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Toyota Sequoia Takes Top Spot in 2008 Motorist Choice Awards
IntelliChoice.com,
the online source for automotive ownership cost and value analysis, and
AutoPacific, the industry source for owner satisfaction rankings,
today announced the results of their third annual Motorist
Choice Awards for model year 2008. 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. Most surprisingly, this year's
list of winners does not include vehicles from Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge or
Mini Cooper.
There were some relatively new winners garnering top spots including the
Nissan Rogue and the Honda Fit, and although the list is fairly diverse
among manufacturers, Toyota (10 awards including Lexus), and General
Motors (nine awards), thanks to brands such as Cadillac, Chevrolet and
Saturn, dominated.
Click here for full press release and list of winners.
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), 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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Cadillac Top Brand, Mercedes-Benz S-Class Top Car, Toyota Sequoia Top Truck and Top Vehicle
AutoPacific's Vehicle Satisfaction Award (VSA) is an industry benchmark for objectively measuring how satisfied an owner is with their new passenger car or light truck.
There are twenty-eight Vehicle Satisfaction Award categories. At the manufacturer level, multiple top ranked award winners include: General Motors (eleven categories), Toyota (nine categories), Ford (six categories), Volkswagen (four categories), Honda (three categories) and Hyundai (two categories).
AutoPacific forecasts that the current hybrid market will balloon by 40 additional models in the next 60 months. With so many new models entering the marketplace, it makes sense to look at what is drawing current buyers to hybrid vehicles. Will consumers demand 40 more models to meet their needs?
According
to AutoPacific's annual survey of new car and light truck acquirers,
the BMW 3-Series, Acura MDX, Lexus RX, Honda Accord and Infiniti QX56
attract the most tech savvy buyers. Tech savvy consumers made up
approximately 5% of the new car buying population in 2007.
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