Cars-Data.com Score ranking147 models

The best Diesel SUV models by Cars-Data.com Score

147 Diesel SUV models carry a Cars-Data.com Score, spread across 6 price classes from €16,759 to €278,745. Each car is scored against the others in its own price class — not against the whole catalogue.

So this list answers "which car most outclasses its price peers", not "which is best outright": a €16,759 car can and does outrank a €278,745 one. Prices are shown on every row so you can see which class each result came from.

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Peugeot

5008

GT 2.0 BlueHDI·top 1% of 968 in its class

xDrive30d·top 1% of 968 in its class

xDrive30d·top 1% of 968 in its class

sDrive20d·top 1% of 968 in its class

220 d Ambition·top 1% of 968 in its class

Blue Lease Allure 1.5 BlueHDi 110·top 1% of 969 in its class

2.2 JTD 210hp AWD Super·top 1% of 969 in its class

sDrive20d·top 1% of 969 in its class

D5 AWD R-Design·top 1% of 968 in its class

220 d·top 1% of 969 in its class

3.0 TDI 272hp quattro Pro Line·top 1% of 968 in its class

2.0 TDI 150hp Style·top 1% of 969 in its class

D4 Classic Edition·top 1% of 968 in its class

xDrive40d·top 1% of 968 in its class

3.0 TDI 286hp quattro sport·top 1% of 968 in its class

D4 Kinetic·top 2% of 968 in its class

Cooper SD Hammersmith Edition·top 2% of 968 in its class

RWD 3.0L·top 1% of 12 in its class

1.6 i-DTEC Comfort·top 1% of 969 in its class

X 1.6 CDTI 120hp Online Edition·top 1% of 969 in its class

BlueHDi 180 Business Plus·top 2% of 969 in its class

xDrive40d·top 2% of 968 in its class

SkyActiv-D 150 Skylease+·top 2% of 969 in its class

xDrive40d·top 3% of 968 in its class

30d AWD First Edition·top 3% of 968 in its class

How this ranking is built

The Cars-Data.com Score is a weighted composite of five measured dimensions — performance, efficiency, eco, value and practicality — each expressed as a percentile against cars in the same body type, fuel type and price class. The weights are ours and they are published. One variant per model is listed: where several trims qualify, the highest-scoring one represents the model. Cars without enough measured data to score are not ranked rather than being given a guessed score.

Read the full methodology →