Camry is 'most American,' Beetle is most popular with women

(Toyota)

Camry tops 'most American' list again
For the second year in a row, the Toyota Camry tops the list of the cars deemed "most American" by the editors at Cars.com. The Camry, which is assembled in Georgetown, Ky. and Lafayette, Ind., is followed by the Honda Accord and the Ford Escape, which rank No. 2 and No. 3 respectively. Cars.com's annual American-Made Index ranks the most-American vehicles based on percentage
(by cost) of their parts that are made domestically, where they are assembled and how popular they are among U.S. buyers. The top 10 with U.S. assembly location(s):

1. Toyota Camry, Georgetown, Ky.; Lafayette, Ind.
2. Honda Accord, Marysville, Ohio; Lincoln, Ala.
3. Ford Escape, Kansas City, Kan.
4. Ford Focus, Wayne, Mich.
5. Chevrolet Malibu, Kansas City, Kan.
6. Honda Odyssey, Lincoln, Ala.
7. Dodge Ram 1500*, Warren, Mich.
8. Toyota Tundra, San Antonio
9. Jeep Wrangler, Toledo, Ohio
10. Toyota Sienna, Princeton, Ind.

Excludes hybrid variants (applies to Camry, Escape and Malibu). The Camry excludes the related Venza; the Accord excludes the related Crosstour.

*Quad cab and crew cab only. Excludes Ram 1500 single cab, which is assembled in Mexico.

--NWautos staff

(Volkswagen)

Study: Beetle is most female-heavy car
Women prefer to purchase small cars and crossovers, typically from foreign automakers. That's the finding of a study of 13 million U.S. vehicle registrations over the past two years by TrueCar.com, an auto pricing information company. Volkswagen's Beetle was the auto most likely to be purchased by a woman. Just over 56 percent of the buyers registering a new Beetle were women, the study found. After that, female buyers tended toward small SUVs. The Nissan Rogue, Hyundai Tucson, Honda CR-V, Kia Sportage and Toyota RAV4 made up five of the nine vehicles registered by more women than men.

The other cars registered to women at least 50 percent of the time include VW's Eos, the Volvo S40 and the Nissan Sentra. Although women make up slightly more than half of the U.S. population, they account for just 36 percent of new car registrations, according to TrueCar.

Kia was the brand with the highest percentage of female registrants with 45.8 percent, followed by Suzuki, 44.2 percent, and Mini, 43.9 percent. Subaru, Hyundai and Volvo also were popular with female buyers, TrueCar said.

The most male-heavy? Expensive, exotic brands such as Bugatti, 100 percent, Ferrari, 94.4 percent, and Lamborghini, 93.5 percent. When it came to mass-market vehicles, men tended to register trucks from General Motors, Chrysler and Toyota at far higher rates than women -- well into the mid-to-high 80 percent range.

--The Associated Press