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Features Women Want in Cars

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Automakers Still Can't Figure Out What Women Want

By Marty Jerome

November 05, 2007 

Wired Blogs

The following story was posted online at www.leasetrader.com.

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It's no secret that the auto industry is more or less a baffled boys' club. For decades, automakers have tried to cater to women in ads and marketing and even in the design of vehicles--and they almost always fail. A new survey from LeaseTrader.com points up how much manufacturers still don't get it.

Roadside assistance? Less than 1% of women picked this as a must-have feature. GPS? Only about 13% wanted this. Nearly half respondents thought that sunroofs were the least useful feature on a car. So what are the top three features women want?

1. Fold-down back seats for more storage room

2. Cellphone (Bluetooth) capability

3. MP3, iPod connectivity

Source: BusinessWeek

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