Toyota Prius earns Best Value ranking from Consumer Reports, American brands fail to make the grade

Filed under: Car Buying As we reported yesterday, Consumer Reports ‘ annual 2009 Auto Issue has just been released, and it seems that American automakers just can’t catch a break from the popular magazine. Included alongside the Automaker’s Report Cards are a list of cars that offer the best calculated value over a five year period. Hybrids, despite their initial cost disadvantage when the dotted line is first signed, managed to take five of the top several slots. The 2009 Toyota Prius Touring model bested all contenders as the top overall value out of all 300 vehicles CR tested for the ‘09 season. While perusing the results, we noticed the complete absence of any American automobiles on the Best Value list. We’d expect to see horrible performances from such vehicles as the

HUMMER H2, which CR says will cost its owners $82,250 after just five years of ownership, but we’re a little surprised to see that cars like the Ford Fusion or Chevy Malibu couldn’t crack the top 5 family sedan list. Better luck next year. [Source: Consumer Reports] Continue reading Toyota Prius earns Best Value ranking from Consumer Reports, American brands fail to make the grade Toyota Prius earns Best Value ranking from Consumer Reports, American brands fail to make the grade originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink  |  Email this  |  Comments

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Toyota Prius earns Best Value ranking from Consumer Reports, American brands fail to make the grade