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Consumer Reports found different preferences based on age and gender when it comes to car satisfaction.
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Consumer Reports found different preferences based on age and gender when it comes to car satisfaction.
GETTING HIS HANDS ON A BADGE FROM A WORKER. HE DECIDED TO STAY BECAUSE HE WAS TOO AFRAID TO FLY HOME BECAUSE OF COVID-19. NOW HE FACES CHARGES INCLUDING FELONY TRESPASS. >>> WE ARE ALL LOOKING FOR DISTRACTIONS, SOMETHING TO BRING A SMILE DURING THIS PANDEMIC. >> COULD A CERTAIN KARMIC YOU HAPPIER THAN ANOTHER CAR? BASED ON A NEW SURVEY, THE ANSWER IS MAYBE. >> I KNOW THAT I SURE LOVE THE FEELING OF DRIVING A NEW CAR ESPECIALLY WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON RIGHT NOW. NO ONE WANTS A VEHICLE THAT THEY HAVE PROMS WITH DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY. BUT BEFORE YOU CONSIDER A NEW ONE, YOU MAY WANT TO HEAR THE RESULTS OF CONSUMER REPORTS LATEST OWNER SATISFACTION SURVEY. >> SPORTY OR SPACED. CAR OR SUV, WHICH VEHICLE SUITS YOU BEST? TO HELP YOU FIGURE IT OUT, CONSUMER REPORTS BROKE DOWN THE OPTIONS. THEY USE SURVEY DATA ON MORE THAN 420,000 VEHICLES, NOT JUST ABOUT GAS MILEAGE AND RELIABILITY, BUT ABOUT WHAT MAKES DRIVERS HAPPY. >> WE NOTICED, BECAUSE WE ASKED SIERRA MEMBERS WHETHER THEY WOULD BUY THE SAME CAR AGAIN AND WE LOOK AT HOW OWNERS RATE THEIR CARS ON SATISFACTION IN FIVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. DRIVING EXPERIENCE, COMFORT, VALUE, STYLING, AND NETWORK CONTROLS. >> OWNER SATISFACTION IS AN INDIVIDUAL THING, BUT THEY FOUND SOME INTERESTING TRENDS. WOMEN WERE MOST SATISFIED BY THE KIA TELLURIDE, MAZDA MX FIVE MIATA AND FORD EXPEDITION. MEN PREFERRED THE TESLA MODEL S. AND THE HYUNDAI SANTA FE. AS FOR CAR PREFERENCES BY AGE, MILLENNIALS LIKE THE SUBARU ASCENT. GEN X, THE TESLA MODEL X. BOOMERS LIKE THE FORD EXPEDITION AND FOR THE SILENT GENERATION, THOSE MID-70s AND OLDER, THE GENESIS G 90. AND FINALLY, THE OVERALL FAVORITE CAR FOR DRIVER HAPPINESS, THE TESLA MODEL THREE. >> PRICE APPARENTLY MATTERS WHEN IT COMES TO HAPPINESS. CONSUMER REPORTS FOUND THAT THE MORE YOU PAY FOR A CAR, THE MORE LIKELY YOU ARE TO BE SATISFIED WITH IT. PERHAPS BECAUSE IT HAS ALL OF THE BELLS AND WHISTLES, BUT I BELIEVE THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HAPPINESS THAT COMES