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Best New Car for the Environment finalists scored an 8 or better on the EPA’s greenhouse gas emissions rating system. Best Family Car finalists included any four-door vehicle starting below $30,000 with at least four stars in every NHTSA category, no safety concerns, and Good IIHS ratings for frontal- and side-impacts as of Nov. 15, 2006. Best Car for Teen Drivers contenders had to be equally safe with a base price of $25,000 or less. Best New Small Cars offered 95 cu.ft. of passenger room or less, Midsize Cars offered 105 cu.ft. or less, Best New Small SUVs provided 75 cu.ft. of cargo room or less, Midsize SUVs provided 75-95 cu.ft., and large SUVs provided more than 95 cu.ft..
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