Your membership has expired

The payment for your account couldn't be processed or you've canceled your account with us.

Re-activate

Save products you love, products you own and much more!

Save products icon

Other Membership Benefits:

Savings icon Exclusive Deals for Members Best time to buy icon Best Time to Buy Products Recall tracker icon Recall & Safety Alerts TV screen optimizer icon TV Screen Optimizer and more

    Midsized SUVs With the Roomiest and Most Comfortable Interior

    These SUVs get good fuel economy and can carry your family and all their belongings

    2024 Toyota Grand Highlander
    Toyota Grand Highlander

    Watch the ads for any midsized SUV and you might think you can comfortably fit your extended family and everything they own inside. In reality, that’s rarely the case. Manufacturers have to balance passenger room and comfort with cargo space and styling.

    Yet CR’s testing shows that you can easily find a model that will comfortably fit your family along with your groceries, sports equipment, and even your luggage when you travel.

    Because CR buys the vehicles we test, we know exactly how much cargo can fit in the back, how roomy the driver’s seat feels, and how easy it is to get into and out of the front and rear seats. According to our tests and measurements, these midsized SUVs are the roomiest and most comfortable.

    More on SUVs

    To create our list of the roomiest, most comfortable midsized SUVs, our experts measured interior space and calculated cargo room by checking how many suitcases and duffel bags could fit in the back and by having testers of various shapes and sizes repeatedly getting into and out of both the front and rear seats.

    We do this as part of our weekslong in-depth evaluations.

    The list of two- and three-row midsized SUVs is sorted in order of their roominess and CR’s own scores for comfort and ease of access. They’re all recommended models, which means you won’t find any with poor reliability, a low road-test score, or missing safety features. All of these SUVs come standard with automatic emergency braking (AEB) with pedestrian detection, AEB that works at highway speeds, blind spot warning (BSW), and rear cross traffic warning (RCTW), except where noted.

    If you’re a CR member, this article and the list below are already available to you. But if you haven’t signed up, click below and become a member to access the list and all our exclusive ratings and reviews for each vehicle we buy and test. Joining also gives you full access to exclusive ratings for the other products our experts evaluate in several categories, including electronics and home appliances.

    Sign up for CR’s Cars email newsletter to be notified when we post our latest road tests.

    Become a member to read the full article and get access to digital ratings.

    We investigate, research, and test so you can choose with confidence.


    Jon Linkov

    Jon Linkov is the deputy auto editor at Consumer Reports. He has been with CR since 2002, covering varied automotive topics including buying and leasing, maintenance and repair, ownership, reliability, used cars, and electric vehicles. He manages CR’s lineup of special interest publications, hosts CR’s “Talking Cars” podcast, and writes and edits content for CR’s online and print products. An avid cyclist, Jon also enjoys driving his ’80s-era sports car and instructing at track days.