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    20 Least Expensive Cars To Insure For 2009

    Like salt and pepper, chocolate and vanilla, our look at the 20 most expensive cars to insure for 2009 has a flip-side. Today we'll be looking at the 20 least expensive cars to insure for 2009.

    In addition to the most expensive to insure list, the folks at Insure.com put together this list of the least expensive cars to insure. Come join us on this journey to find out what makes these econo-boxes so damn cheap to own that it'd almost be a crime to not consider them for your next purchase. Almost.

    [via thecarconnection, edmunds, insure.com]

    20.) Dodge Grand Caravan

    Price: $22,725
    Cost To Insure: $960
    Curb Weight: 4321 lbs
    Engine Displacement: 3.3 liter V6
    HP: 175
    TQ: 205

    Driver Stereotype: Soccer Mom

    Jalopnik Insurance Cost Analysis: The ability to blend into the suburban landscape has allowed the Grand Caravan to slip seamlessly to and from soccer games, the grocery store and at times, Mexican border crossings without detection.

    19.) Chevrolet Impala
    Price: $23,790
    Cost To Insure: $959
    Curb Weight: 3555 lbs
    Engine Displacement: 3.5 liter V6
    HP: 211
    TQ: 214

    Driver Stereotype: Vanilla ice cream-favoring used car salesmen

    Jalopnik Insurance Cost Analysis: Sharing its appearance with multitudes of non-descript cop cars causes the surrounding public to drive very, very carefully around the Impala lessening the likelihood for any direct accidents and adding to the overall value of driver safety.

    18.) Mazda B-Series Truck
    Price: $16,060
    Cost To Insure: $957
    Curb Weight: 2999 lbs
    Engine Displacement: 2.3 liter inline-four
    HP: 143
    TQ: 154

    Driver Stereotype: Has poor credit

    Jalopnik Insurance Cost Analysis: Based on the long-in-the-tooth Ford Ranger, the B-Series Truck shows its age with strong, virtually unbreakable bones.

    17.) Lincoln Town Car
    Price: $46,385
    Cost To Insure: $955
    Curb Weight: 4345 lbs
    Engine Displacement: 4.6 liter V8
    HP: 239
    TQ: 287

    Driver Stereotype: Mafia fat cats

    Jalopnik Insurance Cost Analysis: Carefully driven due to multiple dead bodies in the trunk, the Town Car rarely sees an insurance claim except for the frequent bloody interior replacement. Typically these are burned to the ground near the docks without much concern for an insurance claim.

    16.) Suzuki Forenza
    Price: $11,134
    Cost To Insure: $954
    Curb Weight: 2756 lbs
    Engine Displacement: 2.0 liter inline-four
    HP: 127
    TQ: 131

    Driver Stereotype: Molly Maid employee

    Jalopnik Insurance Cost Analysis: Not much can happen to a car when it spends the majority of its life sitting outside of large Hollywood mansions all day.

    15.) Honda Accord
    Price: $20,905
    Cost To Insure: $951
    Curb Weight: 3230 lbs
    Engine Displacement: 2.4 liter inline-four
    HP: 177
    TQ: 161

    Driver Stereotype: Anti-Toyota

    Jalopnik Insurance Cost Analysis: The sedate Accord lulls drivers to a meditative state causing perfect driving habits and extreme awareness, lessening any sort of slip ups.

    14.) Jeep Wrangler
    Price: $20,710
    Cost To Insure: $939
    Curb Weight: 3782 lbs
    Engine Displacement: 3.8 liter V6
    HP: 202
    TQ: 237

    Driver Stereotype: Obnoxious Dave Matthews Band-listening, bandanna-wearing frat boys

    Jalopnik Insurance Cost Analysis: The Wrangler was specifically built for douchebag frat boys and therefore features a virtually indestructible body and chassis making repairs all but non-existent.

    13.) VW Passat
    Price: $28,300
    Cost To Insure: $936
    Curb Weight: 3344 lbs
    Engine Displacement: 2.0 liter inline-four
    HP: 200
    TQ: 207

    Driver Stereotype: Grown Dub boys

    Jalopnik Insurance Cost Analysis: Considering the Passat never moves due to repetitive electrical problems it is never put in harms way, allowing for a much lower insurance premium.

    12.) Mazda Mazda5
    Price: $17,995
    Cost To Insure: $929
    Curb Weight: 3417 lbs
    Engine Displacement: 2.3 liter inline-four
    HP: 153
    TQ: 148

    Driver Stereotype: MX-5 driver's family car

    Jalopnik Insurance Cost Analysis: Typically driven by MX-5 drivers when they've got their kids in toe, the Zoom, Zoom nature of the Mazda5 allows for quick maneuvers to escape from the rest of the crazy drivers out there.

    11.) Scion xB
    Price: $15,750
    Cost To Insure: $881
    Curb Weight: 3020 lbs
    Engine Displacement: 2.4 liter turbo inline-four
    HP: 158
    TQ: 162

    Driver Stereotype: E-tards

    Jalopnik Insurance Cost Analysis: The typical driver of a Scion xB never really leaves the rave, instead spends hours upon hours upon delicious hours licking the glass repeating, "The snozberries taste like snozberries."

    10.) Chrysler Town & Country
    Price: $26,355
    Cost To Insure: $871
    Curb Weight: 4387 lbs
    Engine Displacement: 3.5 liter V6
    HP: 244
    TQ: 240

    Driver Stereotype: Self fulfilling prophecy

    Jalopnik Insurance Cost Analysis: A perceived level of luxury is exhibited by the typical Town & Country driver, causing them to drive even more carefully back and forth from their kids Montessori schools and cricket matches. See Caravan to see the lesser of the ChryCo minivan driver's habits.

    9.) Mazda Tribute
    Price: $19,730
    Cost To Insure: $913
    Curb Weight: 3276 lbs
    Engine Displacement: 2.5 liter inline-four
    HP: 171
    TQ: 171

    Driver Stereotype: I haz no care for Zoom, Zoom

    Jalopnik Insurance Cost Analysis: Tribute drivers lurk quietly in traffic with hardly anyone ever taking notice, not even enough to ram them from behind.

    8.) Saturn Vue
    Price: $23,280
    Cost To Insure: $911
    Curb Weight: 3689 lbs
    Engine Displacement: 2.4 liter inline-four
    HP: 169
    TQ: 161

    Driver Stereotype: I'm a new kind of car company

    Jalopnik Insurance Cost Analysis: Brought over as the Saturn version of the Opel Antara, most people avoid the Vue with the expectation that the Euro-wannabe driver won't speak English causing an annoying, pain-in-the-ass insurance swap.

    7.) Smart ForTwo
    Price: $11,990
    Cost To Insure: $881
    Curb Weight: 2315 lbs
    Engine Displacement: 1.0 liter inline-three
    HP: 70
    TQ: 68

    Driver Stereotype: Tries to out-smug a Prius driver

    Jalopnik Insurance Cost Analysis: Like the annoying fly that you just can't swat and kill, the ForTwo manages to avoid all conflict by being small and zippy, plus nobody seems to want manslaughter charges for when the driver gets squashed after a 10 mph accident.

    6.) Honda Odyssey
    Price: $26,355
    Cost To Insure: $871
    Curb Weight: 4387 lbs
    Engine Displacement: 3.5 liter V6
    HP: 244
    TQ: 240

    Driver Stereotype: Does not drive for the thrill of driving

    Jalopnik Insurance Cost Analysis: Odyssey drivers are busy reaching around and smacking the shit out of their kids, leaving very little time for accidents, so they generally avoid them.

    5.) Kia Rio5
    Price: $13,325
    Cost To Insure: $870
    Curb Weight: 2438 lbs
    Engine Displacement: 1.6 liter inline-four
    HP: 110
    TQ: 107

    Driver Stereotype: Typically doesn't care about cars

    Jalopnik Insurance Cost Analysis: The Rio5 is so ugly that most drivers avoid any physical contact with them in fear that some of the ugly will rub off. Score one for Kia.

    4.) Kia Sedona
    Price: $21,245
    Cost To Insure: $857
    Curb Weight: 4365 lbs
    Engine Displacement: 3.8 liter V6
    HP: 250
    TQ: 253

    Driver Stereotype: Anti-Odyssey

    Jalopnik Insurance Cost Analysis: This thing is so boring that they should have named it the Kia Sedative. It rarely leaves the driveway unless absolutely necessary, dramatically reducing its potential for road carnage.

    3.) Hyundai Entourage
    Price: $23,995
    Cost To Insure: $848
    Curb Weight: 4400 lbs
    Engine Displacement: 3.8 liter V6
    HP: 250
    TQ: 253

    Driver Stereotype: Anti-Odyssey/Sedona

    Jalopnik Insurance Cost Analysis: Should be renamed to Hyundai Ento...zzzzz. See Kia Sedona.

    2.) Kia Sportage
    Price: $16,695
    Cost To Insure: $840
    Curb Weight: 3230 lbs
    Engine Displacement: 2.0 liter inline-four
    HP: 140
    TQ: 136

    Driver Stereotype: High school band geek

    Jalopnik Insurance Cost Analysis: Typically the Sportage is doing exactly the opposite of what its name implies, instead it spends its life carting tubas and other brass instruments between Mom's house and band practice which coincidentally is just down the street. Also, the lack of party invites virtually eliminates any sort of under-the-influence driving.

    1.) Hyundai Santa Fe
    Price: $21,695
    Cost To Insure: $832
    Curb Weight: 3727 lbs
    Engine Displacement: 2.7 liter V6
    HP: 185
    TQ: 183

    Driver Stereotype: Not concerned with brand image

    Jalopnik Insurance Cost Analysis: The Santa Fe, while having an unbelievably ridiculous name, is actually quite attractive limiting surrounding driver's desire to crash repeatedly into it. For complete opposite, see Kia Rio5.


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