybrid is a fuel-efficient model that still delivers the space a family needs, and it’s one of the most reliable cars on the road today.
Best Hybrid or Electric SUV for Families: 2020 Toyota Highlander Hybrid
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The redesigned Toyota Highlander Hybrid is the most fuel-efficient model ever. It also has some of the most family-friendly features ever shown in a three-row Toyota SUV. For the 2021 model year, Toyota will be adding a new model, the Highlander XSE, to its lineup.
Best Hybrid or Electric SUV for Families: 2020 Toyota Highlander Hybrid
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The redesigned Toyota Highlander Hybrid is the most fuel-efficient model ever. It also has some of the most family-friendly features ever shown in a three-row Toyota SUV. For the 2021 model year, Toyota will be adding a new model, the Highlander XSE, to its lineup.
Best Hybrid or Electric SUV for Families: 2020 Toyota Highlander Hybrid
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The redesigned Toyota Highlander Hybrid is the most fuel-efficient model ever. It also has some of the most family-friendly features ever shown in a three-row Toyota SUV. For the 2021 model year, Toyota will be adding a new model, the Highlander XSE, to its lineup.
Best Hybrid or Electric SUV for Families: 2020 Toyota Highlander Hybrid
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The redesigned Toyota Highlander Hybrid is the most fuel-efficient model ever. It also has some of the most family-friendly features ever shown in a three-row Toyota SUV. For the 2021 model year, Toyota will be adding a new model, the Highlander XSE, to its lineup.
Best Hybrid or Electric SUV for Families: 2020 Toyota Highlander Hybrid
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The redesigned Toyota Highlander Hybrid is the most fuel-efficient model ever. It also has some of the most family-friendly features ever shown in a three-row Toyota SUV. For the 2021 model year, Toyota will be adding a new model, the Highlander XSE, to its lineup.
Best Large Car for Families: 2020 Toyota Avalon
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Like its hybrid variant, the Toyota Avalon seats four in comfortable accommodations. It’s a large car, but that doesn’t mean that it drives like a boat. It also doesn’t have stodgy design or a lack of high-tech features.
Best Large Car for Families: 2020 Toyota Avalon
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Like its hybrid variant, the Toyota Avalon seats four in comfortable accommodations. It’s a large car, but that doesn’t mean that it drives like a boat. It also doesn’t have stodgy design or a lack of high-tech features.
Best Large Car for Families: 2020 Toyota Avalon
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Like its hybrid variant, the Toyota Avalon seats four in comfortable accommodations. It’s a large car, but that doesn’t mean that it drives like a boat. It also doesn’t have stodgy design or a lack of high-tech features.
Best Large Car for Families: 2020 Toyota Avalon
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Like its hybrid variant, the Toyota Avalon seats four in comfortable accommodations. It’s a large car, but that doesn’t mean that it drives like a boat. It also doesn’t have stodgy design or a lack of high-tech features.
Best Large Car for Families: 2020 Toyota Avalon
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Like its hybrid variant, the Toyota Avalon seats four in comfortable accommodations. It’s a large car, but that doesn’t mean that it drives like a boat. It also doesn’t have stodgy design or a lack of high-tech features.
Best Large SUV for Families: 2020 Ford Expedition
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The three-row Ford Expedition is definitely a truck. It’s also an SUV and family hauler. The model isn’t as elegant or refined as its sister, the Lincoln Navigator, but it makes up for it with more rugged looks and a lower price tag. Ford recently added King Ranch and Platinum models to the Expedition lineup for the 2020 model year, as well as a new FX4 Off-Road Package.
Best Large SUV for Families: 2020 Ford Expedition
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The three-row Ford Expedition is definitely a truck. It’s also an SUV and family hauler. The model isn’t as elegant or refined as its sister, the Lincoln Navigator, but it makes up for it with more rugged looks and a lower price tag. Ford recently added King Ranch and Platinum models to the Expedition lineup for the 2020 model year, as well as a new FX4 Off-Road Package.
Best Large SUV for Families: 2020 Ford Expedition
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The three-row Ford Expedition is definitely a truck. It’s also an SUV and family hauler. The model isn’t as elegant or refined as its sister, the Lincoln Navigator, but it makes up for it with more rugged looks and a lower price tag. Ford recently added King Ranch and Platinum models to the Expedition lineup for the 2020 model year, as well as a new FX4 Off-Road Package.
Best Large SUV for Families: 2020 Ford Expedition
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The three-row Ford Expedition is definitely a truck. It’s also an SUV and family hauler. The model isn’t as elegant or refined as its sister, the Lincoln Navigator, but it makes up for it with more rugged looks and a lower price tag. Ford recently added King Ranch and Platinum models to the Expedition lineup for the 2020 model year, as well as a new FX4 Off-Road Package.
Best Large SUV for Families: 2020 Ford Expedition
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The three-row Ford Expedition is definitely a truck. It’s also an SUV and family hauler. The model isn’t as elegant or refined as its sister, the Lincoln Navigator, but it makes up for it with more rugged looks and a lower price tag. Ford recently added King Ranch and Platinum models to the Expedition lineup for the 2020 model year, as well as a new FX4 Off-Road Package.
Best Midsize Car for Families: 2020 Toyota Camry
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The Toyota Camry is one of the best-selling cars in the U.S. year after year because it’s a good choice for a wide range of people, from singletons to families. This new generation is more fuel-efficient than ever and it has the largest number of tech features. Toyota has also recently started offering the Camry in an all-wheel drive format.
Best Midsize Car for Families: 2020 Toyota Camry
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Best Midsize Car for Families: 2020 Toyota Camry
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Best Midsize Car for Families: 2020 Toyota Camry
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Best Midsize Car for Families: 2020 Toyota Camry
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