Cars.com Lists the Top 10 New Cars for Penny Pinchers

CHICAGO, Feb. 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Cars.com, the leading online resource for buying and selling new and used cars, has listed the top 10 cheapest new cars available to purchase and drive. To create the list, Cars.com editors calculated sticker price and destination fees plus eight year fuel cost.

"There's a certain crowd of shoppers who only care about getting the cheapest car to get them from one place to another," said Joe Wiesenfelder, Cars.com's Executive Editor. "They want something new with a warranty, and of course because they are cost-conscious, they want something efficient. These are the folks we've created this list for. While we don't necessarily praise these cars for their overall quality, one thing is certain, they get high marks for cost-savings."

The top 10 cheapest cars available to shoppers, according to Cars.com experts are:

Ranking	Brand	Model	MPG combined	Starting price	Fuel cost*	Total cost
1	Mitsubishi	Mirage	37	$  13,790	$     10,703	$       24,493
2	Chevrolet	Spark	34	$  12,995	$     11,647	$       24,642
3	Nissan	Versa sedan	35	$  13,800	$     11,314	$       25,114
4	Smart	fortwo	36	$  14,020	$     12,167	$       26,187
5	Scion	iQ	37	$  16,420	$     10,703	$       27,123
6	Toyota	Yaris	33	$  16,050	$     12,000	$       28,050
7	Ford	Fiesta	31	$  14,925	$     12,774	$       27,699
8	Kia	Rio	31	$  14,700	$     12,774	$       27,474
9	Hyundai	Accent	31	$  15,455	$     12,774	$       28,229
10	Nissan	Sentra	34	$  17,600	$     11,647	$       29,247

*Fuel cost is estimated over eight years of ownership.

For more information about this top 10 list or any other, visit blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/top_10s or click here.

ABOUT CARS.COM

Cars.com is an award-winning online destination for car shoppers that offers information from consumers and experts to help buyers formulate opinions on what to buy, where to buy and how much to pay for a car. Cars.com offers thousands of new and used vehicle listings, consumer reviews, side-by-side comparison tools, photo galleries, videos, unbiased editorial content and many other tools to take the drama out of car shopping. Cars.com puts millions of car buyers in control of their shopping process with the information they need to make confident buying decisions. Launched in June 1998, Cars.com is a division of Classified Ventures LLC, which is owned by leading media companies, including A.H. Belo (NYSE: AHC), Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI), The McClatchy Company (NYSE: MNI), Tribune Company and The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO).

SOURCE Cars.com

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