What's Cool Top Rated Search Find automotive web sites across Canada. What they prize most in a vehicle is reliability. According to CAA's 2000 edition of the Vehicle Ownership Survey, reliability is followed closely by price and performance in determining which vehicle to buy. This is the 20th year the CAA has polled its members to gather information about vehicle satisfaction. With the expertise of Dennis DesRosiers of DesRosiers Automotive Consultants, the CAA polled more than 20,000 CAA members from every region of the country.
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79 percent of respondents say air conditioning is their most desired option. The satisfaction rate jumps to more than 90 percent for owners of vehicles made by Subaru, BMW, Honda and Toyota. Ford, Chevrolet, Honda and Toyota also scored votes, indicating that Canadians have modest dreams when it comes to their cars. CAA is using the results to choose its annual used car Pyramid Award winners. The awards for the top owner satisfaction vehicles will be announced in mid-February.