
2023 Consumer Guide Best Buys
Kia Leads Popular Brands with Five Awards
Genesis Tops Premium List with Four Best Buys
Morton Grove, IL. December 6, 2022 – Consumer Guide® Automotive, the leading publisher of authoritative, unbiased new-car reviews for 56 years, today announced the recipients of its 2023 Best Buy Awards. A Consumer Guide Best Buy represents the finest balance of attributes and value in its class. For 2023, 41 Best Buys have been awarded in 18 classes, providing clear, easy choices for consumers.
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Kia is Consumer Guide’s most awarded brand for 2023—earning an impressive five Best Buy awards.
“Kia has a broad product lineup, offering something in most every category. Our editors named five vehicles from Kia to our Best Buy roster, as we found them to be among the very best in their respective segments,” said Publisher Tom Appel, who led the editors’ selection process for this year’s list.
Among premium brands, Genesis topped the list, having been awarded four Best Buy trophies for 2023.
Listen to a complete rundown of this year’s Best Buys on an upcoming episode of the Consumer Guide Car Stuff Podcast, available for download on all major podcast platforms.
Since 1967, Consumer Guide Automotive’s award-winning editorial team has used a rigorous and comprehensive evaluation process to identify the vehicles worthy of serious consideration by consumers. The editors utilize objective criteria, such as price, features, performance, accommodations, fuel economy, reliability records, and resale value, to assess each vehicle.
The key to Consumer Guide Automotive’s annual Best Buy Awards is the careful evaluation of every aspect of each vehicle as it relates to consumers’ real-world driving experience. It is this thoroughness that leads consumers to check Consumer Guide Automotive reviews before buying a new vehicle.
Consumer Guide’s editorial team drives more than 100,000 miles every year evaluating what these vehicles do well—and what they don’t. Whether it is driving through the city, on highways, in rural areas, on long trips, or simply picking up the kids at school, these vehicles are tested in the same way that typical car buyers would use their vehicles.
Complete reviews of the winning vehicles, as well as other pertinent information for in-market car buyers, can be found at consumerguide.com. For a daily dose of automotive news, test-drive reviews, humor, and history, visit the CG Daily Drive blog at blog.consumerguide.com.
For more information, please contact Tom Appel at [email protected] or by phone at 847-329-5764.
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2023 Consumer Guide Best Buys
Subcompact Crossover
Hyundai Venue

Report card for Venue Limited
Kia Seltos

Report card for Seltos SX
Kia Soul

Report card for Soul GT-Line
Nissan Kicks

Report card for Kicks SV
Premium Subcompact Crossover
Volvo XC40

Report card for XC40 B5 Ultimate
Compact Crossover
Hyundai Ionq 5

Report card for Ioniq 5 Limited AWD
Kia EV6

Report card for EV6 GT-Line AWD
Kia Sportage

Report card for Sportage Hybrid EX
Nissan Rogue

Report card for Rogue Platinum
Premium Compact Crossover
Genesis GV60

Report card for GV60 Performance
Genesis GV70

Report car for GV70 2.5T Advanced
Acura RDX

Report card for RDX A-Spec Advance
Midsize Crossover
Hyundai Santa Fe

Report card for Santa Fe XRT
Kia Sorento

Report card for Sorento X-Line SX Prestige
Toyota Highlander

Report car for Highlander XSE
Toyota Venza

Report card for Venza XLE
Premium Midsize Crossover
Acura MDX

Report Car for MDX Advance
Large SUV
Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban

Report card for Suburban High Country
GMC Yukon

Report card for Yukon XT4
Ford Expedition

Report card for Expedition Timberline
Premium Large SUV
Cadillac Escalade

Report Card for Escalade Premium Luxury Platinum
Lincoln Navigator

Report card for Navigator Black Label
Compact Car
Honda Civic

Report card for Civic Touring Sedan
Nissan Versa

Report card for Versa SR
Toyota Corolla

Report card for SE
Premium Compact Car
Genesis G70

Report card for 3.3T Sport Advanced
Midsize Car
Subaru Outback

Report card for Wilderness
Toyota Camry

Report card for Hybrid XSE
Premium Midsize Car
Acura TLX

Report card for TLX SH-AWD Advance
Cadillac CT5

Report card for CT5 Premium Luxury AWD
Lexus ES

Report card for ES 250 AWD F Sport
Premium Large Car
Genesis G90

Report card for G90 3.5T E-Supercharger AWD
Sporty/Performance Car
Mazda MX-5 Miata

Report card for MX-5 Miata RF Grand Touring
Premium Sporty/Performance Car
Chevrolet Corvette

Report card for Corvette Stingray Coupe 2LT
Minivan
Chrysler Pacifica

Report card for Pacifica Hybrid Pinnacle
Compact Pickup Truck
Ford Maverick

Report card for Maverick XLT (turbo)
Honda Ridgeline

Report card for Pilot Sport with HPD Package
Nissan Frontier

Report card for Frontier PRO-4X
Large Pickup Truck
Ford F-150

Report card for F-150 XLT 4X4 PowerBoost
F-150 Lighting

Report card for F-150 Lightning Platinum
Ram 1500

Report card for Ram Limited EcoDiesel
2023 Consumer Guide Best Buys
Meet the 2022 Consumer Guide Best Buys
2023 Consumer Guide Best Buys