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Consumer Reports Best and Worst Values:
Best Value Small Hatchbacks: Toyota Prius Four
Worst Value Small Hatchbacks: Ford Focus SE
Best Value Family Sedan: Toyota Camry Hybrid XLE
Worst Value Family Sedan: Chrysler 200 Limited (V6)
Best Value Large -Luxury SUV: Lexus RX 350
Worst Value Large -Luxury SUV: Nissan Armada Platinum
Best Value Minivan-Wagon: Toyota Prius V Three
Worst Value Minivan-Wagon: Chrysler Town & Country Touring-L
Best Value Small SUV: Honda CR-V EX
Worst Value Small SUV: Mini Cooper Countryman S
Toyota Prius Tops Consumer Reports Ratings
The hybrid gas-electric Toyota Prius topped Consumer Reports annual list of
Best and Worst New-Car Values for the first time, with the magazine saying
the car’s cost to operate is about one-half that of a conventional vehicle.
The Prius (at 26,$750 for the Four model) knocked the much cheaper $16,915
base-price Honda Fit out of first place, which that car held for the past
four years. CR said the Fit’s lower reliability rating was the reason for
its fall from No. 1.
At 49 cents a mile to operate, the Prius costs about half as much to run
than the average car, said the magazine. which looked at over 200 models for
its annual buying guide.
CR looks at the five-year cost of ownership for each vehicle, road-test
scores and predicted reliability.
After quality-control problems, including unintended acceleration in some
models, Toyota is back on top, with global sales expected to be No.1 this
year and in 2013. The firm sold a record 9.7 million cars this year, a 22
percent rise from a year earlier when the tsunami struck in Japan,
interrupting production.
Toyota and its Lexus cars topped the best values in six of 10 Consumer
Reports categories. |
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