The 50 Best Cars in America in 2013 offers a list of the best cars and trucks available in the U.S. It uses AutoOnInfo.net’s Overall Reliability GPA covering model years 2003 to 2012 for ranking pickup trucks, sport-utility vehicles (SUVs), family cars, wagons, small cars, hatchbacks, sport/sporty cars, coupes, convertibles, upscale cars, and luxury cars in order to aid consumers in selecting a vehicle that both is reliable in the short term and provides a prospect of only modest repairs in the long term. To this end, it includes each car’s reliability GPA and grade and the number of model years upon which the GPA and grade are based, as well as brand and manufacturer GPAs for comparison and contrast and for better assessing long term performance and ownership expenses. The third edition improves the layout and changes some wording.