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The 12 Most Environmentally Friendly Vehicles of 2008
The following table lists those 8 most environmentally friendly vehicles that are among the Best Automobiles of 2008, together with their rank by Green Score, their Green Score, their California Air Resources Board's emissions rating, and a graphical depiction of their Reliability Score based on Consumer Reports' 5-most-recent model-year Reliability Verdicts.
The Greenest Vehicles of 2008 That Are Among the Best Automobiles of 2008 Rank Model Green Score CARB Emissions Rating Reliability Score Depiction (Green Bar) 1 The Honda Civic GX (a 1.8-liter, 4-cylinder engine, automatic transmission vehicle powered by compressed natural gas) 57 Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle (PZEV) N/A 2 The Toyota Prius (a 1.5-liter, 4-cylinder engine, automatic continuous-variable transmission hybrid powered by gas and electricity) 53 PZEV 3 The Honda Civic Hybrid (a 1.3-liter, 4-cylinder engine, an automatic continuous-variable transmission hybrid powered by gas and electricity) 53 PZEV 5 The manual transmission version of the Toyota Yaris (a 1.5-liter, 4-cylinder engine vehicle) 46 ULEV II 7 The manual transmission version of the Toyota Corolla (a 1.8-liter, 4-cylinder engine vehicle) 45 ULEV II 8 The Toyota Camry Hybrid (a 2.4-liter, 4-cylinder engine, automatic continuous-variable transmission hybrid powered by gas and electricity) 44 PZEV 8 The 1.8-liter, 4-cylinder engine, manual transmission version of the Honda Civic (DX, LX, EX, and EX-L) 44 ULEV II 8 The manual transmission version of the Honda Fit (a 1.5-liter, 4-cylinder engine) 44 LEV II The next table depicts the various editions of these models and provides links to onsite reviews that give an expanded list of quality ratings.
The Greenest Vehicles of 2008 That Are Among the Best Vehicles of 2008 Honda Civic GX Toyota Prius Honda Civic Hybrid Toyota Yaris Toyota Corolla Toyota Camry Hybrid Honda Civic Sedan Honda Civic Coupe Honda Fit The above photos are of the 2008 models and the links in cells are to onsite review pages of the 2008 models. The next table lists the remaining 4 with their rank by Green Score, their Green Score, their California Air Resources Board's emissions rating, and a graphical depiction of their Reliability Score based on Consumer Reports' 5-most-recent model-year Reliability Verdicts.
The Greenest Vehicles of 2008 That Are Less Than Best Rank Model Green Score CARB Emissions Rating Reliability Score Depiction (Green Bar)* 4 The Smart ForTwo Convertible / Coupe 49 ULEV II 5 The Nissan Altima Hybrid 46 PZEV 8 The Mini Cooper / Clubman 44 LEV II 8 The Ford Focus 44 PZEV * The Reliability Score for the Smart ForTwo is the average for Mercedes-Benz, and the Reliability Score for the Nissan Altima Hybrid is the average for the non-hybrid versions of the Altima. The final table depicts each manufacturer's share of the Top 12 Green by the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy.
Source for Greenest Vehicles of 2008, their Green Score, and their CARB emissions rating: ACEEE's GreenerCars.org
Source for Reliability Scores: ConsumerReports.org
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