Best Cars with adaptive cruise control for 2024
These are the best cars, SUVs, and trucks with adaptive cruise control based on iSeeCars' analysis of each vehicle's reliability, resale value and safety.
Best Cars with adaptive cruise control by Vehicle Type
Advanced driver-assistance technology has transformed the driving experience in new cars. While full-self driving isn’t yet possible, today’s high-tech driver assistance systems include everything from hands-free lane-keeping assistance to blind spot monitoring. When combined with adaptive cruise control systems (ACC) that feature low-speed stop-and-go traffic sensors, this combination of driver-assist features can make daily commutes far less stressful and far more enjoyable.
This combination of technology is known by different names, depending on the automaker. Honda calls it’s suite of advanced safety features “Honda Sensing” while Nissan’s term is “ProPilot Assist” and Toyota uses name “Toyota Safety Sense”. All of these systems include some form of automatic emergency braking, blind spot monitoring, lane departure warning, and “smart” cruise control. The more advanced smart cruise controls can handle a complete stop of traffic before automatically engaging the throttle when the car in front starts to move again, a handy feature during a traffic jam.
Today’s most advanced adaptive cruise control systems combine steering assistance and automatic lane centering with eye tracking to ensure the driver is still monitoring the road. Under these circumstances, a driver can set a speed limit while highway driving and remove their hands from the steering wheel for extended periods. These systems are now migrating from high-end Cadillac and Mercedes-Benz electric vehicles to more mainstream models like the Chevrolet Blazer and Ford Mustang Mach-E all-wheel-drive crossovers.
iSeeCars has identified the best cars with adaptive cruise control and listed them below. The cars are grouped by vehicle type and ranked according to their iSeeCars quality score, which takes reliability, resale value, and safety into consideration. For each model, information about new MSRP and used pricing, along with mpg ratings, is also provided. Buyer expecting their cruise control system to do more than hold a set speed can use the lists below to identify the best models with adaptive cruise control.
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How We Rank These Cars
The Best Cars with adaptive cruise control list ranks vehicles by their iSeeCars Score, which is based on our proprietary assessment of a vehicle’s reliability, resale value and safety (based on ratings from IIHS and NHTSA). The adaptive cruise control feature is available either standard or optional on these cars.
The iSeeCars Score is an analysis of three factors: reliability, resale value and safety. It is calculated based on the latest research and analysis by our data science team. The data analysis comes from over 12 million new and used vehicles in our Longest-Lasting Cars and 5-Year Depreciation Studies, combined with NHTSA and IIHS Safety Ratings.
Vehicles are scored in three categories:
Reliability
The reliability score represents an analysis of iSeeCars' proprietary research on the longest-lasting vehicles.
Value Retention
The value retention score is based on our data science team's statistical analysis and prediction of 5-year depreciation from MSRP to determine which cars hold their value best, using US Bureau of Labor Statistics data to adjust for inflation.
Safety
The safety score is calculated based on the last five years of crash test ratings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and incorporates the latest Top Safety Pick information from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).
