Test Driving Concept Cars

Today I got to take part in a pretty cool test of people who currently owned SUV's and were looking at getting new SUV's in the upcoming couple years. At this test was a group of SUV's that are currently available at dealerships as well as some that are concept cars (which may or may not ever be released as model year vehicles).

The nice thing was that they were not trying to sell us anything, just wanted our opinions and gave us $125 for the 3 hours that it took. We looked around the cars and gave each car a rating on about 30 different points then they asked what we would pay for that car, and if it were available at the price we quoted, would we consider buying the vehicle. After this, we got to test drive each vehicle as they asked us questions about things like handling, acceleration, braking, visibility, appearance, roominess, etc.

It really was a lot of fun and of course the vehicle that I liked the best was the Nissan Pathfinder CONCEPT SUV. If that vehicle becomes available, it will not be until 2006-2007 on the early end.

Till next time, keep your feet on the ground and your head out of the clouds.