{"id":617164,"date":"2009-12-30T19:27:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T00:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/30\/kbb-lists-its-most-researched-new-cars-and-trucks-in-2009\/"},"modified":"2009-12-30T19:27:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T00:27:00","slug":"kbb-lists-its-most-researched-new-cars-and-trucks-in-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/617164","title":{"rendered":"KBB lists its &#8220;most researched&#8221; new cars and trucks in 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/carbuying\/\" rel=\"tag\">Car Buying<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/etc\/\" rel=\"tag\">Etc.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/gallery\/kelley-blue-books-20-most-researched-vehicles-of-2009\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"4\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/kbb_top20_09.jpg?w=780\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong> <small>Kelley Blue Book&#8217;s twenty most researched cars &#8212; Click above for a high-res gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p>\nKelley Blue Book (KBB) strained the data from its voluminous cache to come up with the year&#8217;s 20 most researched cars, and the five brands that got the most attention. This will probably come as a surprise to precisely none of our readers, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/honda\/\">Honda<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/toyota\/\">Toyota<\/a> dominated the upper reaches of the list. Together they made up all of the top five and nine of the top ten &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/nissan\/\">Nissan<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/altima\">Altima<\/a> squeezed into ninth.<\/p>\n<p>The secondary ten provided more model mix, with three <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/ford\/\">Fords<\/a> and two <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/chevrolet\/\">Chevrolets<\/a> making up the domestic squad. Midsize cars also made a return to buyers&#8217; attentions, after last year&#8217;s list was overrun by fuel sippers. You can read KBB&#8217;s press release on the data after the jump, and see a high-res gallery of the twenty leaders below.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"postgallery\">\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/kelley-blue-books-20-most-researched-vehicles-of-2009\/low\/\">Kelley Blue Book&#8217;s 20 Most Researched vehicles of 2009<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/kelley-blue-books-20-most-researched-vehicles-of-2009\/low\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/01_kbb_top20_09_thumbnail.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/kelley-blue-books-20-most-researched-vehicles-of-2009\/low\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/02_kbb_top20_09_thumbnail.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/kelley-blue-books-20-most-researched-vehicles-of-2009\/low\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/03_kbb_top20_09_thumbnail.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/kelley-blue-books-20-most-researched-vehicles-of-2009\/low\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/04_kbb_top20_09_thumbnail.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/kelley-blue-books-20-most-researched-vehicles-of-2009\/low\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/05_kbb_top20_09_thumbnail.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n[Source: Kelley Blue Book]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/30\/kbb-lists-its-most-researched-new-cars-and-trucks-in-2009\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>KBB lists its &#8220;most researched&#8221; new cars and trucks in 2009<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/30\/kbb-lists-its-most-researched-new-cars-and-trucks-in-2009\/\">KBB lists its &#8220;most researched&#8221; new cars and trucks in 2009<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:27:00 EST.  Please see our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weblogsinc.com\/feed-terms\/\">terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;\"><\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/30\/kbb-lists-its-most-researched-new-cars-and-trucks-in-2009\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent link to this entry\">Permalink<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/forward\/19298233\/\" title=\"Send this entry to a friend via email\">Email this<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/30\/kbb-lists-its-most-researched-new-cars-and-trucks-in-2009\/#comments\" title=\"View reader comments on this entry\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: Car Buying, Etc. Kelley Blue Book&#8217;s twenty most researched cars &#8212; Click above for a high-res gallery Kelley Blue Book (KBB) strained the data from its voluminous cache to come up with the year&#8217;s 20 most researched cars, and the five brands that got the most attention. 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