Most Researched Cars? Imports Dominate As Usual!

Which passenger vehicles do you think were the11.Toyota Yaris
most researched cars in 2008? If you included a12.Ford Escape
number of Toyota and Honda models, then you're13.Honda Odyssey
guess is correct. Which American cars do you14.Honda Pilot
think are the most researched by consumers15.Honda Fit
online? If you answered the Ford Escape, Ford16.Ford Mustang
Mustang and the Chevrolet Malibu, your answers17.Chevrolet Malibu
are correct.18.Toyota Sienna
But, they are the only three American19.MINI Cooper
nameplates to show up on a recently distributed20.Volkswagen Jetta
list by Kelley Blue Book (KBB), the top provider ofThe results shouldn't really come as too much of
consumer information on new and used cars.a surprise by consumers as the cars featured are
Instead, the 2008 list was dominated by Japanesesome of the highest quality vehicles on the
brands, fifteen to be exact. Moreover, Toyotamarket. Furthermore, as gas prices surged earlier
and Honda placed thirteen cars on that list, seventhis year, consumers began to research which
and six models respectively.vehicles offered the best fuel economy, a factor
The following is a peak at Kbb.com'swhich explains why so many mid-size to
Most-Researched New Vehicles of 2008:subcompact cars made the list.
1.Honda CivicMost interesting about what KBB has shown is
2.Honda Accordthat the top three models — the Honda
3.Toyota CamryCivic, Honda Accord and Toyota Camry —
4.Toyota Corollahave finished in the top three for five consecutive
5.Nissan Altimayears, though the order has changed from time
6.Honda CR-Vto time. Consumers understand that each model
7.Toyota Priusrepresents some of the best selling cars in
8.Toyota HighlanderAmerica, vehicles known for high quality,
9.Toyota RAV4exceptional value and longevity.
10.Mazda3