The Top 5 Vehicles in the US

[cegerer]

Top 5 Vehicle Selections for U.S. Women, CY 2003
(Models with more than 1,000 new retail registrations in 2003)
Rank Make/Model Male Female % Female

1. Toyota RAV4 26,010 35,086 57.4
2. Saturn SC 1,300 1,658 56.1
3. Saturn SL 2,403 2,882 54.5
4. Saturn Ion 44,232 51,698 53.9
5. Kia Sportage 3,224 3,719 53.6

Top 5 Vehicle Selections for U.S. Men, CY 2003
(Models with more than 1,000 new retail registrations in 2003)
Rank Make/Model Male Female % Male

1. Dodge Viper 1,259 84 93.7
2. BMW M5 1,134 90 92.6
3. Porsche 911 6,457 816 88.8
4. Audi A8 1,772 251 87.6
5. GMC Sierra 118,622 17,029 87.4

Source: R. L. Polk & Co. national motor vehicle registration database.

[GrindingGears]

once again this shows that chicks really.....ah nevermind.

[cegerer]

yup.

[vash]

i guess gas is cheaper on mars than on venus.

[exc911ence]

I thought for sure that the Honda CRV-EX (Cervix?) would have made the woman's list.

[motion]

Viper? Yikes, I guess that says a lot about us guys, and not all good.

[Zeke]

Three of the choices are Saturns???? Why don't we see more of them? The way they buy them, I would have thought the big choice would have been Chrysler mini vans.

[UconnTim97]

Originally posted by exc911ence
I thought for sure that the Honda CRV-EX (Cervix?) would have made the woman's list.

A female friend of mine said she'll never think of her CRV-EX in the same way after I referred to it as a Honda Cervix....lol

[motion]

Zeke - The stats are on registrations. It means women are registering more Saturns than men, but not my much. Only 6.3% of all Vipers are registered to women. I'm surprised that the Beetle isn't on the list, or the Miata - sorry, guys with Miatas

[pwd72s]

If I won the lottery? None of the cars on the list above fit my dream list...If I don't win the lottery? None of the cars above...

[CJFusco]

why do women love Saturns so much? Don't they kind of, um, suck?

[djmcmath]

Why does anybody buy a Kia? I mean, I know women generally think with their emotions, but I didn't think Kia even made sense at an emotional level. Saturn at least "looks different," despite the fact that it's basically just another generic American car.

I too am surprised at the lack of Miata on the list, except for the fact that many of the Miata people I see are middle-aged guys going through a mid-life crisis whose wives wouldn't let them afford anything better to fulfil their childhood dream. A little sad, really.


Dan