Most Fuel-Efficient Used Compact SUVs

These SUVs are also recent enough that their performance in our tests—such as acceleration, braking, and fuel economy—is on a par with that of brand-new models. Each one also returned 26 mpg or better in our tests.

Plus, many were available with active safety features, such as forward collision warning (FCW), automatic emergency braking (AEB), blind spot warning (BSW), and rear cross traffic warning (RCTW).

The vehicles listed below are ranked within their category in order of their fuel economy results from CR’s tests when they were new. Models with the CR Recommended tag stood out in our testing when they were new and have three or more years of strong reliability scores, making them particularly great choices.

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