Luxury Midsized SUVs With the Most Cargo Room

Consumer Reports evaluates cargo room differently by not just looking at the maximum volume inside the vehicle. For SUVs, we use an expandable rectangular pipe-frame “box.” We enlarge it enough to just fit through the rear opening and extend it into the cargo bay as far as possible without preventing the hatch from closing. Cargo capacity is the volume enclosed by that box. This gives consumers a better idea of the cargo they can fit in the back, whether it’s luggage for a trip, a new dishwasher, or a big-screen TV coming home from the electronics store. (Learn more about how Consumer Reports tests cars.)

Below, we’ve identified the luxury midsized SUVs with more than 35 cubic feet of usable cargo room based on our testing process. They’re ranked in descending order of cargo room. Not every vehicle is recommended, either because of below-average reliability or a too-low Overall Score.

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) unless otherwise noted.

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