The Ford brand has long held the second spot among non-luxury shoppers on Kelley Blue Book’s quarterly Brand Watch report, behind Toyota, which has largely held onto first place for the past four years. However, Ford briefly took that spot from Toyota in Q4 2021 before giving it back in the first quarter of this year. Now, KBB has released its Q2 2022 Brand Watch report, and nothing has changed in terms of that particular order, either.
Toyota once again held onto the top spot as the most considered brand among new vehicle shoppers, and widened the gap between it and second-place Ford by recording a consideration score of 35 percent versus 34 percent in Q1. Meanwhile, the Ford brand dropped from 32 percent last quarter to 31 percent in Q2, leaving it just one percentage point ahead of third-place Chevy, which carried over its 30 percent consideration score from the past quarter. KBB notes that much of The Blue Oval’s decline can be attributed to the fact that the Ford F-150 suffered a nine percent drop in consideration last quarter.
Rounding out the rest of the non-luxury lineup were Honda (24 percent), Hyundai (15 percent), Kia (13 percent), Nissan (13 percent), GMC (14 percent), Jeep (11 percent), Subaru (11 percent), Dodge (10 percent), Ram (6 percent), Mazda (6 percent), Volkswagen (5 percent), Chrysler (5 percent), Mitsubishi (2 percent), Mini (1 percent), and Fiat (1 percent). Both Chevy and Dodge gained massive ground in Q1, but failed to repeat that performance in Q2.
The Kelley Blue Book Brand Watch Report is a consumer perception survey that also weaves in shopping behavior to determine how a brand or model stacks up with its segment competitors based on a dozen factors key to a consumer’s buying decision. Kelley Blue Book produces separate Brand Watch reports for non-luxury and luxury brands each quarter.
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Yeah well there’s no surprise. Sitting under 2nd to Toyota. That’s because ol’ Jimbo is not being a CEO. He’s being Mr. Green with all this worthless EV stuff and couldn’t care less about filling orders. Toyota on the other hand, they seem to be moving right along. Gee, I wonder why? When the US taught the Japanese’s about American ingenuity and building things after the war, they kept going and taking care of the customer. These US CEO’s don’t care at all about the consumer. I’ll bet a years pay that KIA and Hyundai will soon pass Ford. If that doesn’t wake up these CEO’s, nothing will and the American car manufacture will crumble. Next, KIA or Hyundai will be purchasing Ford. Mark these words. If Jimbo doesn’t get off his green butt, it’s going to happen.
Could be true, what a shame…..how does the Chevy line up look?