3-series wins "Ideal Vehicle Award"

YYdoodle · 06-14-2006, 09:26 AM

Saw this this morning:

Research firm AutoPacific has released a list of what it calls the most “ideal” vehicles. Rankings were based on feedback from owners of 2006 model year cars. They were asked to rate how closely the cars came to their ideal. 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 brand overall is Hyundai out-pointing Mercury and Lincoln for the most ideal vehicle honors.

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

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

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.

BK · 06-14-2006, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Terps

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.

I'd never heard of the Montego, so I just pulled up a couple of reviews from Car Buzzard. Here's a nice quote from one of them: "Like the Ford Five Hundred with which it shares virtually everything, the Montego is a car built for people who don't necessarily care about cars."

http://www.thecarconnection.com/Vehi...80.A10123.html

siriusinvestor · 06-14-2006, 11:00 AM

Yeah i'm pretty sure those critics saw Jill Wagner in the Mercury Montego commercial and decided to just give it the award.

espo · 06-14-2006, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terps

Premium Mid-Size Car: Hyundai Sonata
Mid-Size Car: Mercury Milan

Since when was Hyundai listed as a "Premium" car brand? especially with Mercury as the "standard" version (strange since Mercury is ford's premium brand)

3some · 06-14-2006, 12:30 PM

Nice find!

But nothing beats World car of the year 2006

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06-14-2006, 09:26 AM	#1
YYdoodle Captain 115 Rep 666 Posts Drives: E92 M3 fanatic Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: MD iTrader: (0)	3-series wins "Ideal Vehicle Award" Saw this this morning: Research firm AutoPacific has released a list of what it calls the most “ideal” vehicles. Rankings were based on feedback from owners of 2006 model year cars. They were asked to rate how closely the cars came to their ideal. 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 brand overall is Hyundai out-pointing Mercury and Lincoln for the most ideal vehicle honors. 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 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 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.
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