Face it. Automotive has a problem. In today’s connected world, consumer experience is your brand and our research shows women are disenfranchised by the auto industry. C A R B UY I N G O W N E R S H I P D E A L E R S H I P C A R B R A N D It is essential that auto brands develop product, service and experience that demonstrates true empathy with ‘women like me’. Stop iterating, start innovating. It is time for a consumer experience revolution. BUY THE FULL REPORT AT DIFFERENT-SPIN. COM/WOMEN SOURCES: DIFFERENT SPIN @ GOOD REBELS EXPERIENCE LAB, MUMSNET, REEVOO, GLOBALWEBINDEX. Different Spin the automotive experience innovation lab from GoodRebels.com. In association with Goodwood. OF WOMEN INVOLVED IN BUYING A NEW FAMILY CAR WITH THEIR PARTNER ARE EQUALLY OR MAINLY RESPONSIBLE FOR RESEARCH, PLANNING AND DECISION-MAKING. DISSATISFIED SATISFACTORY BAD Yes No Don’t Know Patronising Forgettable Boring Realistic Make assumptions about families CAR BRANDS UNDERSTAND VERY STEREOTYPICAL WOMEN. NOT ALL WOMEN, NO. THEY’RE VERY GENERALISED IN THE WAY OF IT BEING ‘ALL GIRLS LIKE SMALL CARS, PINK STEERING WHEELS...’ EMMA, 22 THE TOP PRIORITIES WHEN BUYING A CAR WOMEN THINK CAR ADVERTS ARE... WHAT WOMEN SAY ABOUT CAR DEALERS WOMEN’S FEELINGS ABOUT OWNING A CAR GOOD 41% FUEL ECONOMY 45% RELIABILITY 57% PRICE 0% BECAUSE IT’S PINK MAKE ME FEEL GROWN UP - WELL SPEC’D AND SENSIBLE BUT POWERFUL. LEIGH, 46 TRADITIONAL AND FORWARD THINKING, RELIABLE AND STYLISH, AFFORDABLE AND INSPIRING. FAYE, 24 OF WOMEN WOULD NOT VISIT A CAR DEALERSHIP WITHOUT A MAN WOMEN ARE 3 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO SAY THEY HAD AN IN A DEALERSHIP THAN AN