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Germans love Japanese cars

Germans love Japanese cars

Siddarth Raja July 12th, 2006 Siddarth Raja By Siddarth Raja Author July 12th, 2006
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December 31st, 1969 Despite having four of the most acclaimed car manufacturers in the world – BMW, Mercedes, Audi, and Volkswagen – it seems the Germans are most satisfied with Japanese cars. In a recent study by JD Power and Associates, Toyota, Honda, Mazda, and Subaru made up the four most satisfying brands to own. Toyota models also ranked highest in four of the seven individual vehicle segments, with Mazda and Volvo taking the other categories The top cars in each of the seven market segments are: Small car - Toyota Yaris Lower medium - Toyota Corolla Upper medium - Mazda6 Executive/luxury - Volvo V70 Sports car - Mazda MX-5 MPV - Toyota Corolla Verso SUV - Toyota RAV4 We’ve got no idea what the heck Volvo is doing there, but it seems the Germans have a penchant for boring cars.
Germans love Japanese cars

Germans love Japanese cars

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Despite having four of the most acclaimed car manufacturers in the world – BMW, Mercedes, Audi, and Volkswagen – it seems the Germans are most satisfied with Japanese cars. In a recent study by JD Power and Associates, Toyota, Honda, Mazda, and Subaru made up the four most satisfying brands to own.

Toyota models also ranked highest in four of the seven individual vehicle segments, with Mazda and Volvo taking the other categories

The top cars in each of the seven market segments are:

Small car - Toyota Yaris

Lower medium - Toyota Corolla

Upper medium - Mazda6

Executive/luxury - Volvo V70

Sports car - Mazda MX-5

MPV - Toyota Corolla Verso

SUV - Toyota RAV4

We’ve got no idea what the heck Volvo is doing there, but it seems the Germans have a penchant for boring cars.

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  1. By Georg #1, Posted: 2/19/2007

    selling numbers 1/2007 German car market published by the federal agency of vehicles and transport (Kraftfahrt Bundesamt)

    general data
    49% of the complet market volume are diesel powered
    11.8% of the complet market volume are AWD
    37.2% of the market volume are imports (France/Italy/USA/Japan/Spain etc)

    car maker ranking
    rank / name / % of the complet market
    1. VW 17.8%
    2. Mercedes 11.2%
    3. Opel (GM) 10.0%
    4. BMW 8.2%
    5. Ford 6.8%
    6. Audi 6.6%
    7. Skoda 3.9%
    8. Toyota 3.7%
    9. Renault 3.6%
    10. Citroen 3.2%
    11. Mazda 3.0%
    12. Peugeot 2.6%
    13. Fiat 2.3%
    14. Hyundai 1.6%
    15. Honda 1.5%
    16. Seat 1.4%
    17. Kia 1.4%
    18. Mitsubishi 1.3%
    19. Volvo 1.2%
    20. Nissan 1.2%
    21. Suzuki 1.1%
    22. Mini 0.9%
    23. Chevrolet 0.8%
    24. Porsche 0.8%
    25. Smart 0.6%
    26. Alfa Romeo 0.5%
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    32. Lexus 386cars
    33. Subaru 330cars


    car model ranking
    1. VW Golf/Jetta
    2. VW Passat
    3. Opel (GM) Corsa
    4. BMW 5series
    5. VW Polo
    6. BMW 3series
    7. Mercedes A-Class
    8. Opel (GM) Astra
    9. Audi A4
    10. Audi A3
    11. Mercedes E-Class
    12. VW Touran
    13. Mercedes C-Class
    14. Mercedes B-Class
    15. Audi A6
    16. Skoda Octavia
    17. Skoda Fabia
    18. Opel (GM) Meriva
    19. Ford Focus
    20. Ford Fiesta
    21. BMW 1series
    22. VW Mulitvan
    23. Opel (GM) Zafira
    24. Mazda 2
    25. Toyota Corolla
    26. Renault Clio
    27. Ford Mondeo
    28. Mercedes M-Class
    29. Toyota Yaris
    30. Mini
    31. VW Fox
    32. Citroen C4
    33. Fiat Punto
    34. Toyota RAV4
    35. Peugeot 207
    36. Mazda 3
    37. Seat Leon
    38. BMW X3
    39. Seat Ibiza
    40. Mercedes Viano
    41. Renault Megane
    42. Ford S-Max
    43. Renault Senice
    44. Hyundai Getz
    45. Fiat Panda
    46. Mazda 6
    47. Ford Galaxy
    48. Opel (GM) Vectra
    49. VW Caddy
    50. Citroen C1

    Who ever made that silly pointless claim has no idea what Germans love... not a single Japanese car made a top place in the 2006 auto motor und sport car ellection (overall AND Import ranking) ... yeah we love them so much that they only hold 10% of the German market.. what a shit reort from JD power...who payed that...Toyota?

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