偉大的氣質

????它們不會登上汽車雜志的封面，也不會出現在“超級碗”大賽（Super Bowl）的廣告里。即便是在經銷商的門店里，它們也只是停在不起眼的地方，把展廳讓給更新、更潮的車型。它們不會引起車迷的陣陣尖叫，也不至于讓其他車主羨慕嫉妒恨，總之它們并不是汽車世界的寵兒，而是容易受到冷落的失意者。

????然而就價值而言，這些車型無與倫比。如果把價格、使用費用（包括折舊和保險）和轉售價值計算在內，再乘以駕駛樂趣這個系數，你會發現它們都堪稱王牌車型。

????首先做一下歸納：1、亞洲車打敗了美國車。在《消費者報告》（Consumer Report）雜志評選出的各級別最佳價值車型中，有37款是亞洲車，只有5款是美國車，而且其中還有2款是全尺寸皮卡。2、并不是越大越好。中小型的轎車和SUV的價值很可能優于大型的豪華轎車及SUV，因為前者的采購價格更低，續航里程也更長。3、二線品牌的得分可能超過某些一線知名品牌。比如起亞（Kia）、斯巴魯（Subaru）、馬自達（Mazda）和大眾（Volkswagen）四家在我們榜單上的車型合計要比通用（General Motors）、福特（Ford）、克萊斯勒（Chrysler）合計超出一倍還多。

????本榜單排名不分先后，上榜車型主要根據《消費者報告》、專業汽車網站Edmunds.com等媒體的分析，另外還結合了我本人的親身體驗。在此，謹為大家列出其中15款低調的高品質汽車。

They've got great personalities

????They don't get featured on the covers of car magazines or feted in Super Bowl commercials. At dealer lots, they get parked in the back while newer, glitzier models are showcased in the showroom. They won't get you many oohs and ahs from the car pool kids, or a thumbs-up from other drivers. Face it -- these are the wallflowers of the auto world.

????But when it comes to value, you can't beat these cars. After you consider purchase price, operating costs (including depreciation and insurance), and resale value -- and then multiply by the fun-to-drive factor -- they're all aces.

????A few generalizations: 1.) Asian makes beat domestic. Consumer Reports ranked 37 Asian cars among the best values in their class vs. just five American models -- two of them full-size pickups. 2.) Bigger is not better. Small and midsize cars and SUVs are much more likely to represent a good value than large and luxury sedans and SUVs because of lower purchase price and better mileage. 3.) Second-tier brands can outscore better-known ones. Kia, Subaru, Mazda, and Volkswagen combined placed more than twice as many cars on our list as General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler together.

????This list, in no particular order, is based on analysis by Consumer Reports, and others including Edmunds.com, and leavened by my own personal experience. Herewith, some low-profile vehicles that score high in value:

本田飛度

????無論怎么計算，本田飛度（Honda Fit）的價值都是頂尖中的頂尖。它尺寸不大，空間卻不小。同時，它入門價格低，續航里程遠，而且可靠性出色。這款小車在泰國、巴西、印度、英國、中國、菲律賓和日本都有生產，但不包括北美，這也解釋了本田飛度為何在美國如此稀少。如果本田在美國也開始生產飛度，并像在其他市場上一樣將其重命名為Jazz（爵士），那么它很可能會吸引大量的買家。

Honda Fit

????In any value calculation, the Fit ranks at the top of the top. A big car with a small package, it carries a low entry price, gets great gas mileage, and delivers excellent reliability. Honda builds them in Thailand, Brazil, India, England, China, the Philippines, and Japan -- but not in North America, which helps explain their scarcity here. If Honda built the Fit in the U.S. and renamed it the Jazz, as it has in other markets, it might start a stampede of buyers.