Price: $21,650 - $28,320
EPA mileage: 51 City / 48 Hwy
The Prius has topped this category for eight straight years thanks, of course, to great fuel economy but also to the car's comfortable and roomy interior and outstanding crash test results.
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Last updated February 28 2011: 1:27 PM ET