Most Reliable 3-Year-Old Used Midsized SUVs

To really put an automobile through its paces, you have to cover a lot of ground, and our Auto Test Center sprawls across 327 acres in rural Connecticut. We purchase every vehicle we test from a dealership and push them to their limits to get all the information and insights you need to make a smart auto purchase. We drive each vehicle we rate for 2,000 break-in miles over several weeks before we even start formal testing. 

After that, we do more than 50 tests using state-of-the-art measurement tools. Our trained staffers use a test-track facility that has a 4,400-foot-long main straight, a 3,500-foot handling course, an accident-avoidance course, a rock hill with a 33 percent grade, and a brake-test straightaway to gauge stopping distances on dry and wet pavement. The cars team also churns through reams of reliability and satisfaction survey data collected from our subscribers to supplement the analysis, evaluations, and ratings from the track. 

Read more about how we test and evaluate cars at Consumer Reports here.