Challenges

We used rock-crawling, hill climb, hill descent, off-road course and on-road testing to determine which is the best mid-size off-road pickup truck for 2025.

Of the four trucks in our comparison, the Ford Ranger Raptor did the best in our on-road testing thanks to its fun-to-drive nature, test-leading ride quality and comfortable seats.

If you’re shopping for a new car, chances are you’re considering one or more of the seven compact SUVs in this comparison test. See how each SUV did in both subjective and objective categories.

As in prior contests, our complaints with the Rogue were few, and the SUV’s good-to-great performance in most of our scored categories is a testament to its all-around goodness.

We took seven compact SUVs recently on a roughly 250-mile fuel economy drive to measure their road-trip efficiency in a real-world setting.

When we gathered seven popular models to find the best compact SUV for 2025, we made sure to measure their cargo areas to see which one had the most space.

To find our favorite full-size truck, we tested the 2024 Ford F-150, 2024 GMC Sierra 1500 and 2025 Ram 1500 in a variety of evaluations.

We didn’t just like the Ram 1500 best, it also performed the best in a number of categories where its numbers simply beat the other two trucks.

To test how well each of the trucks in our full-size pickup comparison towed, we paired the 2024 Ford F-150, 2024 GMC Sierra 1500 and 2025 Ram 1500 with three similar camper trailers.

We wanted to know how quick the three trucks in our comparison test were with and without 1,000 pounds of payload, so we took them to a drag strip.