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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.

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AutoPacific... Serving the Auto Industry Since 1986

Since 1986, AutoPacific has specialized in the analysis and research of the automobile industry. We study no other fields. For over almost twenty years, AutoPacific has served the automotive industry with expertise in product development, product planning, marketing and consumer research.

Future-Oriented, Expert Analysis

Our focus on the future of personal use transportation is provided through two divisions; Consumer Research and Consulting in Southern California and Industry Analysis in Detroit. AutoPacific's specialization and automotive experience have made us one of the world's most trusted industry authorities. Our expert staff of automotive futurists is regularly attributed in publications like USA Today, Forbes, Fortune, The Los Angeles Times, Automotive News, AutoWeek and others. From manufacturers to designers to suppliers to distributors, we provide competitive advantages in an increasingly competitive marketplace.

Unique in the World - AutoPacific's Automotive Futures Center

In 1999, AutoPacific moved its headquarters to the Automotive Futures Center in Tustin, California. Unique in the world, AFC includes an integral focus group facility with adjacent showroom. Through a movable wall, focus group participants can view a full scale model revolving on a turntable in the showroom. There is additional display space - completely facilitized for small clinic projects (no additional lighting or pipe-and-drape required) - that can accommodate up to five additional vehicles.

Outside is a natural light secure courtyard that can accommodate up to eight research properties. For evening research, dealership-level lighting is provided. Unique in the world, the AFC is the place to conduct automotive research.


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