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The Best Small Cars in 2011
by James Bleeker
Photograph of a 2010 Toyota Corolla on 3 August 2011
| The Toyota Corolla has a 2011 Auto Reliability
GPA of a 3.69 over a 10-year data history and is among
the Top 30 automobiles in 2011. This 2010 Toyota
Corolla has a 4-cylinder, 1.6-liter engine and an
automatic transmission. |
The best small cars by the 2011 Auto Reliability Grade Point Average (GPA) are:
The Toyota Echo, a small sedan or 2-door hatchback with a 2011
Auto Reliability GPA of a perfect 4.00 over a 4-year auto reliability data history,
The Toyota Yaris, a small sedan or 2-door or 4-door hatchback
(and the successor to the Toyota Echo with a more refined interior) with a 2011 Reliability GPA of a
4.00
over a 4-year auto reliability data history,
The Honda Fit, a
4-door hatchback with a 2011 Auto Reliability GPA of
4.00 over a 4-year auto reliability data history,
Toyota's Scion xA, a small
4-door hatchback with a 2011 Auto Reliability GPA of
4.00 over a 3-year auto reliability data history,
The Honda Civic Sedan, a small sedan with a 2011
Auto Reliability GPA of 3.75 over a 10-year auto reliability data history,
The Toyota Corolla, a small sedan with a 2011
Auto Reliability GPA of 3.69 over a 10-year auto reliability data history.
These small cars are among the Top 30
automobiles offering 3 or
more model years of reliability data in 2011.
The method of computation of the GPAs is probably familiar to nearly
every college, technical school, and high school student. A Grade Point of
4.00 (that is, an A) is given to a Consumer Reports "Much Better
Than Average" rating, a GP of 3.00 (that is, a B) is given to a
CR "Better Than Average" rating, a GP of 2.00 (that is, a C) to
an "Average" rating, a GP of 1.00 (that is, a D) to a "Worse
Than Average" rating, and a GP of 0.00 (that is, an F) to a
"Much Worse Than Average" rating. A Grade Point Average (GPA) is
an average of the Grade Points and is computed using Microsoft's
Average(a:b,[c:d],...) function. The above GPAs are the Average
GPAs given in the table "The Updated 2011 Motor Vehicle Reliability
Grade Point Averages (GPAs) and Grades with
Reliability GPAs for Four 4-Year Age Ranges and
an Overall Average Reliability GPA" on the
Updated Auto
Reliability Grade Point Averages and Grades page.
The sources for Consumer Reports' ratings are the reliability
tables in (1) the April 2011 issue of Consumer Reports, (2) Consumer
Reports New Car Buying Guide: 2011, and (3) Consumer Reports Used
Car Buying Guide: 2011.
Consumer Reports defines reliability as the infrequency
of reported serious problems.
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