Kelly Blue Book names its 10 greenest vehicles,
2010 Toyota Prius - click above for a high-res gallery
In honor of Earth Day last week, the team over at Kelly Blue Book sat down to generate its annual list of the greenest cars available on the U.S. market. The list goes beyond just fuel efficiency, as the editors selected vehicles from a cross section of the overall vehicle market. Thus, the Chevrolet Silverado hybrid appears on the list along with the easy choices like the Toyota Prius and Honda Insight. In total, only six of the ten vehicles are hybrids. Two normally aspirated small cars, the Honda Fit and MINI Cooper, made the list based on highly efficient gas engines. Two German cars made the list with diesel engines, the Volkswagen Jetta TDI and the BMW 335d. Ford also made the list with both of its hybrid models, the Escape CUV and Fusion sedan.
Gallery: 2010 Toyota Prius
[Source: Kelly Blue Book]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
MisterK 10:27PM (4/26/2009)
The Mini Cooper is a German car.
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jharlan 9:14PM (4/26/2009)
A couple of diesels made the list. Any of them would be fine for me.
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Luke 9:18PM (4/26/2009)
No natural gas cars? Hmmmmmm.
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Phil L. 11:16PM (4/26/2009)
I suspect that only cars available everywhere in the US made the list. There aren't very many CNG cars for sale in the US - and at least the Civic GX isn't sold in all US markets. Anyone know if there are any new CNG cars currently sold everywhere in the US?
brn 11:25AM (4/27/2009)
Yea, they wanted to list cars you could actually buy.
P.S. Our local BMW dealer has 159 new vehicles, one of which is a 335d. I guess that means it qualifies. Barely.