U.S. News Presents the Best Cars for the Money Awards at the 2015 Chicago Auto Show
U.S. News & World Report, a nationally recognized publisher of consumer advice and information, will present the 2015 Best Cars for the Money awards at the Chicago Auto Show on Thursday, February 12th. The awards highlight a single vehicle in 21 automotive categories that provides the best combination of quality and value.
The 2015 Best Cars for the Money awards combine the opinions of the automotive press with reliability and safety ratings, average price paid and total cost of ownership to help car shoppers quickly identify high quality vehicles at the right price.
“Finding a car that meets both your budget and lifestyle is an overwhelming process,” says Jamie Page Deaton, managing editor of U.S. News Best Cars. “The 2015 Best Cars for the Money award winners are great values and a pleasure to own.”
Deaton will present the following Best Cars for the Money awards at The Chicago Auto Show, McCormick Place, 2301 S. Lake Shore Dr., on February 12th:
7:15 a.m. Large Cars 2015 Chevrolet Impala
    2015 Chevrolet Colorado
8:15 a.m. Full Size Pickup Trucks 2015 Ram 1500
8:45 a.m. Large SUVs 2015 Mazda CX-9
Minivans 2015 Mazda Mazda5
10 a.m. Compact Cars 2015 Volkswagen Golf
Sports Cars 2015 Volkswagen GTI
10:50 a.m. Subcompact Cars 2015 Honda Fit
Hatchbacks 2015 Honda Fit
Compact SUVs 2015 Honda CR-V
11:30 a.m. Midsize Cars 2015 Hyundai Sonata
3-Row Midsize SUVs 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe
12:30 p.m. Upscale Small Cars 2015 Audi A3
1:30 p.m. 2-Row Midsize SUVs 2015 Nissan Murano
2 p.m. Upscale Midsize Cars 2015 Acura TLX
Luxury Compact SUVs 2015 Acura RDX
Luxury 3-Row Midsize SUVs 2015 Acura MDX
3 p.m. Wagons 2015 Subaru Outback
4 p.m. Hybrid Cars 2015 Toyota Camry Hybrid
Hybrid SUVs 2015 Toyota Highlander Hybrid
Luxury 2-Row Midsize SUVs 2015 Lexus RX 350
For the full set of winners and finalists, visit http://usnews.com/cars-money.
The Best Cars for the Money methodology combines quality and value data into a composite score. Within each of the 21 categories, the vehicle with the highest score is named the Best Car for the Money in that category. Quality is measured by the overall score a vehicle achieved in the U.S. News car rankings at the time the awards are published. The rankings, updated regularly, compare cars on the basis of safety, reliability and a consensus of industry experts’ opinions. Value is measured by a combination of a vehicle’s five-year total cost of ownership provided by Vincentric, LLC and the average price paid for the vehicle at the time the awards are published, as calculated by TrueCar, Inc.
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