Edmunds.com Announces Consumers' Most Wanted Vehicle Awards for 2007 - Editors and Readers Disagree on 3 out of 4 Choices
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But First Snide's Remarks : Apparently Edmund’s editors and readers differ greatly in what they think is important and desirable in a new car or truck.
Edmund’s Readers agreed on only 8 out of 32 of Most Wanted Vehicles with the Editors…to make this point, next to each Reader’s Choice I have added in (parentheses) the Edmunds Editor’s Choice for those categories.
While The Auto Channel’s car savvy audience may agree with a few of Edmunds’ readers choices I believe that many have too few outstanding specs or performance data to reward them as a “Most Wanted”.
So to let you be the judge use the New Car Buyers Guide "Rank by Specs" tool to give you easy access to the data of all of the cars within each category...so you can compare each by over 100 dimensions, capacities, safety ratings and performance results...and than award the winners yourselves. Let me know what you think, msnide@theautochannel.com.
SANTA MONICA, Calif. May 3, 2007; Edmunds.com, today announced the winners of the sixth annual Edmunds.com Consumers' Most Wanted vehicle awards.
"These awards provide a good idea of what consumers are looking for in their next vehicle," said Karl Brauer, Editor in Chief of Edmunds.com. "This year, consumers voiced the opinion that the domestics are developing some very compelling cars and trucks."
By a considerable margin, the 2007 GMC Acadia won the flagship award, Edmunds.com Consumers’ Most Significant Vehicle of 2007. The next highest finisher was the 2007 Saturn Aura, and the 2007 Honda Fit took third place.
Among manufacturers, Chevrolet led the pack, winning five awards, while Cadillac and Honda tied for second place, each winning four awards in this year's survey.
The 2007 winners are:
| Most Significant Vehicle of the Year |
2007 GMC Acadia (TOYOTA TUNDRA) |
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| Sedan Under $15,000 | 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt (HYUNDAI ACCENT/KIA RIO) | |
| Sedan Under $20,000 | 2007 Honda Civic (HONDA CIVIC)and 2007 Mazda 3 (tie) | |
| Sedan Under $25,000 | 2007 Saturn Aura (MAZDA 6) | |
| Sedan Under $30,000 | 2007 Acura TSX (HYUNDAI AZERA) | |
| Sedan Under $35,000 | 2007 Cadillac CTS (BMW 3 SERIES) | |
| Sedan Under $45,000 | 2007 Cadillac STS (INFINITI M35/M45) | |
| Sedan Under $60,000 | 2007 BMW 5 Series (BMW 5 SERIES) | |
| Sedan Over $60,000 | 2007 Lexus LS 460 (AUDI A8) | |
| Coupe Under $20,000 | 2007 Honda Civic (HONDA CIVIC) | |
| Coupe Under $30,000 | 2007 Ford Mustang (MINI COOPER) | |
| Coupe Under $40,000 | 2007 Infiniti G35 (INFINITI G35) | |
| Coupe Under $60,000 | 2007 Chevrolet Corvette (PORSCHE CAYMAN) | |
| Coupe Over $60,000 | 2007 Porsche 911(PORSCHE 911) | |
| Wagon Under $15,000 | 2007 Kia Rio5 (KIA RIO5) | |
| Wagon Under $20,000 | 2007 Mazda 3 (MAZDA 3) | |
| Wagon Under $30,000 | 2007 Audi A3 (DODGE MAGNUM) | |
| Wagon Under $40,000 | 2007 Audi A4 and 2007 BMW 3 Series (tie) (AUDI A4) | |
| Wagon Over $40,000 | 2007 BMW 5 Series (MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS) | |
| SUV Under $25,000 | 2007 Toyota RAV4 (HONDA CR-V) | |
| SUV Under $35,000 | 2007 GMC Acadia/2007 Saturn Outlook* (MAZDA CX-9) | |
| SUV Under $45,000 | 2007 Chevrolet Suburban/2007 GMC Yukon XL/ 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe/2007 GMC Yukon* (ACURA MDX) | |
| SUV Over $45,000 | 2007 Cadillac Escalade/2007 Cadillac Escalade ESV* (MERCEDES-BENZ GL-CLASS) | |
| Convertible Under $25,000 | 2007 Saturn Sky (MAZDA MX-5) | |
| Convertible Under $35,000 | 2007 Honda S2000 (FORD MUSTANG) | |
| Convertible Under $45,000 | 2007 BMW Z4 (LOTUS ELISE) | |
| Convertible Under $60,000 | 2007 Chevrolet Corvette (PORSCHE BOXSTER) | |
| Convertible Over $60,000 | 2007 Cadillac XLR (PORSCHE 911) | |
| Compact Truck | 2007 Toyota Tacoma (TOYOTA TACOMA) | |
| Large Truck | 2007 Chevrolet Silverado/2007 GMC Sierra* (TOYOTA TUNDRA) | |
| Minivan | 2007 Honda Odyssey (HONDA ODYSSEY) | |
| Exotic | 2007 Bugatti Veyron 16.4(FERRARI 599 GTB FLORANO and BENTLEY CONTINENTAL FLYING SPUR SEDAN) |
* Represents “twin vehicles” that were listed jointly in the ballot. As described in detail in the Edmunds.com article Twinned Vehicles, twin vehicles are built on the same chassis and share most of their under-hood and interior components.
Details on all award winners are listed at: http://www.edmunds.com/reviews/consumersmostwanted/2007/index.html.
Each October, Edmunds.com editors present the winners of the Edmunds.com Editors' Most Wanted Vehicle awards. The most recent list of those winners can be found at http://www.edmunds.com/reviews/mostwanted/2007/index.html.
About Edmunds Inc. (http://www.edmunds.com/help/about/)
Edmunds Inc. publishes four Web sites that empower, engage and educate automotive consumers, enthusiasts and insiders. Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive consumer information, launched in 1995 as the first automotive information Web site. Its most popular feature, the Edmunds.com True Market Value®, is relied upon by millions of people seeking current transaction prices for new and used vehicles. Edmunds.com was named "Best Car Research Site" by Forbes ASAP, has been selected by consumers as the "Most Useful Web Site" according to every J.D. Power and Associates New Autoshopper.com Study(SM), was ranked first in the Survey of Car-Shopping Web Sites by The Wall Street Journal and was rated "#1" in Keynote's study of third-party automotive Web sites. Inside Line launched in 2005 and is the most-read automotive enthusiast Web site. CarSpace launched in 2006 and is an automotive social networking Web site. AutoObserver.com launched in 2007 and provides insightful automotive industry commentary and analysis. Edmunds Inc. is headquartered in Santa Monica, California, and maintains a satellite office in suburban Detroit.
