Lutz lets a bit of Edmunds survey slip, GM takes 13 first place picks
Sometimes news is just too good to keep to yourself. Just ask GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz. With his company supposedly claiming 13 spots on Edmund's Consumers' Most Wanted list, Lutz just had to brag a bit on the corporate blog before the winners were made public.
And he should brag. Most other car of the year awards are chosen by us automotive writers who usually prefer horsepower over hip room. As the name implies, Edmund's CMW awards are chosen by the car-buying public. And despite not voting with their wallets, the car-buying public who visits Edmund's really like their GMs.The GMC Acadia got Most Significant vehicle of the year, beating out Honda's Fit, the Toyota Camry Hybrid, the Ford Edge and the Toyota Tundra.
Click through to see Edmund's press release as well as the other category winners.
[Source: Edmunds, GM FastLane Blog]
PRESS RELEASE
Edmunds.com Announces Consumers' Most Wanted Vehicle Awards for 2007
Crossover GMC Acadia Named "Most Significant Vehicle" by Consumers
SANTA MONICA, Calif. - May 3, 2007 - Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive information, today announced the winners of the sixth annual Edmunds.com Consumers' Most Wanted vehicle awards.
"These awards provide a good idea of what consumers are looking for in their next vehicle," said Karl Brauer, Editor in Chief of Edmunds.com. "This year, consumers voiced the opinion that the domestics are developing some very compelling cars and trucks."
By a considerable margin, the 2007 GMC Acadia won the flagship award, Edmunds.com Consumers' Most Significant Vehicle of 2007. The next highest finisher was the 2007 Saturn Aura, and the 2007 Honda Fit took third place.
Among manufacturers, Chevrolet led the pack, winning five awards, while Cadillac and Honda tied for second place, each winning four awards in this year's survey.
Here's the list of Edmund's Consumers' Most Wanted for 2007. For commentary, details on runners up and voting percentages, check out Edmund's.
- Most Significant Vehicle of the Year - GMC Acadia
- Sedan Under $20,000 - Honda Civic/Mazda 3
- Sedan Under $15,000 - Chevrolet Cobalt
- Sedan Under $25,000 - Saturn Aura
- Sedan Under $30,000 - Acura TSX
- Sedan Under $35,000 - Cadillac CTS
- Sedan Under $45,000 - Cadillac STS
- Sedan Under $60,000 - BMW 5 Series
- Sedan Over $60,000 - Lexus LS 460
- Wagon Under $15,000 - Kia Rio5
- Wagon Under $20,000 - Mazda 3
- Wagon Under $30,000 - Audi A3
- Wagon Under $40,000 - Audi A4/BMW 3 Series (tie)
- Wagon Over $40,000 - BMW 5 Series
- Coupe Under $20,000 - Honda Civic
- Coupe Under $30,000 - Ford Mustang
- Coupe Under $40,000 - Infiniti G35
- Coupe Under $60,000 - Chevrolet Corvette
- Coupe Over $60,000 - Porsche 911
- Convertible Under $25,000 - Saturn Sky
- Convertible Under $35,000 - Honda S2000
- Convertible Under $45,000 - BMW Z4
- Convertible Under $60,000 - Chevrolet Corvette
- Convertible Over $60,000 - Cadillac XLR
- Compact Truck - Toyota Tacoma
- Large Truck - Chevrolet Silverado/GMC Sierra
- SUV under $25,000 - Toyota RAV4
- SUV Under $35,000 - GMC Acadia/Saturn Outlook
- SUV Under $45,000 - Chevrolet Tahoe/GMC Yukon/GMC Yukon XL/Chevrolet Suburban
- SUV Over $45,000 - Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV
- Minivan - Honda Odyssey
- Exotic - Bugatti Veyron 16.4
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
Richard 9:32AM (5/04/2007)
Great news. Keep up the good work, GM!
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bmoredlj 9:40AM (5/04/2007)
I guess in the war of silly slogans, the GMC "We are Professional Grade" Acadia edges out the Ford "Bold Moves" Edge "is never dull".
GM has good products, and they get better with each year; the fact that they dominated so many different vehicle segments and price ranges is proof of that. It's morning in GM again.
Now, if only the Acadia were a Chevy...
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felipe 9:43AM (5/04/2007)
what the hell is 'most significant'?
thats retarded.
nice one GMEdmonds.
13-GM
3-BMW
riiigght
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mwells 4:54PM (9/17/2007)
That's a pretty damn silly comment considering Edmunds' tendancy to pick apart GM products in their Long-Term tests, and it's even more retarded when you consider this was a CONSUMER Most Wanted, so Edmunds had very little to do with the results. I know "GMEdmunds" must've been really clever in your head, but it just doesn't work.
felipe 6:21PM (9/17/2007)
it took you over 4 months to come up with that comment? or are you a GM troll looking to inform GM naysayers? either way your way behind M.
I'm sorry your not a clever person, or very well informed.
Edmunds loves GM,
BMW is bringing out the 1 series,
hampster crashed again.... dang you're so behind.
The Other Bob 10:49AM (5/04/2007)
13-GM
3-BMW
riiigght
Considering GM makes at least 4 times as many models, why is that unbelievable?
The fact thay Toyota only got 3, that's the real story.
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Rene Curry 9:47AM (5/04/2007)
It all boils down to a combination of gotta have & value.
As the dollar continues to decline GM needs to keep the value side and not go profit chasing. This will pull in the people who not have considered a domestic. Especially the younger set. Then the quality turnaround will keep them coming back.
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Nick 9:47AM (5/04/2007)
The only unfortunate thing is that they don't all sell like #1's in their segment.
IMO, I enjoy the Fusion much more than the Aura. Fusion got jobbed. Further, couldn't disagree more with the CTS edgin out the new 3 Series...that's a BIG stretch, imo.
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Rene Curry 9:57AM (5/04/2007)
Nick,
I would bet the BMW did not fall into the lower CTS price catagory. It is "Bang for the buck", not what is the best at any price.
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Patrick 10:01AM (5/04/2007)
This is based on some "survey" but does this interest translate into actual sales? I'll give GM credit for the Acadia/Outlook/Enclave trio, but there's still a lot that would need to be done before I'd consider buying one of them.
Surprising to see the CTS on the list on the last year of its design, as well as the STS. I don't see a lot of them out on the roads.
S2000 is still on the list after nearly 8 years as well.
The Escalade is somewhat surprising to me as well, as the M-B GL450 seems to be dominating the comparos lately.
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Sagracer 10:02AM (5/04/2007)
GM products are really starting to be competitive, but they still need to convince the general public...Many of which are very ignorant to the auto industry and think GM still makes the same crap they made in the 80's....Even on a auto site like this, there are still people who have perceptions that have not caught up with reality.
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Jack Bauer 10:09AM (5/04/2007)
Oh man, I just can't wait to read the informative insight Rastus has to provide, as with any other GM threads here on autoblog.
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Peter 10:19AM (5/04/2007)
More likely it boils down to gaming the survey. Someone went found out about the survey and went to a bunch of GM web forum and organized a GM promotion. Internet surveys are hopelessly flawed.
The most wanted Vehicle the GM Acadia?? I never even heard of this vehicle and I follow cars pretty closely. Clearly a sign of gaming the survey.
I have seen the same kind of organization recently to make it look like HD-DVD was winning over Blu Ray. They organized a buy HD-DVD day on AVS forums and others. They actually produced a measurable spike on the charts that had HD-DVD passing Blu Ray on the charts for over a week. This actually required spending money. Unlike this survey where all you would need do is organize a few people to vote... Farcical.
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Freddie 10:32AM (5/04/2007)
good job edmunds,what really told us is not the most significant vehicle, but the vehicle with most people researched and not purchasing. Horray to those marketing people at GM, and kill those production, engineering, research and development people, they make bad cars.
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iamhoff 10:29AM (5/04/2007)
Good on ya GM. Hopefully those awards can translate into sales. And Peter (#10), I don't know how closely you follow cars but it can't be that closely if you haven't heard of the Acadia. It has been on the discussion boards for the past 2 years plus, in nearly every car and truck enthusiast magazine in the past 2 or 3 months, and GMC is running more commercials for it than Ford is for the Edge---uh. The sheer publicity that GM's offerings have been receiving (both good and bad) is probably why people have gone to Edmunds and voted for their products. Maybe sales haven't caught up to people's opinions yet, but it's a good start.
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Gale 10:34AM (5/04/2007)
Picking the Saturn Aura over the Nissan Altima goes against even their own reviews and their user feedback section.
Looks like GM took the product placement budget from Hollywood and spent it on Edmunds and the NAIAS NACOY voters.
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AutoNut 10:45AM (5/04/2007)
I am usually silent about the posts here at Autoblog. A majority are always kicking GM and Ford in the guts. It doesn't matter how much they have improved their product. Who are you people...Toyota cronies? GM is making awesome products. Why can't you admit it?
Autoramblings.com
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alex 11:12AM (5/04/2007)
@10 if you've never heard of the acadia then you clearly don't follow the auto industry closely enough to be able to give any form of valueable input on the reliability of these rankings.
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bernie 11:52AM (5/04/2007)
Further soiling Edmunds' once credible reputation is the array of GM paid ads that hit you when you log on to edmunds.com.
CTS? Class winner
Aura? Class winner
Acadia? Class winner
What a sham. I'll never give Edmunds another look until they come clean on this payoff.
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bmoredlj 10:38AM (5/04/2007)
I wouldn't necessarily consider the Acadia (and its Saturn/Buick Lambda counterparts) insignificant. Like the Ford Edge, they are a step forward to lighter, carbased utility vehicles and a step away from traditional suvs like the Explorer and Trailblazer, and great leap forward in product quality after decades of shafting consumers with junky vehicles. Sales of both the Edge and the Lambda CUVs are selling well, and they've got plenty of competition (Pilot, Highlander, Veracruz, etc.) CUVs are not the most thrilling vehicles, but I wouldn't discount their significance. The results of this informal survey are hardly nonsensical.
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