Which Car Truly Matches Your Personality?

By: Zoe Samuel
Estimated Completion Time
4 min
Which Car Truly Matches Your Personality?
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About This Quiz

Automakers spend billions of dollars creating and maintaining their brand identities. You'd think then that all these brands of which we have impressions more or less dictate to us who they are. This isn't the case. Circumstances, failures and successes, and other brands all influence how we view automakers and changes their strategies about both what they make and how they market it.

The 1970s fuel crisis, for example, was the genesis of the rise of the Asian automakers like Toyota and Honda in the U.S. American automakers responded by either rebadging Asian cars or trying to build small, light, fuel-efficient vehicles like the ones made in Japan. This changed how some brands were viewed.

The disappearance of Dodge as a performance brand in the 1980s saw the rise of BMW as the sports car of choice on the west side of the Atlantic. Mercedes-Benz was the luxury barge of choice until the advent of the AMG Hammer, at which point Mercedes began to creep into the sports category. This ecosystem of brands tends to turn on world events, scandals and breakthrough models that change the game for everyone. Which car matches up with your personality? Take this quiz, and we'll tell you.

What is your favorite kind of vacation?
Fly halfway around the world and stay someplace gorgeous, exclusive and expensive.
Visit friends on the other side of the country.
Go somewhere with a checklist of things to do like Paris, and do all of the things on the checklist.
Go someplace strange, like that cement Stonehenge model out west.

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How concerned are you about global warming?
I don't care much about it.
I care very much about it.
I don't think it's happening.
I'm concerned and have a novel approach to it.

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What strategy do you employ in your approach your daily tasks?
Find a way to delegate when possible.
Get them done quickly unless I don't want to.
Put blinders on.
Always look for new ways of doing things.

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Which of these kinds of architecture do you like the most?
Modern
Colonial
Brutalist
Georgian

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Why do you listen to music?
I listen for the words.
I listen to music to dance.
I listen to music to get my blood pumping.
I listen to music to relax.

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In which of these countries would you most like to live?
Germany
Canada
China
Bermuda

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Which of these movie genres appeals to you the most?
Oscar-bait dramas
Superhero movies
Action movies
Obscure comedies

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What time of day would you get up, if you had your druthers?
8:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
5:00 a.m.
8:30 a.m.

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What kind of books do you like to read?
I prefer audiobooks.
Sci-fi novels
Self-improvement
Biographies

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When was the last time you took a vacation to do nothing, not sightseeing, nothing?
I never do that.
When I was a child
Three years and seven months ago
Six months ago

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What do you consider your community?
My socioeconomic class is my community.
The people who physically surround me are my community.
Winners are my community.
My profession is my community.

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Which of these sports would you enjoy seeing in person?
Polo
Baseball
Boxing
Kendo

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Which of these cities would you most like to visit?
Dallas
San Francisco
New York
Woodstock

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How often do you tidy your home?
I pay someone for that.
When I remember.
Once every two weeks
Once every eight days

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When would you go to see a new movie that gets a theatrical release?
I'd go to a preview screening.
The first showing, even if I have to wait in line for days.
The first late-night showing
After a couple of weeks, when the theater is empty

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How well paid is your line of work?
I'm well compensated, not just in money.
Not paid at all
Very well paid
Not very well paid

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How would you describe your relationship to your parents?
We are on mostly good terms.
I rely on them a lot. They're great.
They approve of me.
They frown on some of the choices I've made.

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How far ahead do you plan your career?
A couple of years
I don't.
Decades
Six years or so

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Do you do your job more because you love it or more because you are just good at it?
I'm more "good at it" than "loving it."
I don't work, but if I did, I'd hope both would be true.
I do it purely because I'm good at it.
I only do it because I love it.

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How many hours is a typical workday for you?
Eight
Four
12
14

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How would you describe your role in high school?
Queen Bee
Geek
Jock
Artist

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What kind of weather really upsets you?
Heavy rain
Heat
Drizzling
Snow

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What's your guilty pleasure?
Gourmet chocolate
Reality TV
Schadenfreude
Folk art

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How do you take care of your health?
I have a dietitian who tells me what to eat.
I tend not to.
I go to the gym and lift.
I jog.

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How long have you known your very best friend?
Since college
Since junior high
Since my first job
Since early childhood

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What brings out your impulsive side?
Being relaxed with friends
Time crunch
Competition
My job

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Who do you love most in the world?
My children
My parents
My spouse
My partner

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Other than recycling, what do you do to improve the environment?
Nothing
I don't use anything disposable.
I buy things to last.
I turn trash into art!

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Which of these hobbies sounds the most like something you'd be into?
Stamp collecting
Following a band
Restoring an old car
Juggling

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What is your philosophy about life in the workplace?
Play the long game
Find a job you don't hate
Out-hustle everyone
If you do what you love, you'll never "work" a day in your life.

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