| ' African Americans are twice as likely to buckle up as Caucasians. Here is a glimpse ol the ethnic flavor ol dealer franchises Black H ispanic A sian N ative A m erican W om en Ford M otor Company 258 85 22 13 255 General M otors 117 131 51 51 211 DaimlerChrysler 48 49 25 8 886 Toyota M otor Sales USA 20 13 12 7 24 Nissan N orth America 16 11 5 3 35 BMW N orth America 10 10 4 0 0 Lexus Division 7 1 1 0 0 Hyundai M otor 5 N/A N/A N/A 9 Acura Division 5 N/A N/A N/A N/A Mitsubishi M otors Sales 4 10 0 5 33 Volvo Cars 3 4 3 2 0 Jaguar Cars 3 4 2 0 1 Infiniti Division 1 4 3 2 2 Compiled by Monica l ink Why Can't We all Just Buckle Up? April/May 2001 ©