Changes in the most popular price comparisons

It’s been six months since I last updated the list of the most popular price comparisons. Why so long? Partly because I’ve been buried in other work for the site. But also because it rarely changes much from one month to the next.

Go six months, though, and you’ll see a few changes.

The top five comparisons are now all between a Honda and a Toyota. Before, one of the five was between the Honda Accord and Nissan Altima–which has fallen all the way to sixth.

Last time, ten of the 40 comparisons included at least one domestic model–two even included two domestic models. But the Buick Enclave, Cadillac CTS, Chevrolet Malibu, Ford Fusion, and Chrysler minivans have all dropped off the list. It seems visitors’ interest in these once-hot domestics has cooled.

The only domestics still on the list: the Pontiac Vibe, in a 7th-ranked comparison with the Toyota Matrix, an dthe Saturn VUE, in a 37th-ranked comparison with the Honda CR-V. And I’m not sure the Vibe counts: it’s engineered and manufactured by Toyota.

New to the list: Subaru, with the Impreza/WRX being compared to the Mazda3 and the Forester being compared to the Toyota RAV4.

Models that appear the most times on the list: the Honda Accord and Mazda3, which are each in six comparisons, followed by the Honda Civic and BMW 3-Series, which are each in five.