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Consumer Reports' Annual Autos Top Picks Five-Year History Embargoed for release Tuesday, February 23 @ 12:45 pm

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 SubCompact Formerly: NA NA NA Honda Fit Budget Formerly: Impreza Subaru Impreza Subaru Impreza Subaru Impreza Small (Less than 20K) Midsized Car Formerly: Camry Family Sedan, Midsized Honda Accord Honda Accord Toyota Camry Sedan Hybrid (20K-30K) Sports Sedan Formerly: G37 BMW 328i BMW 328i Buick Regal NA Upscale Sedan (30K-40K) <$40K Subaru BRZ Formerly: Ford Mustang NA NA Mazda MX-5 Sporty Car, Sports Car, ScionFR-S Fun-to-Drive

Large Car NA NA NA Impala (New Category 2015)

Small SUV Formerly: Toyota RAV4 Honda CR-V Subaru Forester Subaru Forester (Less than 30K) Mid-Sized SUV Toyota Toyota Hyundai Toyota Formerly: Kia Sorento Family SUV Highlander Highlander Santa Fe Highlander (More than 30K) Luxury SUV Formerly: NA NA NA NA RX Family SUV (More than 30K) Formerly: Family Hauler Honda Odyssey Honda Odyssey Honda Odyssey Toyota Sienna

Green Car Toyota Prius Toyota Prius Toyota Prius Toyota Prius NA

Luxury Car Formerly: Luxury Sedan NA A6 Audi A6 Audi A6 NA

Chevrolet NA Ram 1500 NA Ford F-150 Avalanche

Best Overall NA NA Tesla Model S NA

Notes: 1) This is the 20th year of Consumer Reports Top Picks list. Consumer Reports released its first list of Top Picks in the Annual Auto Issue, April 1997. 2) Consumer Reports has periodically changed its list of categories for Top Picks—dropping Affordable Family Sedan, for example, and adding . For that reason, you will see some blanks in this summary. 3) NA = Not Applicable—no Top Pick was named in that category for that year.