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07-03-2010, 06:00 PM
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The muscle car war is raging, with the Chevrolet Camaro (http://www.autoblog.com/model/camaro/) and Ford Mustang (http://www.autoblog.com/model/mustang) jockeying for the title of top pony car. The Dodge Challenger (http://www.autoblog.com/model/challenger/) is no slouch either, with a pair of new engines (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/28/2011-dodge-challenger-srt8-to-get-480-hp/) rumored for the 2011 model year. Our friends over at Cars.com are celebrating the recent success of America's reborn pony cars with an extremely neat interactive map that illustrates the towns most interested in a particular vehicle. The color-coded map differentiates the models, and you can click on any circle to see the percentage above average. The bigger the circle, the larger the search disparity.
For example, in Hutchinson, Minnesota, Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/category/Ford/) Mustang (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/Mustang/) searches on Cars.com are 1,894 percent higher than the national average. In Fitzgerald, Georgia, Chevy (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/Chevy/) Camaro (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/Camaro/) searches are 753 percent above average and in Ponca City, Oklahoma, Dodge Challenger searches are 1,840 percent above the national average.
There's one catch to the map, however: the percentages are highest in small towns, so if you live in a big city, a substantial spike in pony car searches is unlikely. For the record, Cars.com says that the Mustang has the highest search total of the three vehicles. Hit the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/01/cars-com-launches-interactive-map-of-muscle-car-areas/) to see if your city is obsessed with one muscle car in particular.
[Source: Cars.com (http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2010/07/muscle-car-hot-spots.html)]Continue reading Cars.com launches interactive map of Muscle Car areas (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/03/cars-com-launches-interactive-map-of-muscle-car-areas/)
Cars.com launches interactive map of Muscle Car areas (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/03/cars-com-launches-interactive-map-of-muscle-car-areas/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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The muscle car war is raging, with the Chevrolet Camaro (http://www.autoblog.com/model/camaro/) and Ford Mustang (http://www.autoblog.com/model/mustang) jockeying for the title of top pony car. The Dodge Challenger (http://www.autoblog.com/model/challenger/) is no slouch either, with a pair of new engines (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/28/2011-dodge-challenger-srt8-to-get-480-hp/) rumored for the 2011 model year. Our friends over at Cars.com are celebrating the recent success of America's reborn pony cars with an extremely neat interactive map that illustrates the towns most interested in a particular vehicle. The color-coded map differentiates the models, and you can click on any circle to see the percentage above average. The bigger the circle, the larger the search disparity.
For example, in Hutchinson, Minnesota, Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/category/Ford/) Mustang (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/Mustang/) searches on Cars.com are 1,894 percent higher than the national average. In Fitzgerald, Georgia, Chevy (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/Chevy/) Camaro (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/Camaro/) searches are 753 percent above average and in Ponca City, Oklahoma, Dodge Challenger searches are 1,840 percent above the national average.
There's one catch to the map, however: the percentages are highest in small towns, so if you live in a big city, a substantial spike in pony car searches is unlikely. For the record, Cars.com says that the Mustang has the highest search total of the three vehicles. Hit the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/01/cars-com-launches-interactive-map-of-muscle-car-areas/) to see if your city is obsessed with one muscle car in particular.
[Source: Cars.com (http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2010/07/muscle-car-hot-spots.html)]Continue reading Cars.com launches interactive map of Muscle Car areas (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/03/cars-com-launches-interactive-map-of-muscle-car-areas/)
Cars.com launches interactive map of Muscle Car areas (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/03/cars-com-launches-interactive-map-of-muscle-car-areas/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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