The Best SUVs for Tall Drivers

Second only to the full-size trucks, and the roomiest SUV measured anywhere in these guides. 44.5" of legroom matches a Sierra.

The best headroom figure found anywhere in this research. The windscreen extends back over your head instead of a roof panel cutting into it — the one case where the glass helps.

One of the best headroom figures in these guides, luxury SUVs included, and now Ford's own: **41.5"**, in a car that costs a third of an Audi Q8. The catch is the option list. Ford prints a second figure, **39.1"**, with optional equipment fitted: a 2.4" penalty, the largest front-seat roof penalty of any vehicle in these guides, ahead of Ford's own Maverick at 2.3". The back seat is untouched at 41.7" either way, the pattern of a conventional moonroof over the front row. Order it without and it beats the Q8 by 4.4"; with it, by 2.0". The 2025 update was equipment and suspension only, so the cabin figures carry over.

Beats the Pilot on both measurements and gives up almost nothing to the Bronco Sport: 41.3" of headroom on Volkswagen's own figure. VW prints only that one number, so how much the panoramic roof on the SEL and SEL Premium costs is not published; a dealer page says 40.1", which would still clear 40".

The most-recommended SUV in our community data after the CR-V, and vouched for up to 6'7". Boxy Subaru shape doing exactly what it looks like it should.

The standout of the community data: every driver who recommended it was 6'7" or taller, including the tallest person in the whole dataset at 6'9". 44.4" of legroom is second only to the Suburban.

Good ceiling at 40.8", on BMW's own figure, but 39.8" of legroom is the shortest figure in this guide — less than a Honda Fit. BMW prints one headroom figure and does not say whether it includes the panoramic roof, so sit in the exact car.

Seat: Height-adjustable, but owners report the lowest setting is still high.

Solid rather than exceptional — beaten on headroom by a Bronco Sport two sizes smaller. Vehicle size and driver fit are different things. Honda's own sheet splits the roof: the Sport and EX-L measure **40.5"**, and every trim with the panoramic moonroof (TrailSport, Touring, Elite, Black Edition) **39.1"**. A 1.4" penalty, and it reaches the middle row too, 40.2" down to 39.2". Legroom is 41.0" on every trim.

Subaru publishes both roof figures: 40.1" without the moonroof and 39.1" on every model that has one, a 1.0" penalty that leaves the back seat untouched. Front legroom is generous at 42.8". Figures are Subaru's 2023 sheet for the current generation.

The previous-generation Pilot, and Honda published both roof figures for it. LX and EX measure 40.1"; the one-touch moonroof becomes standard at EX-L and it drops to 39.5". A 0.6" penalty, one of the smallest recorded anywhere here. One caution: the Elite and Black Edition publish a HIGHER second-row figure (40.9") than a Pilot with no glass at all (40.2"), which is not a clean comparison — those trims swap the bench for captain's chairs at the same time as fitting the panoramic roof.

The widest trim-to-trim headroom gap of any vehicle in these guides. The LX has 40.1" — excellent, and the only CR-V without the one-touch moonroof. The EX and EX-L have 38.0", a 2.1" drop, and the Touring 37.8". Unusually for this dataset the back seat suffers too: 39.2" in the LX, 39.1" in the EX and EX-L, and 38.3" in the Touring, which also loses 1.6 cu ft of cargo. The LX is also the only trim with the 2.4L naturally aspirated engine rather than the 1.5T, so the roomiest CR-V is the cheapest, slowest and thirstiest one.

The most front legroom in this guide at 43.0", and it clears 40" of headroom — the boxy body-on-frame shape doing exactly what you'd expect. The moonroof, standard on the Land Cruiser grade and not on the 1958, takes it to 39.3". Third-party listings widely quote 36.1" headroom and 33" legroom for this car; those are a bad parse.

Honda's own 2015 sheet puts the LX at 39.9" and every trim from the EX up at 38.0", because that is where the one-touch moonroof becomes standard: a 1.9" penalty, and the same cheapest-trim-is-roomiest pattern as the 2017-on car. Legroom is 41.3" on all of them. An LX is a sound cheap option for a tall driver; an EX or above is tight.

Corrected downward, and it matters. This was listed at 41.2" from a dealer page, which put it near the top of the table. Toyota's own sheet for the same generation says 39.9" without the moonroof and 38.4" with either roof, and 40.4" of front legroom rather than 42.0". It is a mid-table SUV, not a leader. The Highlander earns its place here for a different reason: it is the only vehicle in the dataset that publishes the conventional moonroof and the panoramic roof as separate figures, and the second row shows why that matters. A moonroof costs the back seat nothing at all, 39.4" either way. The panoramic costs it 2.3", down to 37.1". Same car, same year, one option.

Smallest SUV here and it still clears 39.9". A 6'7" driver recommends it, which is more than the figure alone would suggest.

Mazda's usual pattern — a low, sporty roofline costing headroom. Better than the Mazda 3, but the weakest mainstream SUV here. Mazda's own spec sheet for this generation publishes both roof figures: 39.7" in the Sport, which cannot be ordered with the moonroof, and 39.3" once glass is fitted. That 0.4" is the second-smallest sunroof penalty of the twenty-nine cars here that print both numbers, behind the Corolla's 0.3". Dealer pages quoting a flat 39.3" are repeating the with-moonroof figure.

39.7" on the SR5, TRD Sport and TRD Off-Road; the Limited, Platinum and TRD Pro have the moonroof as standard and measure 38.3". So yes, the base model really does have more headroom than the higher trims, by 1.4". Legroom is 41.8" throughout.

The outgoing Kona, from Hyundai's own sheet. 39.6" bare and **38.0" with the sunroof** — a 1.6" penalty on a car that has little to spare, which drops it below a Volkswagen Golf. The back seat is the real limit: 34.6" of rear legroom is the tightest of any SUV in these guides.

The long-running previous 4Runner, confirmed against Toyota's own sheet — 39.3" needed no correction, which is rare in this dataset. The sunroof takes 0.7" off it, down to 38.6", and Toyota does not offer the moonroof on the TRD Off-Road, so that trim is the roomiest one. The real problem is behind you: 32.9" of second-row legroom is among the tightest measured anywhere in these guides.

Corrected upward, and the source upgraded. This was listed at 38.9" from an aggregator page (autopadre), which put it second-worst on the page. Volvo's own 2020 XC90 technical specification prints both roof figures the way Chrysler and Kia do: 39.3" of front head room without the sunroof and 38.9" with it, a 0.4" penalty. The 38.9" we published was the glass figure all along, the fourth car on this page where that turned out to be true. It is still the tightest three-row SUV measured here even without the glass, so the warning stands, but it is no longer near the bottom of the whole table. Two tall drivers recommend it anyway. The penalty is small and it fades going back: 0.7" in the second row, and the third row is untouched at 36.3" either way, so the glass stops before the back bench.

The second-tightest SUV in these guides, and one of the most expensive. 38.3" of front headroom in a 5,815 lb eight-seater — the same figure as a Toyota Camry and less than a Honda Accord LX. The moonroof is standard equipment and cannot be deleted, so there is no roomier trim to go and find: 38.3" is what every one of them has. Its second row is roomier than its front, at 38.9". Note this is the outgoing 200-series — a different vehicle from the 2024-on Land Cruiser listed above, which measures 40.1".

The worst headroom figure in the dataset, at nearly the highest price. Sloping coupe roofline plus a standard panoramic sunroof. Second-row headroom (38.1") is better than the front, which tells you everything.