“Ideal Vehicle Awards” Winners by AutoPacific . . .
06-14-06, 07:28 AM
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“Ideal Vehicle Awards” Winners by AutoPacific . . .
TUSTIN, Calif., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- An "ideal" is defined as an
excellent or perfect example. In the first Ideal Vehicle Awards, announced
today by automotive research and consulting firm AutoPacific, owners rate
their new 2006 model year cars and trucks by how closely they come to their
ideal. The cars or trucks that owners would change the least are the most
ideal.
Those carmakers that best understand their customers and create the
vehicle their core buyer group desires have come closest to the ideal.
The top-rated vehicle and top-rated car is the Mercury Montego in the
Large Car/Luxury Car category. In fact, Ford Motor Company sweeps the first
three positions overall with the Ford Crown Victoria and Ford Five Hundred
in second and third place. The top-rated truck is the Honda Odyssey
Minivan.
The top-rated brand overall is Hyundai out-pointing Mercury and Lincoln
for the most ideal vehicle honors.
Ford Motor Company and American Honda have three segment winners
apiece. BMW and Hyundai have two each.
Of the sixteen Ideal Vehicle Award (IVA) categories, Japanese brands
have seven segment winners, American brands have four, European brands have
three and Korean brands have two winners.
The top-rated product segment is Large Car/Luxury Car confirming that
Americans continue to value large, comfortable cars suitable for suburban
and highway cruising.
Top-rated 2006 Ideal Vehicle brand: Hyundai
Top-rated 2006 Ideal Product Segment: Large Car/Luxury Car
Top rated 2006 Ideal Vehicles by segment:
In addition to identifying segment winners, IVA also establishes
numerical ideal vehicle ratings for virtually every passenger car and light
truck (except pickups) in the United States market. This results from
calculating owner input across 11 specific areas related to a vehicle's
exterior size, passenger roominess, cargo space, driver's seat comfort,
drivers seat visibility, interior technology, power, ease of getting in and
out, interior storage compartments and tires and wheels. The 2006 ratings
reflect input from buyers and lessees of new vehicles acquired September
2005 through January 2006. Pickup trucks are not incorporated because of
numerous body styles included within each pickup line.
AutoPacific is a future-oriented automotive marketing and
product-consulting firm. Every year it publishes a wide variety of
syndicated studies for the automotive industry. The firm also conducts
extensive proprietary research and consulting for auto manufacturers,
distributors, marketers and suppliers worldwide. Company headquarters and
its state-of-the-art automotive research facility are in Tustin,
California, with an affiliate office in the Detroit area.
Additional information can be found on AutoPacific's websites
excellent or perfect example. In the first Ideal Vehicle Awards, announced
today by automotive research and consulting firm AutoPacific, owners rate
their new 2006 model year cars and trucks by how closely they come to their
ideal. The cars or trucks that owners would change the least are the most
ideal.
Those carmakers that best understand their customers and create the
vehicle their core buyer group desires have come closest to the ideal.
The top-rated vehicle and top-rated car is the Mercury Montego in the
Large Car/Luxury Car category. In fact, Ford Motor Company sweeps the first
three positions overall with the Ford Crown Victoria and Ford Five Hundred
in second and third place. The top-rated truck is the Honda Odyssey
Minivan.
The top-rated brand overall is Hyundai out-pointing Mercury and Lincoln
for the most ideal vehicle honors.
Ford Motor Company and American Honda have three segment winners
apiece. BMW and Hyundai have two each.
Of the sixteen Ideal Vehicle Award (IVA) categories, Japanese brands
have seven segment winners, American brands have four, European brands have
three and Korean brands have two winners.
The top-rated product segment is Large Car/Luxury Car confirming that
Americans continue to value large, comfortable cars suitable for suburban
and highway cruising.
Top-rated 2006 Ideal Vehicle brand: Hyundai
Top-rated 2006 Ideal Product Segment: Large Car/Luxury Car
Top rated 2006 Ideal Vehicles by segment:
Code:
PASSENGER CARS:
Premium Luxury Car Lexus LS
Entry Luxury Car BMW 3-Series
Large Car/Luxury Car Mercury Montego
Premium Mid-Size Car Hyundai Sonata
Mid-Size Car Mercury Milan
Image Compact Car Toyota Prius
Compact Car Ford Focus
Sports Car Porsche 911
Sporty Car Acura RSX
SUT, SUV, and MINIVAN:
Sport Utility Truck Honda Ridgeline
Luxury Sport Utility BMW X-5
Large Sport Utility GMC Yukon
Premium Mid-Size Sport Utility Nissan Murano
Mid-Size Sport Utility Hyundai Santa Fe
Compact Sport Utility Subaru Forester
Minivan Honda Odyssey
numerical ideal vehicle ratings for virtually every passenger car and light
truck (except pickups) in the United States market. This results from
calculating owner input across 11 specific areas related to a vehicle's
exterior size, passenger roominess, cargo space, driver's seat comfort,
drivers seat visibility, interior technology, power, ease of getting in and
out, interior storage compartments and tires and wheels. The 2006 ratings
reflect input from buyers and lessees of new vehicles acquired September
2005 through January 2006. Pickup trucks are not incorporated because of
numerous body styles included within each pickup line.
AutoPacific is a future-oriented automotive marketing and
product-consulting firm. Every year it publishes a wide variety of
syndicated studies for the automotive industry. The firm also conducts
extensive proprietary research and consulting for auto manufacturers,
distributors, marketers and suppliers worldwide. Company headquarters and
its state-of-the-art automotive research facility are in Tustin,
California, with an affiliate office in the Detroit area.
Additional information can be found on AutoPacific's websites
Last edited by Gojirra99; 06-14-06 at 07:33 AM.
06-14-06, 07:36 AM
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Originally Posted by LexArazzo
TUSTIN, Calif., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- An "ideal" is defined as an
excellent or perfect example. In the first Ideal Vehicle Awards, announced
today by automotive research and consulting firm AutoPacific, owners rate
their new 2006 model year cars and trucks by how closely they come to their
ideal. The cars or trucks that owners would change the least are the most
ideal.
Those carmakers that best understand their customers and create the
vehicle their core buyer group desires have come closest to the ideal.
The top-rated vehicle and top-rated car is the Mercury Montego in the
Large Car/Luxury Car category. In fact, Ford Motor Company sweeps the first
three positions overall with the Ford Crown Victoria and Ford Five Hundred
in second and third place. The top-rated truck is the Honda Odyssey
Minivan.
The top-rated brand overall is Hyundai out-pointing Mercury and Lincoln
for the most ideal vehicle honors.
Ford Motor Company and American Honda have three segment winners
apiece. BMW and Hyundai have two each.
Of the sixteen Ideal Vehicle Award (IVA) categories, Japanese brands
have seven segment winners, American brands have four, European brands have
three and Korean brands have two winners.
The top-rated product segment is Large Car/Luxury Car confirming that
Americans continue to value large, comfortable cars suitable for suburban
and highway cruising.
Top-rated 2006 Ideal Vehicle brand: Hyundai
Top-rated 2006 Ideal Product Segment: Large Car/Luxury Car
Top rated 2006 Ideal Vehicles by segment:
In addition to identifying segment winners, IVA also establishes
numerical ideal vehicle ratings for virtually every passenger car and light
truck (except pickups) in the United States market. This results from
calculating owner input across 11 specific areas related to a vehicle's
exterior size, passenger roominess, cargo space, driver's seat comfort,
drivers seat visibility, interior technology, power, ease of getting in and
out, interior storage compartments and tires and wheels. The 2006 ratings
reflect input from buyers and lessees of new vehicles acquired September
2005 through January 2006. Pickup trucks are not incorporated because of
numerous body styles included within each pickup line.
AutoPacific is a future-oriented automotive marketing and
product-consulting firm. Every year it publishes a wide variety of
syndicated studies for the automotive industry. The firm also conducts
extensive proprietary research and consulting for auto manufacturers,
distributors, marketers and suppliers worldwide. Company headquarters and
its state-of-the-art automotive research facility are in Tustin,
California, with an affiliate office in the Detroit area.
Additional information can be found on AutoPacific's websites
excellent or perfect example. In the first Ideal Vehicle Awards, announced
today by automotive research and consulting firm AutoPacific, owners rate
their new 2006 model year cars and trucks by how closely they come to their
ideal. The cars or trucks that owners would change the least are the most
ideal.
Those carmakers that best understand their customers and create the
vehicle their core buyer group desires have come closest to the ideal.
The top-rated vehicle and top-rated car is the Mercury Montego in the
Large Car/Luxury Car category. In fact, Ford Motor Company sweeps the first
three positions overall with the Ford Crown Victoria and Ford Five Hundred
in second and third place. The top-rated truck is the Honda Odyssey
Minivan.
The top-rated brand overall is Hyundai out-pointing Mercury and Lincoln
for the most ideal vehicle honors.
Ford Motor Company and American Honda have three segment winners
apiece. BMW and Hyundai have two each.
Of the sixteen Ideal Vehicle Award (IVA) categories, Japanese brands
have seven segment winners, American brands have four, European brands have
three and Korean brands have two winners.
The top-rated product segment is Large Car/Luxury Car confirming that
Americans continue to value large, comfortable cars suitable for suburban
and highway cruising.
Top-rated 2006 Ideal Vehicle brand: Hyundai
Top-rated 2006 Ideal Product Segment: Large Car/Luxury Car
Top rated 2006 Ideal Vehicles by segment:
Code:
PASSENGER CARS:
Premium Luxury Car Lexus LS
Entry Luxury Car BMW 3-Series
Large Car/Luxury Car Mercury Montego
Premium Mid-Size Car Hyundai Sonata
Mid-Size Car Mercury Milan
Image Compact Car Toyota Prius
Compact Car Ford Focus
Sports Car Porsche 911
Sporty Car Acura RSX
SUT, SUV, and MINIVAN:
Sport Utility Truck Honda Ridgeline
Luxury Sport Utility BMW X-5
Large Sport Utility GMC Yukon
Premium Mid-Size Sport Utility Nissan Murano
Mid-Size Sport Utility Hyundai Santa Fe
Compact Sport Utility Subaru Forester
Minivan Honda Odyssey
numerical ideal vehicle ratings for virtually every passenger car and light
truck (except pickups) in the United States market. This results from
calculating owner input across 11 specific areas related to a vehicle's
exterior size, passenger roominess, cargo space, driver's seat comfort,
drivers seat visibility, interior technology, power, ease of getting in and
out, interior storage compartments and tires and wheels. The 2006 ratings
reflect input from buyers and lessees of new vehicles acquired September
2005 through January 2006. Pickup trucks are not incorporated because of
numerous body styles included within each pickup line.
AutoPacific is a future-oriented automotive marketing and
product-consulting firm. Every year it publishes a wide variety of
syndicated studies for the automotive industry. The firm also conducts
extensive proprietary research and consulting for auto manufacturers,
distributors, marketers and suppliers worldwide. Company headquarters and
its state-of-the-art automotive research facility are in Tustin,
California, with an affiliate office in the Detroit area.
Additional information can be found on AutoPacific's websites
CV
06-14-06, 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by LexArazzo
Top-rated 2006 Ideal Vehicle brand: Hyundai
Hyundai WINS as a brand!
Top-rated 2006 Ideal Product Segment: Large Car/Luxury Car
Top rated 2006 Ideal Vehicles by segment:
Image Compact Car Toyota Prius
Image Compact Car Toyota Prius
06-14-06, 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by rominl
well hyundai has come a long way, that's indeed a good car.
but i would still pick the camry / accord over it easily
but i would still pick the camry / accord over it easily
06-14-06, 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Mwmorph
nit that, i think he's asking wtf it's considered premium midsize car since it stickers closer to civic prices.
Somebody at AutoPacific obviously has a very confused mind.
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06-14-06, 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Yoko
dang, i am starting to believe a little more that Hyundai is getting alot better than what they used to be.
Their fit-and finish overall is now about as good as Toyota's, but Hyundai lags noticeably behind Toyota and Honda in engine efficiency in all but their very newest models. Their engines are not the kings of HP....it takes some real estate to get them rolling.
Repair records have mostly improved as well. Where almost all Hyundais used to be real junk and extremely unreliable, today only the Tuscon and some older XG-300's, according to Consumer Reports, are below-par in reliability. Other Hyundais are average or above average, and one model, the Sonata, ranks as one of Consumer Reports' most reliable vehicles.
Last edited by mmarshall; 06-14-06 at 06:05 PM.
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