| Auto shopping is not that tedious and
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| | Honda Accord. The Camry, the best-selling
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| complicated anymore. With just few clicks
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| | car in the country, which is made in
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| on the mouse, the most adored car will be
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| | Georgetown, Ky, "suggests reliability and
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| checked. True, automakers and dealerships
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| | long-term value," Fallon said. "Even
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| should not make things complicated. This
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| | though Camry has such a great reputation,
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| trend paved the way for the booming
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| | it is still something people want to
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| online shopping industry.
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| | research."
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| One of the many web sites which has
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| | While Toyota and Honda will move an
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| benefited from the trend is Of all the
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| | estimated 400,000 Camrys and Accords each
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| people who shop for new wheels on the
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| | this year, Mazda only expects to sell
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| Internet, about one-fourth of the
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| | 120,000 Mazda3 cars in 2007, said company
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| potential buyers check out the goods
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| | spokesman Jeremy Barnes. Like its more
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| first at the Web site Edmunds.com, an
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| | stodgy Japanese-made competition, the
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| auto information clearinghouse based in
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| | Mazda is affordable, powerful and
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| Santa Monica, Calif., The Courier-Journal
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| | reliable. But the Mazda3's looks sound a
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| reported.
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| | siren call to the young and young at
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| Among the 20 cars, trucks, minivans and
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| | heart, he noted.
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| SUVs in 2007 that most captured the
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| | According to JD Power & Associates, Mazda
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| imagination, only two were related to a
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| | has the "second youngest buyer age in the
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| domestic automaker, the report said. The
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| | auto industry," after Toyota's Scion
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| Mazda3, the affordable, sport performance
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| | brand, Barnes said. "You don't have to be
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| car for the younger set, is part of the
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| | young," he added of the brand that
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| Ford lineup. The GMC Acadia is General
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| | includes the Miata. "You just have to
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| Motors Corp.'s new CUV that gets 24 miles
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| | feel young."
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| per gallon on the freeway but can still
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| | "It is rare you see a (child's) car seat
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| tow a 5,000-pound trailer.
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| | in the back of a Mazda3 when they are in
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| Auto shoppers continue to reflect
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| | the shop," said Joe Trout, a Mazda
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| preferences for reliable compact vehicles
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| | specialist and owner of the Dr. Zoom
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| such as Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla,
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| | garage in Fern Creek. "The driver of this
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| Acura MDX and Infiniti G35. Take in a
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| | car is between 20 and 35, definitely not
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| vehicle on and you can find expert
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| | your mom-and-dad type."
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| ratings, compare prices, check out resale
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| | Sixty-eight year old Prentice Short of
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| values, or search for a used version of
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| | Scottsburg, Ind., would like to get into
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| the car you want. "We attract people who
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| | a new Camry to make vacation trips to
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| like to be informed," Edmunds spokeswoman
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| | Florida with his wife, Geraldine,
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| Jeannine Fallon said. "They want to make
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| | affordable again. Trouble is, Short said,
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| sure they are making a smart choice."
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| | he can't find a buyer willing to pay the
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| The maker of the Acura axle assembly
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| | $12,000 or so he says his 2002 Jeep
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| could be very pleased to make it to the
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| | Cherokee is worth. The Jeep has logged
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| list. Separately, a number of
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| | only 50,000 miles but gets only 18 miles
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| best-sellers, like the Ford F-150, are
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| | per gallon on the highway.
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| not on the list, perhaps because
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| | "Nobody wants these things that use all
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| hard-core Ford fans know exactly what
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| | kinds of fuel," he concluded. "Whoever
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| they want in their truck and don't feel
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| | comes up with the best mileage in late
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| called to dink around a Web site. F-150
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| | 2008 or 2009 is going to be the ones that
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| buyers "don't need to do a lot of
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| | dominate the market," Short predicted.
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| research," Fallon said.
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| | "If Ford, Chrysler and GM don't do it,
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| Among top ten cars, the Toyota Camry came
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| | they'll get their lunch eaten, and their
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| in third after the Honda Civic and the
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| | dinner eaten, too.
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