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Everything Else => General Automotive => Topic started by: Wizzo on February 10, 2008, 06:53:06 PM

Title: Survey reveals British cars still top the desired list
Post by: Wizzo on February 10, 2008, 06:53:06 PM

According to swiftcover.com 69% of you would opt for a British brand.

German, Italian and Japanese cars still dominate the must have lists but the iconic British cars dominate the heart and the top of any wish list.

With your money in hand you would expect the biggest queue at Aston Martin dealerships with nearly 1 in 4 choosing to be like James Bond - or a Surrey housewife! – But don’t go choosing the DB9 as you wouldn’t afford it with that budget.

The first “foreign” make, Porsche, appears 5th on the list with 9% opting for the entrepreneur’s favourite - according to the survey. Some more exotic metal is found further down the list with Ferrari 6th and Lamborghini 10th.

The top ten “dream cars” for 2008

1 - 24% - Aston Martin
2 - 19% - Range Rover
3 - 16% - Bentley
4 - 10% - Rolls Royce
5 - 9% - Porsche
6 - 9% - Ferrari
7 - 6% - BMW
8 - 4% - Mercedes
9 - 2% - Maserati
10 - 1% - Lamborghini

Title: Re: Survey reveals British cars still top the desired list
Post by: Ian on February 10, 2008, 08:12:16 PM

No1 certainly sounds right to me.  :good:

Title: Re: Survey reveals British cars still top the desired list
Post by: Dare on February 10, 2008, 08:25:57 PM

I'll take the Masa,Lambo,and Ferrari

Title: Re: Survey reveals British cars still top the desired list
Post by: Ian on February 10, 2008, 08:34:10 PM

Your welcome to the Ferrari Dare, would'nt mind a Masa GT tho'

Title: Re: Survey reveals British cars still top the desired list
Post by: Steven Roy on February 10, 2008, 08:39:15 PM

I'll take the Merc.   Provided it is a McLaren Merc.

Title: Re: Survey reveals British cars still top the desired list
Post by: Neil.P on February 10, 2008, 10:11:35 PM

I gotta go for Ferrari or Lamborghini I think!

Neil.P

Title: Re: Survey reveals British cars still top the desired list
Post by: Ian on February 10, 2008, 10:17:49 PM

It'll go with all that bling your wearing Neil.  :DD

Title: Re: Survey reveals British cars still top the desired list
Post by: Neil.P on February 10, 2008, 10:24:22 PM

Oi you :nono: :D

Neil.P

Title: Re: Survey reveals British cars still top the desired list
Post by: CrazyHorse on February 10, 2008, 10:38:05 PM

if i could afford a muscle car it would have to be italian, probably a Lamborghini

Title: Re: Survey reveals British cars still top the desired list
Post by: cosworth151 on February 11, 2008, 05:18:11 PM

What! No Yugos? Fraud, I say! Fraud at the polls! :nono:

Title: Re: Survey reveals British cars still top the desired list
Post by: CrazyHorse on February 11, 2008, 07:21:26 PM

well i suppose a yugo is a fiat rip off, and a ferrari is a fiat with a posh badge on it, so the spirit of the yugo is there in spirit if not design  ;)

Title: Re: Survey reveals British cars still top the desired list
Post by: Scott on February 11, 2008, 07:37:39 PM

Porche, there IS no substitute!  I'm not a Tom Cruise fan, but that was a great line, and that's my dream set of keys.

Title: Re: Survey reveals British cars still top the desired list
Post by: cosworth151 on February 11, 2008, 07:39:39 PM

Quote from: pleiades chaser on February 11, 2008, 07:21:26 PM

well i suppose a yugo is a fiat rip off, and a ferrari is a fiat with a posh badge on it, so the spirit of the yugo is there in spirit if not design  ;)

I've often called it my Coatian Countach.

Title: Re: Survey reveals British cars still top the desired list
Post by: Alianora La Canta on February 11, 2008, 09:53:03 PM

I'd go for a Mercedes Smart if I could drive and had a free choice. Really easy to park, relatively light tax, good fuel economy and (unlike the Fiat Cinquecentos and similar trendy hatchbacks) unlikely to be attractive to the sort of teenage car thieves that inhabit the nearby dodgy residential areas.