Edmunds Announces Prizes For Cars Valued by Consumers
Edmunds is a well known American website offering all kinds of information about the automotive world. This year they first organized the Consumers’ Top Rated Vehicle Awards rewarding the top rated cars by consumers, ranked by price and segment.
The election was carried out thanks to prints sent to the site by the owners of any vehicle that were for sale at least until April 30, 2008. Therefore, the editor in chief says the choice is completely clean, without any outside influence, simply by evaluating the above views of the users.
The parameters to be analyzed by our customers in their reports were: performance, comfort, fuel efficiency, driving pleasure, interior design, build quality and reliability. The winning models were the following:
Convertible under $ 35,000: Smart Fortwo
Convertible over $ 35,000: Audi TT
Coupe under $ 25,000: Saturn Astra
Coupe 25,000 to $ 35,000: Audi TT
Coupe 35,000 to $ 45,000: Audi A5
Coupe over $ 45,000: Corvette
Sedan under $ 15,000: Scion xD
Sedan 15,000 to $ 25,000: Hyundai Azera
Sedan 25,000 to $ 35,000: Toyota Avalon
Sedan 35,000 to $ 45,000: Audi A6
Sedan over $ 45,000: Lexus GS 460
Hybrid Mercury Mariner Hybrid
SUV under $ 25,000: Jeep Patriot
SUV 25,000 to $ 35,000: Buick Enclave
SUV 35,000 to $ 45,000: Lincoln MKX
SUV over $ 45,000: Lexus LX 570
Small Pick-up: Toyota Tacoma
Pick-Up Big: Chevrolet Avalanche
Minivan: Mazda Mazda5
Family under $ 35,000: Volkswagen Passat Variant
Family over $ 35,000: Mercedes-Benz R-Class
