Hybrids Fail To Rank As Dream Cars

A recent Swapalease.com survey revealed hybrid vehicles score lowest among possible dream cars, even when price is not an issue.

More than 200 of the site's nationwide members participated in its "What's Your Dream Car?" survey, which ran from July 15 through August 15. When given a choice in the survey of their favorite hybrid, the majority of respondents declined to choose. Even rising gas prices haven't spurred additional interest in the Toyota Prius, as average daily searches for the hybrid on the site have fallen -16 percent since the beginning of July.

"Our dream car survey illustrates that people want more 'fast and furious' in their vehicle of choice, not 'lean and green,'" said Scot Hall, Executive Vice President of the website.

Overall, the BMW and Mercedes brands held the greatest sway with respondents, with those brands capturing a large overall percentage of their applicable categories. Among luxury SUVs, the Land Rover Range Rover held twenty-nine percent of the vote, with twenty-six percent of voters writing in options like the Porsche Cayenne and the Hummer 2. Write-ins account for twenty-four percent of the response for the convertible category, with the Audi R8 Spyder and the Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet accounting for another forty percent between them.

The ever-popular Ford F Series was the hands-down winner for pickup trucks; the Maserati Quattroporte just edged out the Mercedes S550 4Matic and the BMW 750i xDrive in the luxury sedan category. The Ferrari 559 GTO won sports car honors, and the write-ins for this category included a "67 boss Mustang fastback" and a "2012 Chevrolet Camaro in yellow and black with 0 miles on it," showing that sports cars in particular hold a very specific spot in car enthusiasts' hearts.

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