U.S. News & World Report: Best Cars for the Money Award news
02-11-2015, 06:33 AM
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U.S. News & World Report: Best Cars for the Money Award news
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Honda Motor Co. claimed nearly a 3rd of U.S. News & World Report’s 2015 Best Cars for the Money awards, leading a pack of mostly import winners.
Imports made up 18 of the 21 winners this year, leaving 3 awards for domestic brands. Awards have typically been more evenly divided between domestic and import automakers in previous years. In 2014, 8 winners were domestic and 13 were imports.
But this year, Honda won 6 awards, with its Honda and Acura brands taking home 3 awards each. The Honda Fit won in 2 categories: subcompact cars and hatchbacks. The Honda CR-V won compact SUV, while the Acura TLX, RDX and MDX won upscale midsize, luxury compact SUV and luxury 3-row midsize SUV, respectively.
“In recent years, Honda has focused on providing more standard features in its Honda products and sportier performance for Acura models,” Jamie Page Deaton, managing editor of U.S. News Best Cars, said in a statement.
“That focus has resulted in more praise from professional car critics. Consumers now have more reasons beyond value to buy a Honda or Acura.”
Toyota wins 3
Toyota followed with 3 winners: the Toyota Highlander Hybrid for hybrid SUV, Toyota Camry Hybrid for hybrid car and the Lexus RX 350 for luxury 2-row midsize SUV. This year marks the 7th consecutive win for the Lexus RX 350, the longest winning streak since the awards started in 2008.
The imports’ lead isn’t necessarily a sign of things to come, Page Deaton said in an interview.
When the Honda Fit beat the Ford Fiesta in the subcompact car category, “it was a shock to all of us … we were scurrying back to the data to make sure we had everything right,” Page Deaton said.
Last year, Ford won in 4 categories — the Fiesta won subcompact car and hatchback.
“But the import brands had more new models” this year, Page Deaton said. “The newer the model, it tends to go over better with car critics.”
Domestic winners
Chevrolet and Ram were the only domestic brand winners. The Ram 1500 won full-size pickup truck, while the Chevy Colorado won in the compact pickup truck category. The Chevy Impala was dubbed best large car.
Hyundai, Volkswagen and Mazda each won two awards: Hyundai, with the Sonata and Santa Fe; Volkswagen, with the Golf and GTI; Mazda, with the CX-9 and Mazda5.
The Audi A3, Subaru Outback and Nissan Murano were also named best cars for the money.
U.S. News Best Cars, the automotive channel of U.S. News & World Report, combines quality and value data to compile the list of best cars for the money. Quality is taken from the overall score a vehicle earned in the U.S. News car rankings at the time the awards are published.
Value is a combination of the vehicle’s 5-year total cost of ownership, provided by market research firm Vincentric, and the average price paid for the vehicle at the time the awards are published, calculated by TrueCar.
Honda Motor Co. claimed nearly a 3rd of U.S. News & World Report’s 2015 Best Cars for the Money awards, leading a pack of mostly import winners.
Imports made up 18 of the 21 winners this year, leaving 3 awards for domestic brands. Awards have typically been more evenly divided between domestic and import automakers in previous years. In 2014, 8 winners were domestic and 13 were imports.
But this year, Honda won 6 awards, with its Honda and Acura brands taking home 3 awards each. The Honda Fit won in 2 categories: subcompact cars and hatchbacks. The Honda CR-V won compact SUV, while the Acura TLX, RDX and MDX won upscale midsize, luxury compact SUV and luxury 3-row midsize SUV, respectively.
“In recent years, Honda has focused on providing more standard features in its Honda products and sportier performance for Acura models,” Jamie Page Deaton, managing editor of U.S. News Best Cars, said in a statement.
“That focus has resulted in more praise from professional car critics. Consumers now have more reasons beyond value to buy a Honda or Acura.”
Toyota wins 3
Toyota followed with 3 winners: the Toyota Highlander Hybrid for hybrid SUV, Toyota Camry Hybrid for hybrid car and the Lexus RX 350 for luxury 2-row midsize SUV. This year marks the 7th consecutive win for the Lexus RX 350, the longest winning streak since the awards started in 2008.
The imports’ lead isn’t necessarily a sign of things to come, Page Deaton said in an interview.
When the Honda Fit beat the Ford Fiesta in the subcompact car category, “it was a shock to all of us … we were scurrying back to the data to make sure we had everything right,” Page Deaton said.
Last year, Ford won in 4 categories — the Fiesta won subcompact car and hatchback.
“But the import brands had more new models” this year, Page Deaton said. “The newer the model, it tends to go over better with car critics.”
Domestic winners
Chevrolet and Ram were the only domestic brand winners. The Ram 1500 won full-size pickup truck, while the Chevy Colorado won in the compact pickup truck category. The Chevy Impala was dubbed best large car.
Hyundai, Volkswagen and Mazda each won two awards: Hyundai, with the Sonata and Santa Fe; Volkswagen, with the Golf and GTI; Mazda, with the CX-9 and Mazda5.
The Audi A3, Subaru Outback and Nissan Murano were also named best cars for the money.
U.S. News Best Cars, the automotive channel of U.S. News & World Report, combines quality and value data to compile the list of best cars for the money. Quality is taken from the overall score a vehicle earned in the U.S. News car rankings at the time the awards are published.
Value is a combination of the vehicle’s 5-year total cost of ownership, provided by market research firm Vincentric, and the average price paid for the vehicle at the time the awards are published, calculated by TrueCar.
Last edited by TSX69; 02-11-2015 at 06:37 AM.
02-11-2015, 09:16 AM
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Good for Acura and Honda. While most of us here don't get excited by any of Acura's current models, their "Value premium" philosophy caters to those looking for best "cars for the money"
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