As reported by The Car Connection, a new survey has documented the political leanings of new car buyers by brand. As the results show,

Generally, Republicans favor domestic brands and Democrats like the imports but this reflects the Red Republican (center and south) geographical division versus the West Coast and New England Blue Democratic states, and the fact imports have always been more popular on the coasts. . .

Among volume cars, the one having the largest proportion of Republican buyers is Lincoln (39.3%), closely followed by Buick (39.0%), Mercury (38.4%), Cadillac (37.7%), and Chrysler (36.8%). More Democrats (42.1%) favor Subaru than any other make, followed by VW (39.5%), Honda (37.3%) and, surprise, Buick (36.9%).

Least popular among Republicans are Suzuki, Scion, Saturn, Kia, and Hyundai, probably reflecting youth and entry-level economics. Least favored by Dems are Mercury, Dodge, and, ahem, HUMMER.

I’m nost sure if there’s much sociological meaning in this, but it is interesting.