Who is being honest? Prius, or America?!

Keeping in mind Anderson Cooper’s infamous catch phrase, “keeping them honest”, I decided to do a bit of research myself.  I have been looking all over the web for information on Prius’ competition and which car is the best hybrid out there. 

You can go to Toyota.com and do your own side by side comparison of one Toyota and 3 competitors, so naturally I chose to do such in search of the truth!

I chose the 2012 Prius C, Leaf, Fusion and Volt for comparison and the results are quite confusing! It seems that the Prius is the least expensive, and there are so many features and things to keep in mind, there is also a tab that explains the benefits of Prius over the competition. For someone seriously trying to compare cars and get the best value, there sure is a lot to take into consideration. 

………If you want to give yourself a headache – take a look for yourself!   Car Comparison

In one posting on ranker.com, it says that Prius is actually NOT the best car on the market, but comes in at 4^th place! Lagging behind SmartCar, Nissan Leaf, and Honda Civic GX.

(It’s also called the Top 5 Reasons Priuses Suck).  Talk about your bad publicity! Why Priuses Suck

 

US News ranks Prius & Ford Fusion as tied for the #1 spot.

Hybridcars.com claims that Prius Liftback is “the #1 selling car.”

Cnet.com ranks Prius in 4^th also (Ford C-Max Energi, Chevy Malibu Eco & Chevy Volt all higher)

Who is credible? How subjective is this information? Where does one go to get an honest answer??...wonder in Anderson Cooper knows!

Check out the links above to compare and dare to make your own rankings!

-Jainine