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Toyota Prius voted most satisfying car in Europe
The Toyota Prius was rated the highest-ranking model in three of Europe’s most prominent and influential satisfaction surveys conducted by J.D. Power and Associates.

The pioneering hybrid vehicle was picked as the most satisfying vehicle in separate surveys conducted in the UK, France and Germany, with most owners rating the car’s quality and reliability as its most satisfying attributes.

Such a result is surprising given Europe’s reluctance to embrace hybrid technology but it shows that consumer tastes are starting to change.
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Toyota Prius voted most satisfying car in Europe



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flozel1flozel1 - 6/20/2008 12:21:26 PM
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Well, so much for the common Autospies belief that Toyota just does not have the product to sell to European tastes. Oh wait...let me guess...the survey was done exclusively to Americans living in the UK, France, and Germany. Right.

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RupertRupert - 6/20/2008 12:25:33 PMView My AgentSpace
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It's a reliability survey, essentially. Toyota still sell far less than Ford, Vauxhall/Opel or VW.


StarStar - 6/20/2008 12:25:50 PM
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No, but the source is JD Power. So much about credibility.



StarStar - 6/20/2008 12:28:15 PM
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I cannot believe JD Power started with the brainwashing in Europe now after leaving hundreds of millions of victims in US.


Etoile_suceEtoile_suce - 6/20/2008 1:58:34 PM
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The more you use that brainwashing argument the less credible you become, you know that, right?


auto001auto001 - 6/20/2008 12:26:57 PM
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The Prius will no doubt end up in a museum in the future, it's an icon.

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StarStar - 6/20/2008 12:29:37 PM
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It will serve as an example of Automotive failure.


MattBMattB - 6/21/2008 3:10:02 AM
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I just can't see the Prius ever in a car museum. Maybe a science museum, but not a car museum. It's bland, it's no fun, and it's rather ugly. It's not going to be a sought-after collectable car in the future.


AMiodynskiAMiodynski - 6/20/2008 12:42:06 PM
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Star, American failure??? How do you figure you idiot? It's the most popular vehicle being purchased right now !! Toyota can't even keep up with production !

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StarStar - 6/20/2008 12:44:24 PM
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"American failure??? How do you figure you idiot? It's the most popular vehicle being purchased right now !! "

Imbecil, read your statement. That's HOW!!!!!



StarStar - 6/20/2008 12:46:41 PM
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In case you didn't get it.

brainwashed sheep = Prius as desirable car



WhattheWhatthe - 6/20/2008 1:50:41 PM
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Toyota slowed production 6 mths ago because of slow sales, thank god OPEC helped Toyota. Toyota now says "a chi ching!!! we can't keep up"


WhattheWhatthe - 6/20/2008 1:52:44 PM
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Sorry it was a year ago...


LemonadeLemonade - 6/20/2008 12:56:51 PM
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A Japanese as "The Most Satisfying Car In Europe".. IN EUROPE!

Star, how could you let this happen? All those HIGH MPG diesels, what happened??.. Well, Congratulations Toyota for a job well done.


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LemonadeLemonade - 6/20/2008 12:58:13 PM
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**A Japanese CAR as "The Most Satisfying Car In Europe".. IN EUROPE!**


StarStar - 6/20/2008 1:45:28 PM
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...says JD Power which is the equivalent of Santa Clause. I would not be surprised to hear that people who trust CR and JD Power believe Santa is real though. LOL...


auto001auto001 - 6/20/2008 1:18:18 PM
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Star, I guess you'll be the last man/lady standing with a full petrol engine car, rest of earth will have transitioned to alternative fuel/hybrid vehicles.

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StarStar - 6/20/2008 1:46:53 PM
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For the first time I can actually agree with you.


StarStar - 6/20/2008 1:53:24 PM
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I hope you do understand that will automatically make a phenomenon.... the only real man on earth. Women are obsessed with me anyway but if that happens...I don't know. I might not be able to handle it. Maybe I should get a hybrid to keep them away. LOL...


LemonadeLemonade - 6/20/2008 2:59:48 PM
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WHOA! Star, you're a MAN?!?!?

Sure fooled me



StarStar - 6/20/2008 3:10:35 PM
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Sorry, you are the only girl here Lemonade.


LemonadeLemonade - 6/20/2008 7:57:29 PM
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Yeah!

"My Lemonade brings all the Star(s) to the yard"



222max222max - 6/20/2008 2:05:48 PM
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After reading all the snobby and critical European car mags this is a surprising result. Always poo-pooing the American auto consumer as unimaginative and undiscerning about what makes a good auto, you'd think Europeans would pick something not so... pedestrian.

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StarStar - 6/20/2008 2:15:46 PM
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Europeans didn't pick the Prius. JD Power SAYS they did. Big, big diference.


222max222max - 6/20/2008 2:47:10 PM
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No, JD Power polled European consumers who picked the Prius.


StarStar - 6/20/2008 2:54:38 PM
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That's what THEY say. I am "Star" and I did that survey too and my results are totally different. Add the fact that I have more credibility than JD Power and here is your answer. Prius SUCKS!


222max222max - 6/20/2008 3:23:24 PM
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I'm no Prius lover myself. A technically effective but wholly dull ride, it is. I'm just surprised that the result shows something no different than what American drivers value. The Euro mags would have us think that the typical European driver wants a lot more.

But, why would J.D. Power want to make up this result anyway?



StarStar - 6/20/2008 3:48:51 PM
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Politic...pushing the idea of Hybrids being desirable(even if they are not). I don't know why people accept these things so easy. What we are talking about here is Prius owners(the freakiest people on earth) saying that they are fully satisfied with their car. I mean, these people will say that even if their car will catch fire or break down every day on the way to work. Is just the type of people they are.
These surveys are wrong to the core.

The only type of survey that can quantify actually something is the one done by ADAC which measures the number of break downs cars have. Surprisingly(not for me) the results show that Japanese cars are much more likely to break down in comparison with a German car. Those are facts.
The opinions owners have about their cars cannot be considered facts. They are just opinions.



EL44EL44 - 6/20/2008 2:11:54 PMView My AgentSpace
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This site is infected by some bilnd fanatics. The see just in their brain. Und nicht weiter.

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WillisWillis - 6/20/2008 2:19:26 PM
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I think part of what gave the Prius the advantage in this survey was its low emission rating. Even Europeans are making a big deal out of CO2 emissions nowadays and those people who own a Prius on the Old Continent obviously praised it for being a low emissions vehicle.

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Threepoint1415926Threepoint1415926 - 6/20/2008 2:19:34 PM
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In other news, Cuisinart blender voted most satisfying blender in my house.

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flozel1flozel1 - 6/20/2008 2:41:53 PM
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In other news, some Autospies readers vote to discredit JD Powers survey results and decided to substitute their own version of what the results "should be", claiming their opinion is a much better reflection of the truth.

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EL34EL34 - 6/20/2008 4:31:57 PM
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enthusiastx11enthusiastx11 - 6/21/2008 8:50:48 PM
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most satisfying? that makes no sense.

how can a car with numb steering, anemic acceleration, spongy non-linear brakes and the appearance of an extraterrestrial be most satisfying?

perhaps most satisfying to environmentalists. that would make sense. but certainly not to ANYONE who remotely enjoyed DRIVING.


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Threepoint1415926Threepoint1415926 - 6/21/2008 9:01:52 PM
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That's the point. The person who buys a Prius does so for a purpose. They buy one as an appliance to shuttle them from point A to point B with as little gas and involvement as possible. Hence my comment. There is only one blender in my house. I use it to blend, therefore it is the most satisfying blender in my house.


huu76huu76 - 6/23/2008 10:35:12 PM
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Star`s just a little kid, I realized that about a month ago.

It`s kind of funny that the Germans can`t even beat the Japanese in their home market.


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