One of the most well-known ways to saving our environment from absolute destruction that is somewhat recent is the use of hybrid cars. Although many people have shown promise of wanting to save our environment from harmful pollutants, they still continue to buy gasoline engine cars.

This may be a simple case of they can't afford hybrid cars, as they are not the least expensive on the market right now. Hopefully, within a few years the retail price will drop to the level where more people can afford them. The more hybrid cars on the street, the better our environment.

The first two car manufacturers to really jump onto mass producing hybrid cars were Toyota and Honda. A few other manufacturers that came in after that were General Motors, Ford, and Nissan. But, with so many different hybrid vehicles on the market today, which one is really the best?

With the improvements of science and technology, countless gadgets and equipment for cars are offered along with the standard options in order to suit each persons unique style, preference, and taste. That makes determining the "best" extremely hard, especially with the fact that what may be best for you may not be the best for another. Therefore, by dividing them into different categories and determining the best of each one is much more doable.

Through surveys and research recently done, below is a list of hybrid cars considered to be the "best" of their category.

First off, we have the best sedan, which goes to the Honda Civic Hybrid. Being able to improve on previous year models helped tremendously when it came to putting together a quality hybrid car. Not only is this car sleek and sporty, it doesn't scream out "hybrid", although for the owner of the car you will definitely be able to feel it. Essentially, you get all the qualities and great things about a Honda Civic, but you get to fill up less.

And the award for the best SUV goes to... the Ford Escape Hybrid. Being the first one in it's class, it automatically grew very popular. Even with Toyota and Lexus soon to follow with hybrid SUV's of their own, the Escape has the edge over the rest. It keeps improving in just about every aspect and is predicted to remain on top for many years.

The winner of the best hybrid car in overall fuel economy goes to the Honda Insight. It's very aerodynamic body design along with being extremely lightweight allows for this car to produce the best fuel economy. Although this hybrid is not as appraised as the Honda Civic Hybrid, in a head-to-head competition for the best fuel economy, the Insight takes the cake.

Last but not least, we have our winner of the overall hybrid car experience, that goes to the Toyota Prius. With raving fuel economy and many awards to go along with it, the Prius managed to get majority of the votes for the best hybrid car. This includes value, dfesign, performance, basically all aspects that make for a great experience.