About Used Car Best Bets
Our editors are often asked what the best used car choices are, so here we present the collective opinions of our editorial staff through our Edmunds.com Used Car Best Bets. In order to put together this list of our top choices in the used vehicle market, we emphasized the most important criteria that should be considered when researching and deciding on a vehicle: reliability, safety, value and availability. Eligibility is limited to vehicles from two to seven years old for the following reasons: Older vehicles will probably have too many miles on them, and newer ones will not have fully taken the large depreciation hit that typically makes a 2- or 3-year-old car (with low miles) the best value. For these reasons, our list is limited to used cars with model years ranging from 2004 to 2009.
First, we looked at our consumer ratings as well as sources that report on reliability and longevity, and applied our own experience and judgment to determine a vehicle's reliability. Second, we considered the way these vehicles rated in various crash tests conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Third, we looked at value, taking into consideration Edmunds TMV® and TCO®. And fourth, availability; the larger the spread of potential model years a buyer had to choose from the better. This is why one (more abundant) car may have beaten out another (less available one) if the two were otherwise closely matched.
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