There are many other family-friendly, fun-to-drive vehicles, like the Mazda CX-5 or Honda's own CR-V, that get better fuel economy.
Additionally, initial sales data show that C-Max is stealing hybrid sales away from other brands at an impressive clip: Its conquest rate is about 64 percent, with Prius and the Honda CR-V ranking as the top nameplates abandoned by customers in favor of C-Max.
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The Honda CR-V and Chevrolet Equinox are also good gear carriers, as are the Toyota Prius and Prius V.
The No. 1 selling crossover, the Honda CR-V, outsells the No. 1 minivan, the Dodge caravan, by more than two to one.
They peaked at 1.4 million in 2000, but have fallen rapidly since as buyers shifted to popular crossover wagons like the Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4.
And Internet or not, some sales tactics never change, as Deirdre Holbrook of San Francisco found out late last year when she went to buy a new Honda CR-V.
If you feel at home driving the Rogue, why not put it at the top of your list and try models such as the Honda CR-V, Mazda CX-5 and Subaru Forester?
The Ford Focus, Hyundai Elantra and Volkswagen Passat are the three finalists for North American Car of the Year, and the BMW X3, Honda CR-V and Land Rover Range Rover Evoque are finalists for North American Truck of the Year.
We made an exception for the CR-V SUV from Honda Motor , because we wanted to include a vehicle for singles paying off grad school.
But she points out that on Honda's more recently revamped CR-V compact utility vehicle, Bluetooth hands-free technology is available on the midprice LX model.
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The Honda (nyse: HMC - news - people ) CR-V comes with one engine choice, four trim levels and eight colors.
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