12 Best in Class Car Values, 2012

Kiplinger\'s Best in Class winners top our rankings in each of our 12 categories, based on performance, value and safety -- plus driving impressions from our own road tests.

Kiplinger\'s Best in Class winners top our rankings in each of our 12 categories, based on performance, value and safety -- plus driving impressions from our own road tests.

All except one of our Best in Class winners are also Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Top Safety Picks (no sports cars made that list this year).

Disclaimer

Source: Data comes from TrueCar.com

Jessica L. Anderson
Associate Editor, Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Anderson has been with Kiplinger since January 2004, when she joined the staff as a reporter. Since then, she's covered the gamut of personal finance issues—from mortgages and credit to spending wisely—and she heads up Kiplinger's annual automotive rankings. She holds a BA in journalism and mass communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She was the 2012 president of the Washington Automotive Press Association and serves on its board of directors. In 2014, she was selected for the North American Car and Truck Of the Year jury. The awards, presented at the Detroit Auto Show, have come to be regarded as the most prestigious of their kind in the U.S. because they involve no commercial tie-ins. The jury is composed of nationally recognized journalists from across the U.S. and Canada, who are selected on the basis of audience reach, experience, expertise, product knowledge, and reputation in the automotive community.