What do you find important in a vehicle? Feel free to add/subtract your own factors. For me the ranking would have to be


1. Driving experience - just the feel of being behind the wheel. Like having the top down and cruising, or kicking the rear out, or the feel of shifting the gears. I don't care what all the car magazines or journalists said about it, or how much Michael Schumacher will never buy a car without test driving it

2. Performance

3. Looks

4. Sound. Guess you could include NVH (noise, vibration, harshness) in this too. no matter how much of a performer the Tesla Roadster may be, I think I'd still rather have an Elise. Also, see #1.

5. Reliability

6. Interior

7. Cost of ownership (insurance, MPG, resale value, etc.)

8. Luxury/comfort features

9. Practicality - nice to have, but I have no real use for it. I like wagons, hatchbacks and trucks because of their looks.



Last. Prestige/badge factor I would drive a Chinese-made no-name car if the build quality, reliability, performance and value were all there.

 

Driving Experience, Performance >>> Looks, Sound, Reliability >>> Interior, Cost of Ownership, Luxury, Practicality

I honestly don't care what others think about my car, so if my car is ugly in others' eyes, that's totally okay with me. Everyone has different taste and I respect that.

And no, I wouldn't drive a chinese brand car unless it's out in the market and prove to be a quality vehicle for more than 10 years.

 

1. Leasing terms
2. Badge
3. Open air - panoramic roof, fully retractable rear windows, etc.
4. Stereo system

 

1. Manual transmission. If it doesn't have this, nothing else matters.
2. At least an acceptable level of performance

 

Looks - face it, I won't buy a car that doesn't look good (at least in my mind)
Reliability - I usually put this pretty high, especially when buying used. New with warranty and/or lease, it would be near the bottom.
Interior - meaning quality materials, fit & finish, style... gadgets and stuff will be later
Handling - I guess this is part of "driving experience"
Practicality - I love a car I can fit a bunch of crap into
Gadgets/Creature Comforts - Obviously, beyond A/C and power doorlocks, I could care less about heated seats, voice controlled junk, weird headlight/ride leveling systems. It sounds just like more stuff that's gonna break.
Performance - Not too much into performance, at least in terms of HP. As long as it's a fun drive, I don't care too much about speed.

 

Value = (Performance + Comfort)/Price

 

Looks
Performance
Reliability
Functiion
Ability to wrench on

 

This, in that order.

 

Performance/Driving experience
Looks
Reliability/Ease of maintenance
Practicality
Cost of ownership

 

1. Reliability
2. Driving experience
3. Luxury/comfort features
4. Performance
5. Interior
6. Cost of ownership (insurance, MPG, resale value, etc.)
7. Practicality
8. Looks
9. Prestige/badge factor
10.Sound (the quieter the better for me-- I'm probably the only person on AZ who would love to have a silent Ford GT or Lambo Aventador. )

I have no issue with "bland" or plain looking cars (2G TL) or fun-to-drive-but-not-fast cars (Miatas, Fiat 124), but shy away from beautiful new cars with problematic histories (i.e. Jags).

 

Manual transmission.
Leather. (black)
clean exterior styling. (nothing flashy)
back seat room.
simple dash controls.
gas mileage is a plus.
adequate power.

 

This man speaks the truth.

 

 

Bingo

 

3rd to concur on this.

If it ain't got the looks, the rest doesn't matter!