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How are the results of the involvement index accomplished? Page 2 The basis of the calculation of the involvement index is the number of contributions in forums at Motor-Talk.de, the largest German-speaking automobile forum. In addition, the data of the Federal Office for Motor Vehicles is accessed. For every automobile brand, the number of contributions in forums with the respective number of vehicles registered in Germany was set into relation. High values in the involvement index indicate that, in relation to the vehicle inventory of a brand, an aboveaverage number of contributions were written in forums. Low values indicate that, in relation to the vehicle inventory, a below-average number ofcontributions were written in forums. An average Involvement corresponds to a value of 1. Values less than 1 indicate a more or less below-average Involvement. Characteristic values above 1 correspond to a more or less above-average Involvement. In order not to distort the results, only those brands which indicate a wider inventory volume in Germany are listed in the Involvement index. Automobile brands with a very small vehicle inventory (e.g. Ferrari, Morgan or Tesla) are notincluded in the calculation.
What are the results? Page 3 The top field The first six places give an impression of stability and indicate no change from the previous year's ranking. Volvo reaches the first place here for the fifth time in succession in the Involvement index and can clearly extend its lead. Also the allocations of the second and third places of Audi and BMW remain unchanged - in spite of a small drop of the respective Involvement. The top group is composed of Land Rover at place four, Mercedes-Benz at place five and Saab at place six. The winners 2017 The current market leader Volvo also leads the field of the biggest winners in comparison with the previous year and therefore extends its lead over Audi. Further winners this year are Lexus (+5 places), Jaguar (+2 places) and Subaru (+4 places). As a result of a jump of five places upwards, Kia can additionally ensure a place for itself in the lower middle rankings. The losers 2017 Porsche is one of the greatest losers of this year's Involvement index and falls to ninth place behind VW and Opel. With this, the negative trend of the previous years also continues this year. However, another brand lists the highest involvement loss: Saab. Nevertheless the sixth place can be defended against VW even if the separation distance has significantly decreased. One of the losers is also Toyota, which has deteriorated by five places, and Alfa Romeo which cannot confirm the positive trend of the previous year and must give up two places. The Seat brand deteriorates, if only slightly, in the Involvement, however, in spite of that drops back by a total of six places in ranking. This applies exactly the same for thejeep brand, which also loses six places.
Ranking place Brand 0,00 1,00 2,00 3,00 4,00 5,00 6,00 7,00 8,00 Page 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Volvo Audi BMW Land Rover Mercedes Saab VW Opel Porsche Jaguar Ford Alfa Romeo Subaru Lexus Smart Honda Chrysler Lancia Toyota Mazda Kia Renault Mini Jeep Citroen Peugeot Hyundai Fiat Skoda Seat Chevrolet Dacia Suzuki Mitsubishi Daihatsu Nissan 1,48 1,25 1,09 1,05 0,98 0,87 0,76 0,68 0,65 0,60 0,59 0,52 0,42 0,39 0,35 0,34 0,32 0,32 0,29 0,26 0,24 0,24 0,22 0,20 0,18 0,13 0,12 0,12 0,11 0,11 0,10 2,76 3,56 3,31 3,92 7,48
Change 2017 vs. 2016 Page 5-0,40-0,20 0,00 0,20 0,40 0,60 0,80 1,00 1,20 Volvo Lexus Jaguar Land Rover Subaru Mercedes Lancia Kia Daihatsu Honda Chevrolet Fiat VW Nissan Suzuki 0,00 Mazda 0,00 Citroen -0,01 Renault -0,01 Hyundai -0,01 BMW -0,02 Mini -0,03 Peugeot -0,03 Mitsubishi -0,03 Dacia -0,06 Chrysler -0,06 Opel -0,07 Ford -0,08 Skoda -0,08 Smart -0,11 Seat -0,12 Jeep -0,17 Audi -0,24 Porsche -0,24 Alfa Romeo -0,25 Toyota -0,27 Saab -0,31 0,10 0,08 0,06 0,01 0,01 0,01 0,01 0,00 0,00 0,28 0,24 0,24 0,20 0,95
Winners- and losers 2017 Page 6
Development 2007-2017 Page 7 Platz 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Platz 1 Saab Saab Saab Audi Audi Audi Volvo Volvo Volvo Volvo Volvo 1 2 Volvo Audi Audi Saab Volvo Volvo Audi Audi Audi Audi Audi 2 3 Audi Volvo Volvo Volvo Saab Saab BMW / Mini BMW BMW BMW BMW 3 4 BMW / Mini BMW / Mini BMW / Mini Porsche BMW / Mini BMW / Mini Saab Land Rover Mercedes Land Rover Land Rover 4 5 Porsche Porsche Porsche BMW / Mini Porsche Mercedes Land Rover Mercedes Land Rover Mercedes Mercedes 5 6 Alfa Romeo Honda VW Mercedes Mercedes VW Mercedes Saab Saab Saab Saab 6 7 VW VW Mercedes VW VW Porsche Porsche Porsche Porsche Porsche VW 7 8 Honda Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo Opel Opel Subaru Opel Opel VW VW Opel 8 9 Opel Mercedes Opel Alfa Romeo Subaru Opel VW VW Opel Opel Porsche 9 10 Mercedes Opel Honda Subaru Ford Land Rover Ford Ford Jaguar Alfa Romeo Jaguar 10 11 Citroen Subaru Subaru Lancia Alfa Romeo Ford Subaru Honda Ford Ford Ford 11 12 Subaru Toyota / Lexus Ford Ford Lancia Honda Honda Smart Smart Jaguar Alfa Romeo 12 13 Ford Ford Lancia Chevrolet Honda Lancia Smart Lancia Lexus Smart Subaru 13 14 Smart Smart Jaguar Honda Smart Alfa Romeo Jaguar Toyota Chrysler Toyota Lexus 14 15 Toyota / Lexus Lancia Toyota / Lexus Jaguar Jaguar Jaguar Alfa Romeo Dacia Toyota Honda Smart 15 16 Peugeot Citroen Smart Toyota / Lexus Toyota / Lexus Smart Toyota / Lexus Subaru Honda Chrysler Honda 16 17 Fiat Fiat Chrysler / Jeep Smart Chevrolet Toyota / Lexus Lancia Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo Subaru Chrysler 17 18 Mazda Peugeot Chevrolet Peugeot Hyundai Chevrolet Kia Jaguar Subaru Jeep Lancia 18 19 Chrysler / Jeep Jaguar Citroen Chrysler / Jeep Peugeot Rover Chevrolet Lexus Jeep Lexus Toyota 19 20 Mitsubishi Chrysler / Jeep Peugeot Rover Renault / Dacia Kia Rover Kia Seat Mazda Mazda 20 21 Skoda Mitsubishi Rover Renault / Dacia Chrysler / Jeep Seat Renault / Dacia Mini Mini Mini Kia 21 22 Rover Mazda Fiat Citroen Mitsubishi Chrysler / Jeep Chrysler / Jeep Chrysler / Jeep Dacia Lancia Renault 22 23 Seat Chevrolet Mitsubishi Hyundai Rover Renault / Dacia Peugeot Peugeot Lancia Renault Mini 23 24 Lancia Rover Mazda Fiat Kia Hyundai Hyundai Hyundai Renault Seat Jeep 24 25 Suzuki Seat Seat Kia Fiat Peugeot Citroen Chevrolet Peugeot Skoda Citroen 25 26 Renault / Dacia Suzuki Suzuki Mitsubishi Citroen Fiat Fiat Mitsubishi Kia Kia Peugeot 26 27 Jaguar Kia Kia Skoda Mazda Suzuki Seat Renault Skoda Citroen Hyundai 27 28 Kia Daihatsu Renault / Dacia Suzuki Seat Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Mazda Citroen Peugeot Fiat 28 29 Nissan Skoda Skoda Mazda Suzuki Mazda Mazda Citroen Mazda Hyundai Skoda 29 30 Chevrolet Renault / Dacia Hyundai Seat Skoda Citroen Suzuki Fiat Hyundai Fiat Seat 30 31 Hyundai Hyundai Daihatsu Nissan Nissan Skoda Skoda Suzuki Fiat Dacia Chevrolet 31 32 Daihatsu Nissan Nissan Daihatsu Daihatsu Nissan Daihatsu Nissan Chevrolet Mitsubishi Dacia 32 Daihatsu Nissan Daihatsu Mitsubishi Suzuki Suzuki 33 Seat Suzuki Chevrolet Mitsubishi 34 Skoda Daihatsu Nissan Daihatsu 35 Nissan Daihatsu Nissan 36 The brands BMW & Mini, Toyota & Lexus, as well as Renault & Dacia were listed in 2013 together in each case in the statistics of the KBA. The brands Chrysler & Jeep until 2014 were maintained in a common forum on MotorTalk.de.
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