Each year, J.D. Power surveys thousands of verified new-vehicle owners to learn what has gone right and what has gone wrong with their newly acquired vehicles during the first 90 days of ownership.

We chose our favorites among the burgeoning class of compact SUVs, all of which are desirable picks as used-vehicle buys.

As a compact SUV, the Toyota RAV4 is excellent at its job. It is spacious, practical, comfortable, reliable, fuel-efficient, and easy to drive in the city. Put simply, the RAV4 is everything most ...