New Study Names Most Environmentally Friendly Cars
J.D. Power has released its first annual study of environmentally friendly vehicles. As expected, hybrids rank high in the list, but 22 of the top 30 vehicles were conventional gasoline ones like the Chevy Cobalt, Ford Focus and Honda Civic. The study used EPA data and J.D. Power’s “voice-of-the-customer” data to come up with the list. Fuel economy, not surprisingly, was the main factor for customers. Another fun tidbit from the study was the fact that shoppers considering hybrids expected to get on average a 28-mpg improvement when moving to a hybrid vehicle. The reality is closer to 9 mpg. Click below for the full list of J.D. Power’s environmentally friendly cars.
Hybrid vehicles
- Ford Escape Hybrid
- Lexus RX 400H
- Honda Accord Hybrid
- Mercury Mariner Hybrid
- Honda Civic Hybrid
- Toyota Highlander Hybrid
- Honda Insight
- Toyota Prius
Gasoline powered vehicles
- Acura RSX
- Chevrolet Aveo
- Chevrolet Cobalt
- Ford Focus
- Ford Focus Station Wagon
- Honda Accord
- Honda Civic
- Hyundai Accent
- Hyundai Elantra
- Kia Rio
- Kia Spectra
- Mazda3
- Mazda MX-5
- Nissan Sentra
- Saturn Ion
- Scion xA
- Suzuki Reno
- Toyota Camry
- Toyota Corolla
- Volkswagen Golf
- Volkswagen Jetta
- Volkswagen New Beetle
