There’s no denying that the Toyota Prius is the most famous green car in the world – nor would we attempt to downplay its influence in the explosion of popularity for hybrid cars around the world. However, when it comes to green car buyers it’s not the most popular choice.
According to a Compete survey, Toyota cars are only number 13 on the list of most popular brands with green car buyers. Even more surprisingly, Toyota’s leading rival, Honda, which has the highest corporate average fuel economy numbers, only managed to finish nineteenth.
Sound strange? Well, the survey correlated data on the visitors to several ‘green’ third party websites and the visitors to the top 25 automotive research websites. Using the sum of the ranks, it found the most visited and searched for ‘green’ automotive brands.
Of course, the results should be taken with a pinch of salt. Apparently non-green shoppers logging on to these websites and searching for SUVs caused Toyota and Honda to fall in the ranks, due to the popularity of their own SUV offerings.
Nevertheless, here, for the record, are the ‘top ten most popular brands’ with green car buyers:
1. Mazda
2. Mini
3. Smart
4. Porsche
5. Volvo
6. Mercury
7. Subaru
8. Saturn
9. Infiniti
10. Audi
We want to know which brands’ green cars interest you the most? Leave a comment and let us know which brand you prefer and why.
