Kelly Blue Book has listed the top 20 most researched new vehicles for the first part of 2009. Six are Toyotas, four are Hondas, three are Fords, two are Chevrolets, and there is one Lexus, one Mazda, one Nissan and one Volkswagen. There is not a BMW or MINI among the top twenty. Hey, and Jim, the Auto Channel reports -
"The MINI Cooper saw the largest decline in new-vehicle research in the past year, falling 18 positions from number 19 in June 2008 to number 37 in June 2009. Interest in the MINI was uncommonly high in June 2008 due to extremely elevated gas prices at the time; now that fuel prices have returned to more 'normal' levels in June 2009, new-car shoppers are not researching compact and sub-compact models like the Cooper nearly as often."
