For Men Audi BMW / For Women Lexus and Volvo

"It's kind of ingrained, I don't even look at other cars at this point, because I trust them [Volvos], and because I like to keep my vehicles for a while. I get tired of the throwaway mentality in the U.S. When I buy a product, I like to know I can hang on to it for a while," she said.

If Volvo is synonymous with safety, Toyota's (TM) Lexus Div. is synonymous with quality and reliability. (It has won the J.D. Power dependability survey 13 years in a row. See the full 2007 list of the most dependable cars (BusinessWeek, 8/9/07). Lexus had fewer Top 10 female-owned models than Volvo, but the Lexus was the No. 2 luxury brand overall, in terms of female ownership, at 41.2%, according to PIN data.

In liking Lexus, women are little different from men, since Lexus has been the No. 1-selling luxury brand in the U.S. since 2000.
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Hermann - 9/27/2007 8:58:35 AM

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No! Women likes often small front wheel drive cars. They often drive a VW, Volvo or Toyota. Thats cars for shooping. Later they like to drive bigger cars not from the same manufacter. They like to drive a BMW.

Star - 9/27/2007 11:30:39 AM

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Women don't know much about cars so they make the choice based entirely on a recommendation from Consumer Reports or JD Power. That explains while the women buyers choose mostly between Honda CRV, Toyota Rav 4 and Lexus RX according to their budget. In America women choose to drive bigger cars than the men. Most of them are obsessed with owning huge SUV's. I think you are way off with your observations.

r_driver04 - 9/27/2007 12:13:11 PM

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Shooping? Is that kinda like "trickin" or something?

devitocoke - 9/27/2007 9:09:40 AM

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I agree ^

david999 - 9/27/2007 10:37:42 AM

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More women drive a Mercedes c-class than a Lexus RX. Does that mean the Mercedes is a chick car?

david989 - 9/27/2007 1:26:15 PM

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Stupid people drive Benzes.

S4cabriofoxone - 9/27/2007 10:27:52 PM

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I think the E-Class is more feminine than the C-Class Sport, actually. Maybe not the standard C, but that's different. Most Mercs are more feminine- but the higher-end you go, the more masculine they are. You see a lot of men driving the S-Class.

As for the RX... I would say that it's DEFINITELY predominantly driven by women- and more women drive it than the C-Class. It is obviously a chick car. It's okay for a Lexus to be a chick car, david999. The RX is unabashedly geared towards women.

Star - 9/27/2007 11:24:50 AM

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What's new? Everybody knows Lexus is designed especially for the female buyer.

Designer1 - 9/27/2007 12:47:53 PM

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Someone got this reversed, everyday driving to/from work I maybe see 40 BMWs, and most of them are driven by women, and most of the Lexus cars are driven by men. So reverse your title.

IamEvilHomer - 9/27/2007 6:39:41 PM

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yes bmw 3 series x3 and Z4 are mostly check cars

i was just posting the article

The Ultimate Princes Machine

BMW4me4ever - 9/27/2007 1:14:57 PM

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designer .. how many men do you see drive the Lexus RX series? In the US, that is the most popular Lexus and it is driven by 90% women. It is a nice truck and appeals to women with its soft and plush interior.

EnvyofyouRS5 - 9/27/2007 4:46:25 PM

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For women, Ferrari, For men Lamborghini, For women Bmw x5, for men Audi Q7, It's that easy.

IamEvilHomer - 9/27/2007 6:40:43 PM

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ok?

Monk - 9/27/2007 9:40:29 PM

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I don't really understand you Envy...
wtf? Ferrari is a woman's car and Lambo is a guy's?
How can you say those things when there is such a low distribution of those cars all over the world? I'd say they're equal. The BMW x5 isn't a woman's car, fool. The Audi Q7 is a bit more feminine in the back of it than the BMW X5 - all you're talking about are soccer moms who have their rich husbands buy bimmers with loans

S4cabriofoxone - 9/27/2007 10:29:02 PM

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The X5 is a total housewife car. But so is the Q7, and the ML, and the RX, etc.

alfistiDK - 9/28/2007 3:07:28 AM

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blah

CLK63BlackSeries - 9/30/2007 4:34:56 AM

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yeah real men drive M5s anyways =]