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We all remember our first car. There's nothing quite like the memory of seeing your parents hand you the keys to a vehicle you can call your own, and the experience has historically happened somewhere between a child's 16th and 18th year. Right?

Perhaps not. It seems that the time-honored act of buying your first new-to-you car in your teenage years is waning in popularity. And the same is also true of vehicles purchased from well-meaning parents for their children. According to CNW Marketing Research, in calendar year 2005, there were 7.5 million vehicles purchased by or for teens. In 2010, that number is expected to dwindle all the way down to 4.2 million.

Tellingly, this statistic is falling right alongside the flickering teen job market. CNW reports that 27 percent of all American teens have not worked full- or part-time so far this year, which is up dramatically from 2005. Not surprisingly, only 16 percent of teenagers that do happen to have their own set of wheels pay the full monthly payment themselves (that's down from 21 percent).

Transaction prices are also down, which has led to another intriguing bullet point: 57 percent of cars purchased by or for teens are from domestic automakers, due largely to the fact that American cars tend to be less expensive on the used market.

[CNW Marketing Research | Image: Getty]

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The long story done shortly, according to a study of 1,000 people, 97% will never forget their first car and 90% rate it as more memorable than their first kiss. As the study was done in the UK, take it with a grain of salt as their first car had three wheels and their first kiss (probably) involved a ruler wielding school mistress. That said, we're pretty foggy on the name of the first girl we kissed - though we do remember describing it as "like licking jello." But we could never forget our first car, a brown on brown 1985 Pontiac Parisienne Safari. That's right - Pontiac's naming conventions had gotten so goofy that the station wagon variant of the Parisienne was called the Safari.

The study also suggests that over two-thirds of the respondents had names for their first cars. Ours: The Lieberwagon. As in, "Going draggin' in the Lieberwagon." Which was a joke because I was slower than the car. How about you and your first (four-wheeled) love? Pet names, too. Full press release after the jump.

[Source: motors.co.uk | Photo: Charles01]

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Study: First cars more memorable for most than first kiss or first love originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Alright, here it is, boys and girls... 'The Official Autoblog First Car Readership Survey.' Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Come clean with your fellow readers about your very first car or truck, embarassing ride or no (we know you 1976 Dodge Aspen Woody Wagon owners are out there somewhere). In fact, the more dreadful, the more entertaining this is likely to be... but please be honest. If someone claims a Bugatti Veyron or Yugo GVX Cabrio as their first whip, rest assured our readers will call 'shenanigans.'

So... on to the questions:

  • With what four-wheeled conveyance did you first declare your freedom?
  • How did you come to acquire it?
  • Why did you decide that it was the car/truck for you?
  • How long did you own it?
  • Any particularly powerful memories (good or bad) tied to the vehicle in question? (Keep it PG-13, kiddies)
  • What ever happened to it?
  • Any pangs of loss at parting with it, or just sheer relief?

Let's hear it! Fess up in 'comments.'

[Sources: Pentamarketing.com, Highwayone.com, Adclassix.com]

The Official Autoblog 'First Car' Readership Survey originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Automotive websites Cars.com and DriversEd.com (a drivers education resource) have teamed up to determine the top new vehicles for teens this year. Criteria used included price, safety, size, and 'fun factor.'

The two sites top picks, broken down in categories, are:

Cars:
  • Honda Civic      
  • Mazda MX-5
  • Mazda3
  • Mini Cooper           
  • Scion tC       
  • Subaru Impreza 
  • Volvo s40      
Pickups:
  • Nissan Frontier Crew Cab      
  • Toyota Tacoma Double Cab    
SUVs:
  • Hyundai Tucson 
  • Subaru Forester
  • Toyota RAV4    

[Source: PR Newswire via Seattle Post Intelligencer]

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