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http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dl...plate=printart

How they rank

To assess how the Big 6† automakers will fare if gasoline prices remain high, Automotive News ranked them in 4 categories. Honda led the Big 6 in 3 of the 4 categories.

Median household income
year ended april 2005
1. Honda — $87,907
2. Nissan — $82,618
3. DaimlerChrysler — $81,735
4. Toyota — $80,746
5. Ford* — $80,059
6. GM — $75,888
*Excludes Aston Martin
Source: J.D. Power and Associates

2005 light-truck sales mix
1. Honda — 42.7%
2. Toyota — 43.0%
3. Nissan — 46.8%
4. GM — 59.9%
5. DaimlerChrysler — 65.3%
6. Ford — 66.6%
Source: Automotive News Data Center

CAFE
Corporate Average Fuel Economy,
2005 Model year
1. Honda — 25.1 mpg
2. Toyota — 23.5 mpg
3. Nissan — 21.7 mpg
4. GM — 20.3 mpg
5. DaimlerChrysler — 19.8 mpg
6. Ford* — 19.5 mpg
*Includes Mazda
Source: EPA

Green image
1. Toyota
2. Honda
3. Ford
4. Nissan
5. GM
6. DaimlerChrysler
Source: Automotive News analysis

Overall rankings
1. Honda — 23 pts
2. Toyota — 19 pts
3. Nissan — 16 pts
4. GM — 9 pts
4. DaimlerChrysler — 9 pts
5. Ford — 8 pts

 
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i agree with the green image analysis. toyota does a lot of marketing to make sure they look like the "green est" company

 
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Finally a good post king!

Just kidding...

But we all know Hondas nomber one already!!!

 
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Wow honda lost the image game. So in the real competitions they are 3 for 3. In the made up group they come in 2nd.

 
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^^^ 02BLKCIVIC^^^You guys are just impossible to please, but anyways not all people in here are convinced of that. All the whining about how their civic is slow. This is the what the civic is known for, fuel efficiancy. Thats it, nothing else. Not luxery, not speed, not looks, just good gas mileage. If you want it to be better you mod it like everyone on here usually does.

 
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definately.... Toyota enjoys pushing their hybrid lineup.... BUT Honda doesnt use V8 anything unlike Toyota so perhaps that tipped the scale in their favor?