| The automotive industry is constantly changing. And so | | | | for first place with a car attribute that seems to be the |
| are consumers' wants and needs when it comes to a | | | | antithesis of better gas mileage. Out of the 258 |
| vehicle. When it comes to buying a car, the trend by | | | | respondents of the online poll, 84 also said that they |
| which consumers choose their car is constantly | | | | want their next car to have better performance. This |
| changing. Different factors affect their decisions and | | | | is may be due to the fact that most of the |
| currently, consumers are concerned so much about | | | | respondents are from the US and the world knows |
| the increasing prices of gasoline. This is evident in the | | | | how Americans want their cars to be. Awesome |
| results of recent surveys conducted by different | | | | acceleration, tight cornering capability, and responsive |
| institutions. More recently, conducted an online survey | | | | braking are just some of the traits of the perfect |
| to learn what the reasons are for car buyers when | | | | American car. All these come with a demand for |
| buying a new one. | | | | more fuel. |
| The result is synonymous with other polls conducted. | | | | While these two attributes may be hard to find on |
| But the online survey found out that consumers want | | | | most cars today, the advent of hybrid technology |
| two contrasting attributes in their new car. Tied for first | | | | seems to be the way to put these two together. |
| place in the poll is the need for a car with better gas | | | | Case in point is that the Lexus GS 450h has been |
| mileage and a vehicle that comes with a better | | | | dubbed as a hybrid muscle car. This hybrid car |
| performance. Now, these two attributes are hard to | | | | combines great performance and good gas mileage. In |
| find in one specific car since high performance cars | | | | spite of the fact that the car is a hybrid, it still can go |
| usually have poor fuel economy. In essence, this is | | | | from a standstill to 60 miles per hour in just 5.5 |
| because they need more power than other regular | | | | seconds. This is even faster than some non-hybrid |
| cars. This need for power translates to more fuel | | | | cars. While the Lexus GS 450h can attain a great |
| being burned thus lowering their gas mileage. | | | | acceleration and good top speed, it has a gas mileage |
| The online survey had 258 respondents and 84 of | | | | rating of 28 miles per gallon. Of course drivers can |
| which said that they want their next car to have better | | | | also install aftermarket parts to make their cars |
| gas mileage than their current cars. This may be | | | | perform better and get better gas mileage. |
| because of the increasing prices of gasoline that is | | | | The study also found out that a significant number of |
| most possibly taking its toll on the pockets of car | | | | their respondents want to buy a new car because |
| owners as well as the increasing environmental | | | | their current cars need a lot of repairs to get them to |
| awareness spreading all over the world. This means | | | | perform well. Seventy of the 258 respondents cited |
| that the majority of car buyers are responding to the | | | | this reason why they are looking for a new car. |
| call for immediate addressing of the global warming | | | | The next reason why consumers are looking for a |
| issue that has confronted the world. | | | | new car is because they want to have a new car |
| The fact that better gas mileage sits on top of the | | | | with a better exterior styling. Of course they can just |
| reasons why consumers want to buy a car is not | | | | use aftermarket parts like Nissan accessories to make |
| surprising. What is unexpected is that the reason is tied | | | | their current cars look good. |