AutoPacific News

AutoPacific and IntelliChoice.com Announce 2008 Motorist Choice Awards
The Motorist Choice Awards were designed by AutoPacific and IntelliChoice.com to recognize the vehicles that delivered both the highest customer satisfaction and the lowest cost of ownership. With better than expected insurance costs, the Toyota Sequoia scored highest of any vehicle, a position bolstered by its standing as best in ownership costs and best in retained value.

AutoPacific Announces 2008 Ideal Vehicle Awards
Porsche Top Premium Brand, Ford Top Mainstream Brand, Mercedes-Benz S-Class Top Vehicle, Lincoln Navigator Top Truck An "ideal" is defined as an excellent or perfect example. In the annual Ideal Vehicle Awards (IVA), announced today by automotive research and consulting firm AutoPacific, owners rate their new 2008 model year cars and trucks by how closely they come to their ideal, as measured by 15 key vehicle attributes. The cars or trucks that owners would change the least are the most ideal.

The Research Suite

Research Suite Syndicated Studies

AutoPacific's Research Suite syndicated studies are the result of the year-round labors of AutoPacific's team of automotive researchers in Southern California. Research Suite data are gathered from thousands of responses from new car and light truck acquirers in the United States to AutoPacific's national New Vehicle Satisfaction Survey.

New Vehicle Satisfaction Survey: Full Database Access

Clients who acquire full database access to AutoPacific's New Vehicle Satisfaction Survey have every question and every response available at their fingertips through mTab software (license fees and database conversion fees may apply). AutoPacific's experts are available to assist with custom data runs as needed.

Brand Retention and Nameplate Dynamics Study (BRANDs)

An AutoPacific classic, BRANDs paints a data-driven picture of every new car buyer in a two-page layout flowing from previous vehicle history through the shopping experience to demographics and psychographics and on to future segment and brand consideration. All information is presented in user-friendly charts, graphs and top ten lists. BRANDs is the marketer's bible and found in war rooms across the industry.

Future Attribute Demand Study (FADs) 

FADs analyzes the demand for attributes and features on future vehicles. What do current owners of a Sport or Crossover Utility Vehicle want on their next SUV/X-SUV? Is there a difference in the feature desires of 30-year old Minivan intenders and 40-year old SUV intenders? How strong is the demand for a Lane Departure Warning System, Rear Seat DVD system or a Power Liftgate? FADs can provide the answers to these questions and many more. The product planner and designer's "bible", it is helpful for contenting and de-contenting. Over 100 features analyzed.

Generation Y Consultancy

What sets Generation Y apart from the generations before them? Our qualitative and quantitative research of this group enables us to see the differences in this group of new car buyers and analyze the effect of this buyer and their differences on the new car market. Of special interest is the comprehensive secondary research and analysis included in this report.

The Halo Vehicle Study

Co-authored with Foresight Research, the Halo Vehicle Study looks at the impact and influence of Halo vehicles on sales, brand image, and dealership traffic.? Halo vehicles have been around for years - Chevrolet Corvette, Ford Mustang, Porsche 911 - showcasing the talents and resources of their manufacturers and promoting the sales of other vehicles within a marque. Using AutoPacific's Future Vehicle Study, and Foresight Research's telephone surveying, The Halo Vehicle Study can help product planners, advertisers, and marketers reap the greatest rewards from the Halo vehicles in their brand line-up.



Custom Product Consultancies

We understand our clients' needs for data and research that is tailored to meet specific objectives.? To assist in meeting those needs, AutoPacific's Custom Product Consultancies are custom tailored on a topic from data in our Research Suite database. This custom report is defined by the client using the client's segmentation. AutoPacific will provide the analysis and presentation of the results. Using this approach, clients gain access to the database and also gain an analysis and report that fits their needs and segmentation.

Our consultancies are built using the latest available resources, including data from the Research Suite, Industry Analysis and VehicleVoice.

Small Car Consultancy
Is the Small Car segment seeing a rebirth with new models sparking a fire?

Luxury Car Consultancy
Are Luxury Cars poised for dramatic growth and success, or increasingly distant relics of the past?

Mid-Size Consultancy
Discover what is required to be successful in the highest volume segments in the future.

Minivan Consultancy
Is the Minivan market growing, declining or holding its own?

Pickup Consultancy
Will the all-new Toyota Tacoma and Nissan Frontier revive Compact/Mid-Size Pickup market share?

SUV/Crossover Consultancy
Examine the intricate dynamics of this high volume, yet wildly evolving segment.

Hybrid/Alternative Fuels Consultancy
This new market is forecasted to grow exponentially over the coming years. What impact will it have on traditional gasoline-fueled vehicles?


Each Research Suite consultancy includes insight from AutoPacific's analysts highly experienced in interpreting dynamics in the auto industry both for today and for the future.

Contact AutoPacific for pricing.

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