Most Googled Automotive Brands of 2014 Announced

You might be surprised to learn which automobile manufacturers were searched the most this year.

The search engine giant has released its 2014 Trends Report and of course that includes the most searched cars of the year. It’s almost no surprise that Ford topped this year’s chart considering the American automaker introduced not one, but two highly anticipated models: the 2015 Ford Mustang and the all-new aluminum F-150. Following Ford was Jeep, which debuted the Renegade this year. But the compact crossover wasn’t the most searched Jeep vehicle, in fact it was the company’s popular Cherokee and Wrangler models.

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Dodge also caught a lot of buzz this year in car searches, with its Ram lineup garnering the most traffic. Both the Charger and Challenger models made a late surge, much thanks to the new SRT Hellcat models that debuted packing 707 hp. Almost no surprise here that Toyota is somewhere on the list, considering its one of the most popular automakers in the world. Driver in the state of California and Hawaii topped the search areas while the Camry and Tacoma were the most searched cars from the Japanese automaker.

Rounding out the top five was General Motors but it wasn’t for any astonishing debuts or new car announcements. Instead, it was for the massive ignition switch recall that plagued millions of vehicles in the U.S.

The rest of the top 10 Googled automakers were Subaru, Honda, Nissan, BMW and Tesla.

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