On average, working day commuters in Australia’s major four capital cities will spend at least 27 minutes in traffic each way – every day.
In North America’s gridlocked cities, the commute is often worse. America’s AAA has just ranked the best vehicles for commuting and three Hondas are in the top nine.
The Honda Insight (not sold in Australia), Civic and Accord scored well in the areas of practicality, safety, comfort, fuel efficiency and affordability.
AAA was founded in 1902 and is North America’s largest motoring and leisure travel organization with more than 51 million members.
For city-based new car buyers, rankings for commuter cars are significant as this is the environment in which they do most of their driving.
In Sydney, despite the scenic highlights of a cross-harbour ferry ride, many commuters from the Northern Beaches spend more than two hours each day in their cars just to get to work and back home again. Similar commute times are common in Melbourne’s population growth corridors – the west and southeast.
That’s why part of our standard test procedures here at Car Showroom involves driving in the weekday peak hour traffic and parking in tight city car parks. We think it’s called real-world testing.
