Cars.com Best Bets for Hybrids
To qualify as a Best Bet, models must meet three quantified criteria: a Good rating in Insurance Institute for Highway Safety frontal-offset and side-impact crash tests, average or higher reliability ratings, and average or higher fuel mileage within their class (34.7 mpg for cars and 23.1 mpg for crossover/SUVs).
| 2011 Best Bets: Hybrids |
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| Hybrids are listed in alphabetical order by their class: Cars and Crossover/SUVs |
| Cars |
 | | $28,240 |
- Gas/electric drivetrain
- 41 mpg city
- LCD gauges
- 700-mile-plus range in city driving on one tank of gas
|
 | | $23,950 |
- Electronic stability control standard
- Continuously variable automatic transmission
- Side-impact and side curtain airbags
|
 | | $18,200 - $21,490 |
- Dedicated hybrid model
- Seats five
- Hatchback body style
- Small four-cylinder engine plus electric motor
- EPA-estimated 40/43 mpg
|
 | | $35,600 - $38,370 |
- Dedicated hybrid model
- Small, affordable luxury hybrid
- Seats five
- Leather seats
- Enform/Safety Connect available
- Cabin uses bioplastics
|
 | | $21,650 - $28,320 |
- 50 mpg combined
- Available solar-panel moonroof
- EV Mode for electric-only cruising
- Gas/electric drivetrain
- Available self-parking feature
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| Crossovers/SUVs |
 | | $29,935 - $34,195 |
- Self-parking option
- Can run on electric power alone
- Standard stability system
- Optional customizable ambient lighting
- Optional navigation system with hybrid-drive readouts
|
 | | $43,935 - $45,525 |
- 30-32 mpg city mileage
- 10 airbags
- FWD or AWD
- Optional wide-view side monitor
- Optional head-up display
|
 | | $37,490 - $43,145 |
- Updated exterior
- New rear climate controls
- New split-folding third row
- FWD or AWD, four-cylinder or V-6
- Available Highlander Hybrid with stronger drivetrain
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