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03-15-2009, 06:27 PM
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/AmericanFlag.jpg "To suggest that people should look at a Chevy Aveo just because it's cheaper to own doesn't really help consumers out much." (latimesblogs.latimes.com/uptospeed/2009/03/best-car-value.html#more)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/2009_Toyota_Prius_Touring1.jpgMartin Zimmerman – LA Times (latimes.com) – Mar. 6, 2009
2009 Toyota Prius-II (non-Touring) – Using conservative CleanMPG calcs last summer, the Prius' TCO was in the $29,000 USD range over 5-years.
In this case, I will tend to agree with CR’s rankings. -- Ed.
Los Angeles, CA -- Consumer Reports recently named the 2009 Toyota Prius as "the best new-car value" among the 300 vehicles evaluated by the magazine's staff.
Edmunds, the online car shopping and data site, begs to differ.
In a rare public display of intra-industry acrimony, Santa Monica-based Edmunds issued a news release this week warning that CR's ranking of best new-car values and its crowning of the Prius hybrid as best in show "could lead cost-conscious shoppers astray."
"The Prius is a lot of cool things, but 'value' is not something that pops into mind," Edmunds CEO Jeremy Anwyl said in an interview. "If you're buying a Prius to save money, you're going to be in for a shock."
According to Edmunds proprietary "true cost of ownership" yardstick, the No. 1 vehicle in terms of after-purchase costs is the Honda Civic DX-VP. Edmunds calculates the Civic's five-year ownership cost at $29,037. That was much less than the $37,079 cost for the top-of-the-line Prius Touring model, which the site ranked 41st. The less elaborately equipped Prius Standard model fared better in the survey, ranking 17th with a five-year total ownership cost of $33,848.
The cost of ownership, as defined by both Edmunds and Consumer Reports, doesn't include what you actually pay for a vehicle. It measures all the additional direct and indirect costs -- such as depreciation, fuel costs, insurance and repairs -- paid by a new-car buyer over a given period of time...
The No. 2 car in Edmunds' "small sedan" rankings is the Chevy Aveo, "a car that did horribly in our testing," Fisher says. "It was slow, it wasn't very fuel efficient for its class, and its emergency handling was not very good… http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/uptospeed/2009/03/best-car-value.html#more
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/2009_Toyota_Prius_Touring1.jpgMartin Zimmerman – LA Times (latimes.com) – Mar. 6, 2009
2009 Toyota Prius-II (non-Touring) – Using conservative CleanMPG calcs last summer, the Prius' TCO was in the $29,000 USD range over 5-years.
In this case, I will tend to agree with CR’s rankings. -- Ed.
Los Angeles, CA -- Consumer Reports recently named the 2009 Toyota Prius as "the best new-car value" among the 300 vehicles evaluated by the magazine's staff.
Edmunds, the online car shopping and data site, begs to differ.
In a rare public display of intra-industry acrimony, Santa Monica-based Edmunds issued a news release this week warning that CR's ranking of best new-car values and its crowning of the Prius hybrid as best in show "could lead cost-conscious shoppers astray."
"The Prius is a lot of cool things, but 'value' is not something that pops into mind," Edmunds CEO Jeremy Anwyl said in an interview. "If you're buying a Prius to save money, you're going to be in for a shock."
According to Edmunds proprietary "true cost of ownership" yardstick, the No. 1 vehicle in terms of after-purchase costs is the Honda Civic DX-VP. Edmunds calculates the Civic's five-year ownership cost at $29,037. That was much less than the $37,079 cost for the top-of-the-line Prius Touring model, which the site ranked 41st. The less elaborately equipped Prius Standard model fared better in the survey, ranking 17th with a five-year total ownership cost of $33,848.
The cost of ownership, as defined by both Edmunds and Consumer Reports, doesn't include what you actually pay for a vehicle. It measures all the additional direct and indirect costs -- such as depreciation, fuel costs, insurance and repairs -- paid by a new-car buyer over a given period of time...
The No. 2 car in Edmunds' "small sedan" rankings is the Chevy Aveo, "a car that did horribly in our testing," Fisher says. "It was slow, it wasn't very fuel efficient for its class, and its emergency handling was not very good… http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/uptospeed/2009/03/best-car-value.html#more