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PARENTS Announces Winners of 2025 Best Family Cars Awards

Toyota, Ford, Cadillac, Chevrolet Named Among This Year’s Top Cars

NEW YORK and CHICAGO, Feb. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — PARENTS announces its annual Best Family Cars Awards, honoring 24 winners across hybrids, SUVs, luxury sedans and top-performing entertainment and technology systems. Designed to meet the safety, functionality, and budgetary needs of modern families, the winners will be unveiled at the Chicago Auto Show today.

“At PARENTS, we understand that choosing the right car is an important decision for caregivers,” said Grace Bastidas, editor-in-chief, PARENTS. “Our Family Cars Awards prioritizes safety, reliability, and practicality to help make life easier for parents and protect kids.”

This year’s PARENTS Best Family Cars Awards winners were selected through an extensive evaluation process, highlighting safety, functionality, and everyday family life. PARENTS editors along with expert judges assessed each vehicle’s suite of standard and optional safety features, seating dimensions, and tested safety restraint systems to ensure top-tier protection. Every car nominated was thoroughly reviewed hands-on, with judges examining advanced driver-assist systems, horsepower, and car seat accessibility and compatibility. To cater to various family preferences, electric, hybrid and gas-powered options were also included, considering a wide range of price points to accommodate different budgets.  

PARENTS Best Family Cars Awards 2025 winners:

Best Overall Minivan – Toyota Sienna

Best Hybrid Minivan – Kia Carnival

Best Full Size 3-Row SUV – Chevrolet Tahoe/Suburban

Best Mid Size 3-Row SUV – Chevrolet Traverse

Best Mid Size 5-Passenger SUV – Chevrolet Equinox

Best Compact SUV – Hyundai Kona

Best Luxury Full Size 3-Row SUV – Cadillac Escalade

Best Luxury Mid Size 3-Row SUV – Buick Enclave

Best Luxury 5-Passenger SUV – Genesis GV80/GV80 Coupe

Best Electric 3-Row SUV/Van – Volkswagen ID Buzz

Best Electric 5-Passenger SUV – Honda Prologue

Best Hybrid SUV – Hyundai Santa Fe

Best Plug-in Hybrid SUV (PHEV) – Volvo XC90 T8

Best Adventure SUV – Toyota Land Cruiser

Best Family Pickup Truck – Ford F-150

Best Value SUV – Chevrolet Equinox

Best Crossover – Subaru Forester

Best Family Sedan – Toyota Camry

Best Family Sports Sedan – Porsche Panamera

Best In-Car Multimedia/Entertainment System – Kia

Best In-Car Family Technology – General Motors

Best Car for a Teen Driver – Toyota Corolla

Best SUV for Car Seat Configuration – Ford Expedition

Best Rear Seat Entertainment – Chevrolet Tahoe/Suburban

The process for testing and analyzing nominees was created by PARENTS editors with guidance from a panel of expert judges including: Christina Branman, Mobile Mama Reviews; Teia Collier, owner of Modern Family Driver; Omar Rana, founder of Omar Drives; Scotty Reiss, founder of A Girls Guide to Cars; Kelly Stumpe, The Car Mom; and Paul Waatti, director of industry analysis, Auto Pacific.

To view the full list of winners of the PARENTS Best Family Cars Awards 2025, visit Parents.com.

About PARENTS

For nearly 100 years, PARENTS has provided millions of caregivers with trustworthy advice and a supportive community as they raise the next generation of confident and compassionate kids. Parents’ team of editors, writers, and experts are by your side as a current and practical source of information for the big life decisions and memory making moments in the constantly evolving scope of parenthood. Parents is part of the Dotdash Meredith publishing family.

 

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