Honda dominates U.S. News Best Cars for the Money list

When it comes to value, 2016 is all about the Honda Motor Company, according to U.S. News & World Report.

In the annual list of Best Cars for the Money, Honda took top honors in six categories while claiming another two wins with its premium subsidiary, Acura. This is the most awards by a single brand in the last five years, according to a release U.S. News.

The Honda Civic was named best compact car, the Fit was named best hatchback and best subcompact Car, the HR-V won best subcompact SUV, the Honda Odyssey best minivan and the Honda Pilot best three-row SUV. Meanwhile, the Acura MDX was named best luxury three-row SUV and the Acura TLX was named best upscale midsize car.
The Toyota Motor Corporation earned three "best" honors for its flagship brand (Camry for midsize car, Prius V for wagon and RAV4 Hybrid for Hybrid SUV) as well as a fourth for its luxury brand, Lexus (the NX claimed top honors for luxury compact SUV.

Chevrolet was the only other brand to win in multiple categories, as the Colorado won for best compact truck, the Impala won for best large car and the Traverse won for large SUV.

This year's set of awards is the first to include the affordable and luxury subcompact SUV (crossovers) category, with the Honda HR-V and BMW X1 winning each, respectively.

U.S. News evaluates quality and value data based on 23 categories in order to rank cars in each class. Factors considered include safety, reliability and evaluations of industry experts, as well as, of course, average price.

U.S. News has been ranking cars sold in America since 2007. The awards will be given to the respective automakers during this week's Chicago Auto Show.

Source: http://www.nydailynews.com