Honda CR-V, Passport and Ridgeline Named Best Value New Cars in the 2026 Cars.com Affordability Report

The affordability of Honda products was highlighted as the Honda CR-V, Passport and Ridgeline earned a 2026 Best Value New Cars award from Cars.com. Cars.com editors have honoured each Honda vehicle as Top Finishers in their respective categories.

The Honda CR-V LX was a Top Finisher in the Compact SUV category, with the all-new Passport RTL named a leader in the Mid-Size SUV category and the Ridgeline Sport earning a top spot in the Mid-Size Pickup Truck category. The average transaction price for a new Honda vehicle in 2025 was $35,060 – about $10,000 below the industry average. The Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP¹) of the 2026 CR-V LX ($30,920), Passport RTL ($44,950) and Ridgeline Sport ($40,795) are each below the $46,303 new-vehicle average transaction price in America, according to J.D. Power.

Honda is maintaining the affordability of its products while continuing to make fuel efficiency a priority. The company continues a nearly 50-year history of fuel-efficiency leadership in the U.S. auto industry, with the highest fleet average fuel economy of all automakers producing a full lineup of gasoline-powered and electrified vehicles in America, according to the new 2025 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Automotive Trends Report.

The annual Cars.com Best Value New Cars awards highlight affordable non-luxury, mass-market vehicles recommended by the Cars.com expert editorial team and equipped with must-have features, including automatic transmission, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto™ compatibility, blind spot monitoring, forward collision warning with automatic emergency braking and pedestrian detection, brake assist, and lane departure warning. A vehicle’s median and starting prices (including destination fees), fuel-economy ratings and fuel-cost estimates from the EPA, are also considered.

Learn more about the 2026 Honda CR-V and CR-V hybrid here.
Learn more about the 2026 Honda Passport and Passport TrailSport here.
Learn more about the 2026 Honda Ridgeline here.

About Honda
Honda offers a full line of clean, safe, fun and connected vehicles sold through more than 1,000 independent U.S. Honda dealers. The award-winning Honda lineup includes the Civic, Prelude and Accord, along with the HR-V, CR-V, Passport, Prologue and Pilot sport utility vehicles, the Ridgeline pickup and the Odyssey minivan. The Honda electrified vehicle lineup, representing nearly a third of total sales in 2025, includes the all-electric Prologue SUV, hybrid-electric Accord, CR-V, Civic and Prelude, and fuel-cell-electric CR-V e:FCEV.

Honda has been producing automobiles in America for over 40 years and currently operates eight major auto manufacturing facilities in America. In 2025, around 99% of all Honda vehicles sold in the U.S. were made in North America, with about 62% made in America, using domestic and globally made parts.

More information about Honda is available in the Digital FactBook.

About Cars.com Inc. 
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Important Notice
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