DieselCar Magazine has been championing economy motoring for more than 28 years and has recently announced the top 50 recommended cars for 2016. Editor and Publisher Ian Robertson commented “Every single car that has been evaluated by the DieselCar test team have had their results utilised to compile a comprehensive list of the top 50 best cars on sale today.”
| Ranking | Make and model | Class winners |
| 1 | Kia Sportage | Best Medium SUV |
| 2 | Jaguar XF | Best Executive Car |
| 3 | Volvo XC90 | Best Luxury SUV |
| 4 | Skoda Superb | |
| 5 | Ford Focus | Best Medium Car / Best Hot Hatch |
| 6 | Citroën C4 Cactus | Best Compact Crossover |
| 7 | Nissan Qashqai | |
| 8 | Jaguar F-Pace | |
| 9 | Tesla Model S | Best Electric EcoCar |
| 10 | Skoda Octavia | Best Estate Car |
| 11 | Range Rover Sport | |
| 12 | Ford Fiesta | Best Small Car |
| 13 | Hyundai i10 | Best sub-100g/km Petrol EcoCar |
| 14 | Audi A4 | Best Compact Executive Car |
| 15 | MINI Clubman | |
| 16 | Citroen C4 Picasso/Grand C4 Picasso | Best Medium MPV |
| 17 | Mercedes-Benz E-Class | |
| 18 | SEAT Leon | |
| 19 | Jaguar XE | |
| 20 | Volkswagen Golf | |
| 21 | Kia cee’d | |
| 22 | Mazda CX-5 | |
| 23 | Porsche Macan | |
| 24 | Audi TT | Best Sports Car |
| 25 | Ford S-MAX | Best Large MPV |
| 26 | Mercedes-Benz S-Class | Best Luxury Car |
| 27 | Range Rover | |
| 28 | Ford Galaxy | |
| 29 | Land Rover Discovery Sport | |
| 30 | Skoda Yeti | |
| 31 | BMW 3 Series | |
| 32 | Ford Mondeo | |
| 33 | Mazda2 | |
| 34 | Renault Kadjar | |
| 35 | BMW 5 Series | |
| 36 | Mazda CX-3 | |
| 37 | Audi A3 | |
| 38 | Volkswagen Passat | |
| 39 | Mazda6 | |
| 40 | MINI Hatch | |
| 41 | Mazda3 | |
| 42 | Toyota Prius | Best EcoCar Hybrid |
| 43 | DS 3 | |
| 44 | Audi Q7 | |
| 45 | Nissan NP300 Navara | Best Pick-Up |
| 46 | BMW X1 | |
| 47 | Volkswagen Polo | |
| 48 | Peugeot 308 | |
| 49 | Ford C-MAX/Grand C-MAX | |
| 50 | Kia Sorento |
Do you agree with the list? Is there anything in the running order that surprises you? As always, answers are welcomed in the comments section below…
suraj pawar says
May 17, 2016 at 4:43 pmI read almost whole blog and also know much information about all this vehicles but I love Range rover most from the list.