Category: Awards

Ford F-150 Wins AutoPacific's Ideal Vehicle Award for Most Ideal Large Light Duty Pickup Truck

Nissan Leaf wins AutoPacific's Ideal Vehicle Award for Most Ideal 2012 Hybrid/Electric Car

Land Rover LR4 Wins AutoPacific Ideal Vehicle Award for 2012 Luxury SUV

GMC Sierra HD wins AutoPacific's Ideal Vehicle Award for Heavy Duty Pickup Trucks. GMC Sierra HD is the Most Ideal Heavy Duty Pickup.

GMC Canyon Wins AutoPacific's Ideal Vehicle Award for Compact Pickups edging out platform-mate Chevrolet Colorado.

GMC Yukon XL edges out platform-mate Chevrolet Suburban to win AutoPacific's Ideal Vehicle Award for Large SUVs. Owners of the Smaller GMC Yukon rewarded Yukon with AutoPacific's Vehicle Satisfaction Award eariler.

Grand Cherokee owners give the Premium Mid-Size SUV a best in class rating making it the ideal Premium Mid-Size SUV in AutoPacific's 2012 Ideal Vehicle Award Research. Grand Cherokee also won AutoPacific's 2012 Vehicle Satisfaction Awards. Winning both awards in a year is an outstanding achievement.

Porsche Cayenne owners reward Cayenne with AutoPacific's Ideal Vehicle Award for Premium Luxury Crossover SUV. Cayenne edged out the Audi Q7 for this prestigious award.

The 2012 Ford Flex comes closest to the ideal of any Large Crossover SUV scoring a close win over the Chevrolet Traverse. Eighty-percent or more of Flex owners find these characteristics ideal: exterior size, exterior styling, passenger roominess, seat comfort, ride and handling, tires and wheels, ease of getting in and out and safety features.

The 2012 Volvo XC70 comes closest to the ideal of any Luxury Crossover SUV. In fact, eighty-percent or more of XC70's owners would not change fourteen of fifteen major characteristics of their vehicle.