• February 28, 2011

The Fit is go. Consumer Reports has given Honda's sub-compact the nod as small car with the best overall value in its 2011 Annual Auto Issue. The Fit was also the best overall value among a much broader roster of 200 different vehicles analyzed, ranging from small cars to luxury sedans.

The Yonkers, N.Y.-based organization said Jeep Wrangler is the overall worst value. "A low price doesn't necessarily make a car a good value," said Rik Paul, automotive editor at Consumer Reports, in a statement. "At a time when people need to make every dollar count, our best value list highlights the models that give you a lot for your money."

The firm based its scores on a mashup of the five-year owner cost, of which depreciation is the biggest factor, plus CR's road-test score and the publication's own predicted-reliability. The company broke the market into eight different categories of vehicles: small cars, family cars, upscale sedans, luxury sedans, sporty cars, wagons and minivans, small and midsized SUVs.