Car brand loyalty
Discussion
AndrewCrown said:
Alex said:
Now do a bar chart showing the total for this thread. 
I’m such a nerd I was doing that...results laterI used data from 126 posters... with easy to read numbers
Bikes, Vans, Lawnmowers excluded
This is raw data, there are some outliers... e.g. one chap owned 15 Ferraris.
- 1,844 Cars Owned
- Average 14.6 Cars owned
- Highest Individual 56 Cars Lowest Individual 1 Car
- 56% of you have owned at least one BMW, 50% of you have owned at least one Ford, 47% of you at least one Volkswagen
- 65 Brands mentioned, notable exceptions Bentley, Tesla, Dacia
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AndrewCrown said:
So here are the results
I used data from 126 posters... with easy to read numbers
Bikes, Vans, Lawnmowers excluded
This is raw data, there are some outliers... e.g. one chap owned 15 Ferraris.
Excellent stuff! I used data from 126 posters... with easy to read numbers
Bikes, Vans, Lawnmowers excluded
This is raw data, there are some outliers... e.g. one chap owned 15 Ferraris.
- 1,844 Cars Owned
- Average 14.6 Cars owned
- Highest Individual 56 Cars Lowest Individual 1 Car
- 56% of you have owned at least one BMW, 50% of you have owned at least one Ford, 47% of you at least one Volkswagen
- 65 Brands mentioned, notable exceptions Bentley, Tesla, Dacia
Perhaps if we listed bands owned then a Y, N or NS (not sure) for likelihood to buy again, that would give a better idea?
For the record, this is what I’d consider on past purchases:
MG - N (It’s just a name nailed to nails these days)
Volvo - Y (Great to see Volvo ‘on a roll’ again)
BMW - N (Just not what they once were, sadly)
Porsche - Y (if the other half had the ‘sensible’ car!)
Mercedes - Y (I’ve only just forgiven them for the MB/Chrysler years)
Jaguar - Y (but not current XE/XF generation. Original XF x250 and XK x150 were superb)
DS - NS (New DS3 crossback yuck/too small. DS7 meh. Need to see what eventually replaces the ‘5)
For the record, this is what I’d consider on past purchases:
MG - N (It’s just a name nailed to nails these days)
Volvo - Y (Great to see Volvo ‘on a roll’ again)
BMW - N (Just not what they once were, sadly)
Porsche - Y (if the other half had the ‘sensible’ car!)
Mercedes - Y (I’ve only just forgiven them for the MB/Chrysler years)
Jaguar - Y (but not current XE/XF generation. Original XF x250 and XK x150 were superb)
DS - NS (New DS3 crossback yuck/too small. DS7 meh. Need to see what eventually replaces the ‘5)
soxboy said:
No brand loyalty at all, 18 cars over 24 years:
VW (6 Golfs, 1 CC)
2 Audi
2 Mercedes
2 BMW
2 Nissan
1 Jeep
1 Ford
1 Porsche
Forgot to add, the only time you could say I showed loyalty was at the outset of my ownership. First car of my own was a mk1 Golf (wasn’t massive fan of VWs, would have preferred a French supermini), but it was a cheap find in the local paper.VW (6 Golfs, 1 CC)
2 Audi
2 Mercedes
2 BMW
2 Nissan
1 Jeep
1 Ford
1 Porsche
Edited by soxboy on Thursday 17th January 13:16
Grew to like it a lot, when got first proper job then replaced it with mk2 Golf (Driver, couldn’t afford GTI insurance). When that got written off, police said how well it stood up to being t-boned by a Rover 800 so I went straight out and bought another.
The VW loyalty only continued because in later years I was able to afford a mk1 Gti and a mk2 16v as fun second cars when they were still cheap as chips (both mot’d and less than £500 each).
Now I just go for what’s practical and good value. Sad times.
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