For enthusiasts, a car is viewed as more of a family member than a vehicle. That’s not the case for the majority of the automotive market, and thus, the driving force of what automakers currently cater to. So for the latest in consumer persuasion, there’s the U.S. News and World Report “Best Cars For Families” of 2013.  And General Motors vehicles were nominated for more than just one or two categories.
A total of six GM vehicles were acknowledged by U.S. News as the most family-oriented in their respective segments out of 19 categories — the most of any single automaker. They are:
- Chevrolet Cruze: Compact Cars
- Buick Verano: Upscale Small Cars
- Buick LaCrosse: Full Sized Cars
- Chevrolet Traverse: 3-Row Midsize SUVs
- Chevrolet Suburban: Full-Sized SUVs
- Cadillac Escalade: Luxury Full-Sized SUVs
The science behind the Best Cars For Families awards, according to U.S. News, organizes quality, size and family-friendly features into a composite score. Within each category, a vehicle with the highest score is named as a Best Car for Families. Quality is also taken into account, and is measured using “a weighted average of scores from the U.S. News rankings at the time the awards are published.” From there, the rankings compare cars on the terms of safety, reliability and a consensus of automotive critics’ opinions. Additionally, size is factored in, and is based on a vehicle’s seating capacity and interior space. Then for the intangible family-friendly features, the ones deemed to be helpful to families by U.S. News editors are factored in, finishing out the formula.
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This is good news as these are the cars that will bill build GM up.
Z/28’s and ZR1’s are fun but they are not the cars that pay the bills. Boring cars like the Focus and Camry are the kinds of cars that bring profits and strength to a company.
The cash flow from this kid of car will help fund the cars enthusiast want.
http://m.autoblog.com/comments/20498156/article-comments.html if ant is curious of the full list, I agree cruzeiro is a good compact car and I think has a bit more room then the focus. In the back but escalade not sure I agree there.
First quarter sales of the Traverse were just shy of 9000 a month about 71 days supply.
Its good to see the sales going up by over 50% but I still don’t get why people buy cars like the Pilot instead
March 2013
Explorer 17,509 +32.5%
Grand Cherokee 12,639 -10%
Edge 12,237 -13%
HighLander 11,287 +6.9%
Pilot 11,207 +15.1%
Traverse 10,944 +54.5%
Sorento 10,005
Durango 5,441 +19%
Murano 4,870 -21.5%
CX-9 4,281 +123.8%
Tucson 4,073
Toureg 726 -2.9%
Tribeca 151 -17.5%
I don’ see why anybody would buy an SUV other than the traverse I mean it’s the only one that looks cool.
I think the CTS-V Wagon was on the list, too, but I could be wrong.