Winners of the 2021 Best Cars for the Money Awards have been picked out by U.S.News & World Report.
The awards cover 11 different automotive classes. The winners have the best-in-class combination of quality and value.
To measure quality, editors of the aforementioned resource collected and analyzed every published, credible review of a given model to get the consensus opinion on a vehicle’s drivability, comfort, connectivity, technologies, then united those data with fuel efficiency, cargo space, safety and reliability to receive a numerical overall score.
To measure value, U.S.News & World Report combined 5-year total ownership costs from Vincentric with real-time transaction prices reported by TrueCar.
Toyota won four wins, Kia and Honda – three awards each, Hyundai won one award.
2021 Best Cars for the Money winners are the following:
| Model –winner | Price | Class |
| Hyundai Accent | $15,395 – 19,500 | Subcompact Car |
| Kia Forte | $17,890 – 23,290 | Compact Car |
| Toyota Camry | $24,970 – 35,545 | Midsize Car |
| Toyota Avalon | $35,875 – 42,875 | Large Car |
| Toyota Corolla Hybrid | $23,400 | Hybrid and Electric Car |
| Kia Soul | $17,490 – 27,550 | Subcompact SUV |
| Honda CR-V | $25,350 – 35,150 | Compact SUV |
| Honda Passport | $32,590 – 43,980 | Two-row SUV |
| Kia Sorento | $29,390 – 42,590 | Three-row SUV |
| Toyota RAV4 Hybrid | $28,500 – 37,030 | Hybrid and Electric SUV |
| Honda Odyssey | $31,790 – 47,820 | Minivan |
For some reason, there are no pickup trucks on the list, which are so beloved by Americans. Affordable offerings can well be found among them: for example, the 2021 Chevy Colorado ($25,200-43,200).
