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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: CactusCarlos on April 25, 2012, 12:52:38 PM
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Regardless of which direction the war of the sexes is leaning, one thing is certain: A gender gap still exists between women and men when it comes to buying a new car.
According to the third annual gender and car buying study by TrueCar.com, the brand with the highest percentage of retail sales to women in 2011 continues to be Mini (46.2 percent), followed by Nissan (45.7 percent), and Kia (45.6 percent) compared to 2010 when Mini (47.9 percent) came in first, followed by Kia and Honda respectively (46.8 percent and 46.0 percent). On the flip side, 13 of the top 20 brands in 2011 with the highest percentage of male buyers were either exotic or luxury brands.
While the stereotype for men and women in relationships tells us that men lead with their head and women with their hearts, the opposite can be said of their decision-making at the car dealership. According to the results, female car buyers really gravitated toward practical cars; smaller, more fuel-efficient cars while it was male buyers, who preferred either a fast, sporty vehicle or more heavy-duty vehicle, like a large truck or SUV, basing their decision more on aesthetics than substance.
So what new cars are women buying? Let's take a look!
Slideshow and the rest: http://autos.yahoo.com/news/10-most-purchased-new-cars-by-women.html
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...written by a woman.
"Practical"? A Mini? What can you do with it besides move yourself and your purse from A to B? You can't carry passengers-- well you can, but they'd better be small. Even the middle-sized ones will go Lord of the Flies on you if you don't have a good backhand.
My minivan is "practical". I'd rather have a truck, except that I do sometimes haul bodies -- small- to middle-sized squirmy ones (otherwise the truck would still be the best choice). Right now it's acting as a truck, with the center seats out and the rear bench folded into the floor, so I can return my cousin's lawnmower later today.
VW Eos, sporting the most expensive feature none of the women in my life would ever use, a ragtop. "OMG, my HAIR!!" Yep, mine too and it still takes me <2 minutes to go from bed-head to "Sunday-go-to-meetin'".
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And here I thought they wanted a "big" one.
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What SUV's didn't get in there? I thought all women loved SUV's.
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I have a Mini, and I love it. :-)
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I have a Mini, and I love it. :-)
You are a sick, sick individual, CR. :-)
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How many bales of hay can you put in a mini?
Some of us fellows at use trucks to make a living.
Just wait until Obama has to haul Moochelles ass around at his expense.
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Wrong wrong wrong...
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Wrong wrong wrong...
Right. You need at least enough luggage space to stash your Vera Wangs. :evil:
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People, critters and groceries go in the minivan; everything else goes in the truck- or behind it.
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I have a Mini, and I love it. :-)
My boyfriend has one, it gets super good gas mileage. But now it is just his fun car since he has a VW Diesel pick up for a daily driver. It gets even better gas mileage.
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How many bales of hay can you put in a mini?
Some of us fellows at use trucks to make a living.
Just wait until Obama has to haul Moochelles ass around at his expense.
How many minis can you put on a bale of hay ?