Buying a new car in Gig Harbor
Thinking of buying a new car in Gig Harbor?
New car dealerships “Courtesy Ford” and “Olson Brothers Chevrolet” closed up shop in 2007 in advance of a planned shopping center. The planned shopping center deal fell through and the car dealership lots are now occupied by the Fife RV Center location in Gig Harbor.
Today, factory new car dealers do not exist in Gig Harbor.
But wherever one buys a car, the following perspectives may help one’s purchasing decision:
Top Five – Safety ratings for new small cars
(from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety)
- Honda Civic 2-door
- Honda Civic 4-door
- Dodge Dart
- Ford Focus 4-door
- Hundai Elantra
Top Five – Best selling vehicles
- Ford F-series (pickup trucks)
- Chevrolet Silverado (pickup trucks)
- Toyota Camry
- Honda Civic
- Honda Accord
Top Five – Most embarrassing cars*
- Smart ForTwo
- Nissan Cube
- Hummer H2
- Chevrolet SSR
- Volkswagen New Beetle
* most embarrassing cars listed on http://www.carinsurance.com/Articles/most-embarrassing-cars.aspx
And perhaps the worst choice for a male driver comes from the Wall Street Journal’s “Market Watch” blog site “The Tell”: BMW drivers really are jerks, studies find