article on MSN

statultra · 09-29-2006, 11:22 AM

oh yeah i was ina hurry so edit:
Top Environmentally Friendly Cars

http://autos.msn.com/advice/article....tentid=4024230[/url]

I was reading this and for some odd reason it had a biasness towards hybrids in my view. Whatchya think?

brandon · 09-29-2006, 12:15 PM

Interesting - they didn't rank them for environmental friendliness.

Quote:

Research firm J.D. Power and Associates, based in Westlake Village, California, has released its inaugural Automotive Environmental Index (AEI) study, which lists the top 30 environmentally friendly vehicles... The AEI is based on data from 4,000 consumers who plan to purchase a vehicle within the next two years.[/b]

Why not ask those who have been driving them? They're basically taking EPA data and making inferences from potential buyer responses.

Additional Resources:

http://www.jdpower.com/autos/green-info/green-matt.aspx

http://www.jdpower.com/studies_jdpower/pre....asp?ID=2006147

statultra · 09-30-2006, 12:03 AM

everytime i read something that is from JD power, or consumer reports or much less any "automotive expert" review thing, i always get the sense that hybrids portrayed by them are odd cars with no consumer interest.

narussian · 10-01-2006, 09:56 AM

But there are some misconceptions. Consumers purchasing hybrid vehicles expected a fuel-economy improvement by 28 mpg compared to a similar powered gas-only vehicle. Reality, however, showed hybrid buyers only gaining an improvement of 9 mpg.

I don't know about anyone else, but I gained 22 mpg once I purchased my Prius. And I drove a 2 door Saab initially, who is onlly getting only 9 mpg improvement?

That was a lame page filler of an article.

**Tideland Prius** · 10-01-2006, 12:16 PM

The person who upgraded from a Yaris haha.

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09-29-2006, 11:22 AM	#1
statultra uber-Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: cape coral, FL Posts: 682 My Car: 2005 Prius Model: Package: #9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts Friends: 0	oh yeah i was ina hurry so edit: Top Environmentally Friendly Cars http://autos.msn.com/advice/article....tentid=4024230[/url] I was reading this and for some odd reason it had a biasness towards hybrids in my view. Whatchya think?

09-30-2006, 12:03 AM	#3
statultra uber-Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: cape coral, FL Posts: 682 My Car: 2005 Prius Model: Package: #9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts Friends: 0	everytime i read something that is from JD power, or consumer reports or much less any "automotive expert" review thing, i always get the sense that hybrids portrayed by them are odd cars with no consumer interest.

10-01-2006, 09:56 AM	#4
narussian Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 111 My Car: Model: Package: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	But there are some misconceptions. Consumers purchasing hybrid vehicles expected a fuel-economy improvement by 28 mpg compared to a similar powered gas-only vehicle. Reality, however, showed hybrid buyers only gaining an improvement of 9 mpg. I don't know about anyone else, but I gained 22 mpg once I purchased my Prius. And I drove a 2 door Saab initially, who is onlly getting only 9 mpg improvement? That was a lame page filler of an article.

10-01-2006, 12:16 PM	#5
Tideland Prius Moderator of the North Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 19,606 My Car: 2010 Prius Model: N/A Package: Technology Package (Canada) Thanks: 227 Thanked 343 Times in 242 Posts Friends: 23	The person who upgraded from a Yaris haha.