As our friends in Japan will surely tell you, we've got a lot worth getting excited about when it comes to our hybrids these days. Comes with the territory when you're favorite automaker keeps giving you more eco-friendly and fuel-efficient variations on all your favorite gas-powered models. And ever since the 2013 Toyota Avalon Hybrid rolled into our dealership here at Lithia Toyota of Springfield, we figured it was only a matter of time before the awards followed suit.
Just recently, our friends over at AutoPacific released the findings of their annual Ideal Vehicle Awards (IVAs). Once again, they surveyed over 52,000 new vehicle owners and collected their feedback on what the ownership experience has been like for every model-year vehicle on the market based on 15 key attributes. Not only are the IVAs important to those who buy these vehicles, but the same bears true to those who make them.
"AutoPacific's Ideal Vehicle Awards are very significant because they identify which automotive manufacturers listen best to their buyers when updating and developing their latest vehicles,' says George Peterson, President of AutoPacific. "With 38% of car buyers being positively influence by owner-based awards like the IVAs, these awards can give car shoppers a great head start finding cars and trucks."1
So when we went down the list and found that the 2013 Toyota Avalon Hybrid was named the top Hybrid/EV of the year, we were simply beside ourselves.
With that said, don't take our word for it. Come experience this award-winning hybrid for yourself and see that satisfaction comes standard at our dealership here in Springfield, OR. After all, 52,000 people just can't be wrong.
Source: 1http://www.autopacific.com/cms-filesystem-action/documents/autopacific%202013%20iva%20press%20release.pdf
