It’s based on how many people travel in that car, deciding on size, body type, fuel used, usage of car, what kind of car, what type of driving do you do: highway, surface streets, off-road?
TYPES OF CAR
Coupe/Convertible: If you want a car that makes a statement about you, coupes and convertibles are typically the most expressive designs, but restricted access to the back seat (if the car you are considering even has one) seriously limits their practicality.
Hatchback: If you add another door—bringing the total to five—you’re looking at hatchbacks and station wagons, which offer SUV-like space without the dynamic and fuel-economy compromises of heavier vehicles. These cars are pariahs in the U.S. market, but many buyers are starting to reconsider, as fluctuating fuel prices and increasing environmental awareness have them thinking twice about crossovers and SUVs. As manufacturers get increasingly creative and design ever more stylish hatchbacks—their roofs are sleeker than wagons’—the market is warming to the segment.
SEDAN: If there are kids in the picture or in the near-future plan, four doors are a likely requirement. Even if children are small enough to ride comfortably in the back seat of a coupe with any regularity, consider the difficulty of constantly climbing into and out of the back seat to tend to a child before committing to just two doors.
Station Wagon: Station wagons have perhaps the worst reputation of any body style on the market, but we’re fighting to change that. They offer the best attributes of a car without the trade-offs of larger crossovers and SUVs.
SUV/Crossover: Jack up the ground clearance of a hatchback or station wagon, and you have a crossover or an SUV. Do you need that ground clearance? Probably not. When was the last time your road didn’t get regularly plowed or cleared? Sure, it happens—most often to those of us in the northern part of the country, and that’s a few times a winter—but the fuel-economy penalty of opting for a taller and heavier vehicle is something that affects you every time you start the car.
PRICE
Set your budget.
Unless you’ve got a pile of cash lying around, you’ll probably need to take out a car loan. It’s smart to keep your total monthly car expenses — payment, insurance, fuel, maintenance, repairs, registration — to 20% or less of your monthly take-home pay. Use a car loan calculator to find out what purchase price will provide a monthly payment that comfortably fits into your budget. Avoid the temptation to stretch the loan past 60 months (five years) just to buy a more expensive car.
SAFETY
Family shoppers should find antilock brakes, front seat airbags, full – length side curtain airbags and stability control on every model. Rear views are also increasingly standard, while high-tech electronics that warn inattentive drivers of blind-spot intrusion and impending collisions have migrated from strictly in the luxury realm down to mainstream brands. Shoppers should also be aware of crash test scores produced by Global NCAP.
FEATURES
Luxuries like rear views cameras, automatic climate control heated seats, smartphone interfaces, a navigation system, keyless start systems, power lift gates, and Bluetooth capability, can often be found in non-luxury cars. Look for them in your shop. Also, keep an eye out family-friendly features like rear-seat entrainment systems, flat flowing third-row seats, special storage bins and rear seats that slide and/or recline.
INTERIOR
All but a few cars are designed to 4-5 people (average). Most subcompacts and compacts provide enough rear legroom for full-size adults, with several offering fore/after seat adjustments to extend either passenger space or cargo capacity.
CARGO SPACE
It essentially to check for buying a car, based on what are all thing your carry into the car.
FUEL ECONOMY
Diesel, Petrol, Alternative fuel
The type of driving you do determines whether or not a hybrid or a diesel makes sense for you. Hybrids tend to use less fuel around town when low speeds and frequent braking keep them running on battery power longer. Diesel drivers will see their greatest benefits on the highway, although diesel vehicles are more efficient than gasoline cars at low speeds, too.
After thinking about the kind of acceleration you’d like from a car, you also need to consider what fuel type is most appropriate to your requirements. For city dwellers, we’d recommend avoiding the extra cost of a diesel and get the cheaper petrol option – you save money on purchase price and, for short journeys, the difference in fuel cost will be minimal.
Many think they should buy a diesel to get the best economy and, to a certain extent, this is true. In many cases, however, you have to cover vast mileages annually to make back the extra cost of the car and the fuel over a petrol version. Only those who regularly spend time on the motorway or towing should consider a diesel.
Most vehicles are available with a variety of engine and transmission combinations. Usually one is a small, economical choice and the other delivers more power but at the sacrifice of fuel economy. Often a manufacturer will make the small engine available only on base models or lower-level trims, saving the stronger engine(s) for more expensive uplevel versions.
DRIVE TRAIN
FWD – Front Wheel Drive
RWD – Rear Wheel Drive
AWD - All-Wheel Drive
4WD - 4 Wheel Drive
AWD and 4WD help a vehicle accelerate in slippery conditions, but they don't aid with braking and only sometimes improve handling. That said, you shouldn't necessarily cross the feature off your shopping list.
All-wheel drive: A drivetrain that employs a front, rear and center differential to provide power to all four wheels of a vehicle.
Four-wheel drive: A drivetrain that employs two differentials and a transfer case to provide power to all four wheels of a vehicle.
Rear-wheel drive (RWD) typically places the engine in the front/back of the vehicle and the driven wheels are located at the rear, a configuration known as rear-wheel-drive.
TRANSMISSION
Though the death of the manual transmission may be exaggerated, a vast majority of modern cars come only with automatic transmissions. Many automatics now provide a manual-shift mode that works much like a manual transmission but without a clutch. A manual-shift mode is also handy when driving in mountainous areas because it provides more control on long descents.
Still, in certain cars, a stick can make the driving experience more fun. But in the end, as fun and practical as stick shifts may be, they can be a chore in stop-and-go traffic. In addition, today's six-, seven-, and eight-speed automatics can help cars return fuel economy as good as—and often better than—the same car with a manual.
NOTE: The above conditions are basically to identify your dream car. This information will help to find your dream car and its also help gets a rough idea about you right needs. Then next few more step-like current trending model review will find the right model.
NOTE: The above conditions are basically to identify your dream car. This information will help to find your dream car and its also help gets a rough idea about you right needs. Then next few more step-like current trending model review will find the right model.
