JFW

February 21st, 2015 at 9:47 AM ^

So long as the German import is AWD. By brother has a BMW rwd and the thing in a light snow was like on old LTD II w had as a kid. And it had good tires.

I'm in Traverse City. We see a fairly big mix, but lots of Jeeps and Subies. I've got a commander and a Five hundred AWD, both are very nice.




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JFW

February 21st, 2015 at 3:20 PM ^

Very true. But I will say, despite increased reliability across the board, one complaint I have ian high costs in general. A lady I work with bought a Dodge Durango with one of the fancy keys. It costs $250 to replace.

I like the increased reliability. I would rather have a $5 key.




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xtramelanin

February 21st, 2015 at 8:58 AM ^

fords, particularly super-duty ford pick-ups rule the day up there and have for decades.  chevy would be second and you'd also have to give a hat-tip to subaru somewhere in there.  curious about sampling methodology. 

ToDefyTheFrizzleFry

February 21st, 2015 at 9:04 AM ^

The shift from almost completely domestic to lots of Japanese cars was one of the most striking differences when I moved from Michigan to Georgia years ago. I don't remember there being a Honda/Toyota/Nissan dealership anywhere around Dearborn when I was growing up, but when I moved to Georgia there were several in close proximity to where I lived. With that said, the results shown on this map are not surprising. 

PeteM

February 21st, 2015 at 4:46 PM ^

I've made this point a couple of times so I should probably stop but obviously every car in the US impacts some US employee regardless of who the manufacturer is (presumably the car salesperson is located here).  The question is the numbers -- generally domestic manufactuers employee significantly more people domestically per sale than their foreign counterparts.

Michigan Arrogance

February 21st, 2015 at 9:28 AM ^

as someone who lives adjactent to northern New England, I will say that EVERYONE in VT (and thus likely NH & ME) has a Subaru. Everyone. The base models tend to be AWD making them the cheapest for AWD shoppers in the utility/wagon/family vehicle class.

And yes, in NYS it's all about Honda. incredible resale value. Incredible

Number 7

February 21st, 2015 at 10:46 AM ^

Hilarious. My first thought when I saw this was how is it possible Vermont didn't come out Suburu. Driving a non-Suburu there is like driving a Datsun in Detroit in the early '80s -- you stand out, and you feel kind of worried.




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