The 2025 Honda Civic and CR-V were honored with Kelley Blue Book Best Buy Awards in its 2025 new car rankings. Civic was named the top Compact Car for a record ninth time, while CR-V took top honors in the Compact SUV category for the eighth time, also a record. Each award includes the hybrid-electric variant of the Civic and CR-V models.

With 41 total awards, Honda is by far the most honored brand in Kelley Blue Book Best Buy Awards history. At least one Honda model has earned a Kelley Blue Book Best Buy Award in each year since the award’s inception in 2015.

Kelley Blue Book on the Honda Civic and CR-V:

• 2025 Honda Civic – Best Compact Car: “Honda has taken the Civic’s excellent formula — a stellar mix of features, dependability, driving pleasure, and value — and added hybrid power and efficiency.”
• 2025 Honda CR-V – Best Compact SUV: “Not only is the Honda CR-V wonderfully practical, utterly dependable, and fuel-efficient, but it’s also quite satisfying to drive.”

The Kelley Blue Book Best Buy Awards is a comprehensive recognition program that spotlights the standout cars, trucks and SUVs the editors of Kelley Blue Book recommend to new-car shoppers across a variety of segments. The annual awards are the result of a yearlong process of expert evaluation and testing of nearly every new vehicle available in the U.S. Criteria include vehicle pricing, 5-Year Cost-to-Own data, consumer reviews and ratings, and vehicle sales information.

More information about the 2025 Kelley Blue Book Best Buy Awards and the winning Honda vehicles can be found here.

SOURCE: Honda