The Cars Most Americans Are Shopping For

Wall Street 24X7 ^ | 06/20/2013 | Alexander E. M. Hess and Michael B. Sauter

[Revolting cat!]

[SeekAndFind]

can I take the girl instead? :)

[katana]

Well, it did save about a thousand bucks in cremation expense.

[Charles Martel]

A lot of coming out of the closet?

No, Subaru has turned a lot of heads with its WRX and new BRZ models, which definitely aren't associated with rainbow bumper stickers.

[IamConservative]

If you want a car that is made with non-union American labor and has majority USA made/sourced materials in it, Toyota and Honda are the two best choices.

[cuban leaf]

I'm with you. I needed to dump my 2001 Chrysler 300M that I bought new. It had 186k miles on it and the transmissione had picked up a shudder. For our needs I was looking at the Ford Focus. But when I saw what they were selling them for it put me in the price range of what I really wanted, so I bought that.

I LOVE my commute on the twisties of Kentucky now!

[schm0e]

Smart shopper!

[IYAS9YAS]

I’ll bet VW could climb a notch or two up that list if they’d bring that mid-sized TDI pickup truck into the US market.

I'd certainly consider buying one.

[Charles Martel]

Ah, the Golf Cabrio returns in sleeker sheetmetal.

[schm0e]

wtf is that growing on her thigh?

[cuban leaf]

To be clear, that is not mine, but it is exactly what mine looks like. And yea, Kentucky doesn’t do front license plates. I got tickets for not having one for every car I owned in Seattle.

[cuban leaf]

BTW, my wife just rented a Focus for a long driving trip. We rent a lot of cars. This is the only rental car that she actually called me from the road to complain about. It cracked me up because she mentioned a lot of stuff I didn’t like about them either.

I understand they have a terriffic transaxle, though.

[Buckeye McFrog]

What, no Tesla? No FIAT Super-Mini??

[cuban leaf]

I almost pulled the trigger on a TDI VW before I settled on the FRS. My 122 mile round trip commute was a major reason. But I did the T-Chart and got what I got because of its contents.

[mykroar]

Agree about Ford. I like Audi above the other luxury brands however.

[jjotto]

Interesting.

Here’s actual auto industry tracking, from a site where sales are sliced and diced a lot of ways:

http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2013/06/usa-vehicle-sales-rankings-by-model-may-2013-ytd.html

Best selling vehicles YTD:

F150, Silverado, Camry, Accord, Altima, Ram, Fusion, Corolla/Matrix, Civic, Escape

[schm0e]

No FIAT Super-Mini??

I actually rent those from time to time for urban needs. A little underpowered, but the stereo is pretty good and it's a cheap rental.

[RJS1950]

We have had and loved Fords for a number of years; my car is a 99 Ford that is still going strong.

On the other hand, the Wife’s Honda Odyssey is a great vehicle, great price, great service; better than any other vehicle we have ever owned.

Ford is still the only domestic car I would consider but Honda and Toyota are ready to take the stage as #1.

[Buckeye McFrog]

FIAT = Fix It Again Tony

[schm0e]

FIAT = Fix It Again Tony

lol