Category: Bluegrass Vehicle Report

Lowell’s Bluegrass Vehicle Report

Rob Morris 1 Comment Auto Industry, Bluegrass Vehicle Report, Community, Lowell's, Toyota

Today, we are pleased to release the Bluegrass Vehicle Report 2009.  Using state registration data, Lowell's compiled statistics on vehicles in seven Bluegrass counties.  We've put the results together in a fun and informative format which shows details about the automotive marketplace in and around Lexington.

In addition, Lowell's is releasing Lowell's School Tools.  School Tools is a companion guide to the report which helps teachers, parents, and student create their own fun and interesting findings from the automotive data.  More about School Tools can be found here.

Among the more interesting results from the Report:

  • Toyota is the #1 brand of vehicle in Lexington.  The 33,624 Toyota vehicles on the road put Toyota ahead of both Ford (31,018) and Chevrolet (29,712).  Toyota nameplates are on 15.4% of the cars on the road.
  • A lot of Toyotas.  All of those Toyotas, placed end-to-end, could fill all 4 lanes of New Circle Road, completely encircling Lexington.
  • A lot of gas.  Lexington drivers consumed over 156 million gallons of gasoline in 2008 — more than enough to fill Rupp Arena from floor to ceiling.

You can see all of the results here:

Bluegrass Vehicle Report 2009

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[where: 111 Mechanic St, Lexington, KY 40507]

Lowell’s School Tools

Rob Morris 0 Comment Bluegrass Vehicle Report, Community, Fun Stuff, Lowell's

Lowell's is pleased to release School Tools, which is a companion guide to the Bluegrass Vehicle Report.  School Tools is designed to help teachers, parents, and students develop their own interesting real-world insights about cars in the Bluegrass.  Along the way, they will engage their skills in research, creativity, and applied mathematics.

The School Tools guide is meant as a starting point – please adapt it to your particular needs and the particular aptitudes of your students. 

School Tools is free to teachers, parents, and the general public.  All we ask is that you give us suggestions for making it better, and that you share your stories about how you used School Tools.  We can't wait to see what you do with it!

School Tools 2009

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Or, you can download a PDF of School Tools 2009 (5804.0K)

[where: 111 Mechanic St, Lexington, KY 40507]

Toyota is the top brand in Lexington

Rob Morris 0 Comment Bluegrass Vehicle Report, Community, Toyota

On Thursday, Lowell's will release the Bluegrass Vehicle Report, which will look at the kinds of cars central Kentuckians drive.

One surprise finding:  Toyota is now the top brand (or "make") of vehicle on the road in Lexington, surpassing both Ford and Chevrolet.  Obviously, as Toyota specialists we're pleased.

We'll have all of the details in the Report later this week.

[where: Lexington, KY]