Announcing the Edmunds Top Rated 2026 winners, the very best cars, trucks and SUVs you can buy today:
Car: Honda Civic Hybrid
Electric Car: Tesla Model 3
SUV: Hyundai Palisade Hybrid
Electric SUV: Hyundai Ioniq 5
Truck: Ford Maverick
Electric Truck: Rivian R1T
Rivian R2 driving impressions:
* the ride is really nice
* really quiet on the road
* fantastic visibility
* commanding view of the road
* handsome, usable electric SUV
Rivian's best car is finally here. The R2 is the vehicle they had to get right, and Rivian delivered. This is a gimmick-free EV that could truly work well for anyone.
If Ford’s new big EV play fails, will that see the U.S. manufacturers retreat to V8 trucks and leave the EV and plug-in hybrid market to the Koreans and Chinese?
@AlistairWeaver@motorator@CarCastShow we go to Ford's secret skunkworks facility and sit down for an exclusive interview on their next big move https://t.co/4MKBkcICkl
🗣️ In many areas of the country there are people who have never seen a Tesla, think it's a foreign car, and don't want their car to be autonomous
Alan Clarke, Ford's VP of Advanced Development Projects, on the automaker's electric future