2024 Kia Soul

A starting price usually references a car’s base model, excluding available features, options and fees, making it a poor benchmark in some cases.

In honor of National Dog Day, we curated a list of pet-friendly vehicles and vehicle features to help keep your pets safe and happy on the road.

This year’s study is based on responses from 99,144 buyers and lessees of new model-year 2024 vehicles, and respondents were surveyed 90 days after acquiring their vehicles.

For the 2024 list of best value new cars, we’ve expanded the categories to more closely align with those used in Cars.com’s research tools.

An increasing number of vehicles with sticker prices of $40,000 or less, some much less, offer heated mirrors.

For 2024, Kia’s subcompact hatchback brings a new EX Designer Package and a sleep mode for the Smart Key.