Best Small SUVs for 2024 & 2025
Five seats and a spacious cargo hatch serve the needs of most modern buyers. Here are our favorite models for 2024.
When it comes time to buy a new SUV, your options seem endless these days. With just about every manufacturer producing a spacious, competitively priced model, it really comes down to the nuances of each vehicle and what your precise needs are. That is why we've compiled a list of our favorite small SUVs and crossovers for 2024 and into 2025.
A New York transplant hailing from the Pacific Northwest, Emmet White has a passion for anything that goes: cars, bicycles, planes, and motorcycles. After learning to ride at 17, Emmet worked in the motorcycle industry before joining Autoweek in 2022 and Road & Track in 2024. The woes of alternate side parking have kept his fleet moderate, with a 2014 Volkswagen Jetta GLI and a BMW 318i E30 street parked in his Queens community.
Brian Silvestro is Hearst Autos' former lead deputy editor for rankings content. He spent over seven years as a staff writer for Road & Track Magazine where he contributed car reviews, industry interviews, and more. He has a taste for high-mileage, rusted-out projects and amateur endurance racing.
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