Most satisfying cars to own in 2024: CR's list is topped by Corvette

Asking an automobile owner how satisfied he or she is with a vehicle often elicits a response that has to do mostly with subjectivity — lots of emotion and passion — and money. But at Consumer Reports, the formula for most satisfying cars to own is more straightforward, boiling down to one question: Would you buy that car or SUV again?

Corvette owners say: Hell yes.

Topping 2024's annual satisfaction survey (we've covered the “least satisfying” vehicles in a separate posting) is the unsurprising choice of the 2024 Chevrolet Corvette: A whopping 93 percent of owners said they’d choose the sports car again.

What is somewhat surprising is the appearance of a pair of Rivian electrics on the list: the R1T electric pickup, which was second-highest-rated with 88 percent saying they’d buy another, and the R1S SUV, ranking sixth at 84 percent. Rivian placed high in the same survey last year.