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Originally Posted by Dadhawk
Stumbled across this interesting article that attempts to identify the "State Car" for each state in the US by how a model sells disproportionally in that state.
Sadly for Georgia, its the Nissan Leaf that sold at 1523% of the national average, primarily due to the electric car credits that just expired here that basically allowed you to lease the Leaf for two years for free. But, it could be worse...there's Oregon with the Smart ForTwo. Or Iowa with the RAM VAN.
If I had to relocate based on "state" vehicle I might have to go with DC with the Jaguar XK (752% above national average), but I've lived in DC, no thanks. Maybe Florida with the BMW 760 (623%)....
Here's the map, where are you moving to?
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Great article!
1) Can definitely confirm that north Fulton contributes to 99% of those Leaf sales in GA. As a matter of fact, I bet Regal Nissan in Roswell does most of those. Great cars for commuters driving 20ish miles each way to downtown and back everyday.
2) You can see also a big correlation to OE plants and the vehicle produced in those plants within the state. Mississippi and Tennessee both have Nissan plants that produce those vehicles. Alabama has Kia and South Carolina obviously has BMW. Didn't check Ohio, would be interesting to see how Honda did there.