Car demographics..

[boingo82]

I'm on vacation right now, so I've really noticed how car demographics vary from state-to-state. For example, in So. Utah, I regularly would go days without seeing a Volvo. I'd estimate them to be less than 1% of the car population. But now, I'm in Seattle, and ever since mid-Oregon (and everything North of it) I've been seeing Volvos everywhere!! They seem to be about 10% of the car population here!! In addition, though the G20 is the least-common Infiniti where I live, I see a disproportionate number of G's in Seattle compared to other Infinitis.

Also, in So. UT, 95-99 Sentras and 98-2001 Altimas are prevalent whereas here I am seeing hundreds upon hundreds of 91-94 Sentras and 93-97 Altimas!!

It's very strange! Anyone else take a cross-country road trip and notice this?

[Ssom]

Well being from Wellington myself- I never saw much Porsches or Ferraris there- but Auckland is crawling with them- And in turn I don't see much Renault Clios, Fiat Puntos, or Citroen Xsaras in Auckland- but dammit There is tons of them in Wellington.........


Maybe it's just the regional differences

[taranaki]

Same vehicles here as in Auckland,but oOUR Pajero's,Landcruiser's and Cherokees havs a special accesory not found up north..........



mud in the wheel arches

[Ssom]

Originally posted by taranaki
Same vehicles here as in Auckland,but oOUR Pajero's,Landcruiser's and Cherokees havs a special accesory not found up north..........



mud in the wheel arches

Are you telling me that ther IS such thing....

[boingo82]

I've figured the Volvo thing out - Volvo has a reputation for being environmentally friendly and sells a lot of cars to the tree-hugging type, and offers all-wheel-drive on many of its vehicles, the perfect compliment to northwestern winters. And where 80% or so of Utah is Republican, Seattle tends to be left-wing. So, combine all that and you get more Volvos in Seattle than Utah.

Now for the Infiniti and old/new Sentra and Altima thing...

[SilverLotus340R]

state to state? NOT IN NEW YORK

its more like city to city. The city I live in is crawling with PT Cruisers/Beetles/Taurus'

if we take a trip downstate there are tons of Corvettes/Miatas/Boxsters/SC430s

odd i think

but i did notice when we went to NC last year how they have more of the open car/ roadsters down there they had tons of porsches/mercedes/vettes/an occasional ferrari

[Heep]

New Englander's seem to like their Subarus, Saabs, and Volvos....

[Murco]

Originally posted by SilverLotus340R
when we went to NC last year how they have more of the open car/ roadsters down there they had tons of porsches/mercedes/vettes/an occasional ferrari

Try living in Florida!! I know the wife and I make really good money, we're in the upper 20% of income earners, but all day long I'm driving next to Porsches, Mercedes, Ferraris, Lambos, Hummers, etc... I often look around at these cars I can't afford and say, WHERE IS THIS MONEY COMING FROM?? I won't even go into property values, the average house here is $240K!! Thank God we bought ours 7 years ago!!

[Heep]

I see more Acura EL's in Canada than in the States

[HogieGT-R]

i remember when i went down to texas for the summer 2 years ago...when i was driving along the highway, i came to notice that 1 out of every 10 vehicles was a pickup truck, and 1 out of every 3 pickup trucks was made by Ford....the popular color for these pickups? red....alot of ford rangers and f-150s...dunno..but in randolph there are alot of SUV drivers and there are a good portion of lexus drivers here too......

[YogsVR4]

Heck, I see a different set of cars between the winter and summer seasons around here. Gone are the Porches, Benz and BMWs and in come the Jeeps, Broncos and Rams.

[ci5ic]

Well, as far as Seattle goes, I've just noticed that there are alot more "nice" cars in Seattle than there are here in Spokane. It's pretty rare to see a Ferrari or Lambo here, but I see them all the time over in Seattle...

People in Seattle area have more money than the folks out here...