The best American cars for 2013

Experts from the U.S. edition “Consumer Reports” made a ranking of the best models for 2013. In 7 out of 10 categories, the winners are Japanese cars, which have received the highest ratings for its reliability and safety.

The experts have chosen winners out of 280 models, that were tested by themselves. With the most first places – 3, are the car models Toyota and Honda.

Honda wins one of the most controversial classes with Accord, as top among compact and minivans crossovers. Toyota is ranked top in environmental cars and midsize crossovers. The largest carmaker in the world takes the prize in the category sports car with its overall design with Subaru, which in North America is sold under the brand Scion. 

After 1 year absence among the winners is returned Hyundai Elantra, which is № 1 in "affordable cars". Hundai Elantra has not earned U.S. model in none of the categories. But there is no rating for pickup, as experts have not been able to test models of this class of Chrysler and General Motors. 

The best models for 2013 of Consumer Reports

Class	Winner
Midsize sedan	Honda Accord
Sports car	Scion FR-S/Subaru BRZ
Affordable car	Hyundai Elantra
"Green" car	Toyota Prius
Compact car	Subaru Impreza
Luxury car	Audi A6
Compact crossover	Honda CR-V
Midsize crossover	Toyota Highlander
Sport sedan	BMW 328i
Minivan	Honda Odyssey

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