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Cheapest 2-Row SUVs of 2025

Shop the most affordable 2-row SUVs as determined by Kelley Blue Book's trusted experts. You'll find ratings, fuel economy, price and more. Explore the rankings and find the perfect car for you.

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2025 Hyundai Venue
$21,695
Starting Price

4.1
rating
Expert Rating

31 MPG
Combined Fuel Economy

The 2025 Hyundai Venue subcompact SUV touts the lowest ownership costs in its class, plus easy and efficient driving manners.
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A subcompact SUV, the 2025 Chevrolet Trax blends an affordable price, scads of interior room, and lots of cutting-edge technology into one highly stylized package.

2025 Chevrolet Trax

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For the subcompact SUV segment, the 2025 Nissan Kicks Play delivers surprising passenger space, better-than-average fuel economy, and loads of advanced safety tech for its affordable price.

2025 Nissan Kicks Play
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The 2025 Nissan Kicks marks an all-new generation of this subcompact SUV, and it’s improved in virtually every area.

2025 Nissan Kicks

The Chevy Trailblazer is a stylish, roomy, and affordable small SUV that’s available with all-wheel drive.

2026 Chevrolet Trailblazer

The 2025 Buick Envista is a subcompact SUV with a little coupe action mixed in for style.

2025 Buick Envista

The 2025 Toyota Corolla Cross is a competent, safe, and affordable subcompact SUV.

2025 Toyota Corolla Cross

The 2025 Hyundai Kona subcompact SUV has winning ways in terms of practicality and affordability, with winning looks to match.

2025 Hyundai Kona

The 2025 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport has a tempting price but is outdated and outclassed among better rivals.

2025 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport

The Volkswagen Taos is a practical yet fun subcompact SUV that boasts spry manners and a surprisingly roomy interior. The 2025 model only improves the formula.

2025 Volkswagen Taos

The 2025 Mazda CX-30 lives a double life as an almost-luxurious subcompact SUV while also being one of the most enjoyable of its kind to drive.

2025 MAZDA CX-30

Laying claim to one of the subcompact SUV segment’s most comfortable and quietest cabins helps the 2026 Buick Encore GX lay claim to its premium classification.

2026 Buick Encore GX

The 2026 Honda HR-V is a subcompact SUV featuring Honda’s signature durability, quality, and refinement.

2026 Honda HR-V

Targeting drivers with adventure in their souls, the all-wheel-drive Subaru Crosstrek is affordable, capable, and practical.

2025 Subaru Crosstrek

The 2025 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross compact SUV touts stylish design, standard all-wheel drive, and an excellent warranty.

2025 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross

The 2025 Nissan Rogue is a comfortable, fuel-efficient compact SUV with plenty of technology.

2025 Nissan Rogue

The 2026 Chevrolet Equinox is a competent and contemporary compact SUV with bold looks and great technology.

2026 Chevrolet Equinox

The 2026 Kia Sportage compact SUV boasts stylish looks, impressive tech, and great value.

2026 Kia Sportage

The 2026 Jeep Compass is the least expensive Jeep yet still brings the adventurous vibe and off-road skills for which the brand is known.

2026 Jeep Compass

What Our Ratings Mean

  • 0-1.0: This is the rarest group of all because a really bad new car is really, really hard to find these days. We recommend that you pass on any vehicle receiving a rating between 0 and 1.
  • 2.0: Cars landing in this set are also rare. Only true love and limitless passion (or a free vehicle) should allow you to give in to temptation for one of these vehicles.
  • 3.0: Is the vehicle you’re looking at in this range? We’d bet that if you look a little harder, you’ll find a better vehicle at a similar price to fulfill your needs.
  • 4.0: This is the area where the rubber meets the recommendations. The 3-4 range is full of good cars and some great ones. Starting here, it’s OK to listen to your heart.
  • 5.0: These scores represent the cream of the crop, with “5.0” representing, well, near perfection. Any car you choose in this group will treat you very well over time.

How Kelley Blue Book Rates Cars

Rather than pulling random numbers out of the air or off some meaningless checklist, KBB’s editors rank a vehicle to where it belongs in its class. Before any car earns its KBB rating, it must prove itself to be better (or worse) than the other cars it’s competing against as it tries to get you to spend your money buying or leasing.

Our editors drive and live with a given vehicle. We ask all the right questions about the interior, the exterior, the engine and powertrain, the ride and handling, the features, the comfort, and of course, about the price. Does it serve the purpose for which it was built? (Whether that purpose is commuting efficiently to and from work in the city, keeping your family safe, making you feel like you’ve made it to the top — or that you’re on your way — or making you feel like you’ve finally found just the right partner for your lifestyle.)

We take each vehicle we test through the mundane — parking, lane-changing, backing up, cargo space and loading — as well as the essential — acceleration, braking, handling, interior quiet and comfort, build quality, materials quality, reliability.

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