Car Shopping

In light of my personal life, car shopping has been on my brain - thus opening a door to white cars are economically savvy and what cars are just puffing exhaust. Do you buy a car that gets better gas mileage? Is that really the only thing you have to worry about? Do you support American made cars, does that do the trick? Do you look at the longevity of the car, how much money will you be pouring into it after market? Where are the parts made, what are they made of? What is the greenest car? What company do I want to support? Who's brand do I want to parade around? Do I buy a new car? A used car? Just ride my bike... All of these questions are questions I have been asking myself this past week and questions I'm sure aren't new to many.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhfIqtFEXMM

Above is a link to a video of the "Top 5 Green Cars" (in 2009).

I couldn't help but think while I was watching the cars that were highlighted in the video - what was the criteria? Why were these cars names but not others that have the same specs. Many Toyota cars were never mentions, as well as Honda. Why aren't these mentioned?

I feel as if the cars mentioned were based on gas mileage only? Well compared to what?

http://www.greencar.com/

This is a link to the company who supports the above video.