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    Midsized SUVs With the Most Cargo Room

    These two- and three-row models have the most space to carry luggage, packages, or even a big-screen television

    rear of a a 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander driving on a coastal road
    Toyota Grand Highlander
    Photo: Toyota

    Sport-utility vehicles are the primary choice for many car shoppers, mainly because of their available cargo room. Whether it’s for a vacation, moving a child to college, taking the team and its equipment to a game, or hauling back goods from a big shopping trip, a large, flexible interior is handy.

    Automakers are happy to oblige, highlighting the maximum cargo space of their offerings. But not all of that generous-sounding cargo room is necessarily usable. It isn’t if the rear hatch opening is narrow, short, or oddly shaped. Usability is further limited if there are odd protrusions that cut in from the sides or ceiling.

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    Below, we feature the two- and three-row midsized SUVs with the most usable cargo room based on our testing. They’re ranked in order of cargo room in cubic feet, with the top performer first.

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    We have also started measuring how much luggage can fit behind the raised rear-most row in most SUVs and minivans, and have included that data for models we have evaluated.

    Each one comes standard with automatic emergency braking (AEB), AEB that works at highway speeds, blind spot warning (BSW), and rear cross traffic warning (RCTW), unless otherwise noted. Not every vehicle is recommended, either because of below-average reliability or a too-low Overall Score.

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    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.