Toyota Yaris S
Sticker Price: $15,545
Dealer cost: $14,655
New Car Blue Book Value: $15,545
Five-year service cost: $2,960
One-year insurance cost: $1,257
Resale value after 3 years: 67% — 5 years: 56%
City: 29 mpg — Highway: 35 mpg

This nimble subcompact boasts high resale values and low ownership costs. With its four-cylinder, 106-horespower engine, the Yaris gets the best fuel economy in a class filled with fuel misers. Safety gets a boost in the 2009 model, too: Antilock brakes, side airbags and side-curtain airbags are now standard. According to kiplinger.com”

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The 3.2 comes with five-passenger seating (with the third-row seat optional), while the V8 comes with seven-passenger seating. As this is a premium SUV, almost all major safety and convenience features are included, even on the base model. Major options include a rear entertainment system with dual screens, a DVD-based navigation system, a Dolby Pro Logic II surround-sound audio system and an interior air quality system.

Easily one of the safest SUVs on the market, the Volvo XC90 pioneered Roll Stability Control. This bit of technology uses a gyro sensor to identify every SUV owner’s greatest fear, a potential rollover, and activates the stability control system to try to avert it. Another interesting feature is the Blind Spot Information System (BLIS), which monitors images from a pair of cameras mounted in the side mirrors and warns the driver via an indicator light when another vehicle moves into the XC90′s blind spot. Of course, the XC90 also provides staples like side curtain airbag protection for all three rows, anti-whiplash seats and an emergency communications system. Volvo crash safety is legendary, and indeed, this midsize SUV has scored well in NHTSA and IIHS testing.

In reviews, we’ve found that the XC90 drives just as you’d expect a safe, heavy Volvo SUV to drive. Ride quality is smooth and the cabin stays quiet, while handling is competent but not particularly sporty. Equipped with AWD, the XC90 makes an excellent snow vehicle but isn’t intended for serious off-road romps. V8-powered models are considerably more satisfying to drive than six-cylinder XC90s.

Despite its advancing age, the seven-passenger Volvo XC90 is one of our top recommendations for families shopping for an SUV. Although its on-road performance is merely average as luxury SUVs go, the XC90 still offers a winning combination of safety, solidity and style.

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