'What Would the Friends Characters Drive?' Answered by Edmunds.com's Automotive Experts

SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 30 -- Edmunds.com ( http://www.edmunds.com/ ), the premier online resource for automotive information, has prepared an automotive analysis of the characters on NBC's top television sitcom, Friends.

p>"Some say 'you are what you drive,' and the Friends characters are well enough defined to match with particular vehicles," according to Karl Brauer, Editor In Chief of Edmunds.com.

  According to the Edmunds.com editors:
   -- Ross drives a Land Rover Discovery, but he plans to trade it in for a
      new Ford Escape Hybrid when it hits the market later this year, to
      minimize his impact on the environment and still have the off-roading
      capabilities befitting a paleontologist.
   -- Rachel's Lexus RX 330 expresses her appreciation for luxury - and
      allows her to fit right in with the other mommies in her Long Island
      circle.
   -- Joey drives American muscle metal: right now he has an aging Chevrolet
      Camaro IROC Z28 that fits his budget, but when he makes it big he'll
      finally buy the Porsche, Corvette and Ferrari he's always wanted.
   -- Phoebe, ever the quirky new-age flower child, loves her New Beetle
      Convertible, right down to the dashboard-mounted vase that comes as
      standard equipment.
   -- Chandler overheard the in-crowd at work talk about the Chrysler 300C
      sedan and liked its luxurious interior, so he bought one without
      taking a test drive - and still gets freaked out by its power whenever
      he touches the accelerator.
   -- Monica had been driving a sensible Volvo wagon that functioned well
      for her catering business. In preparation for motherhood, she switched
      to a Honda Odyssey, and has a supply of diapers, coloring books and
      juice boxes already tucked into the storage compartments. (The seats
      in the minivan are easily washable -- otherwise no juice boxes would
      be allowed, of course.)

  Information on all these vehicles can be found at www.edmunds.com .

Automotive analysis for other television characters is available upon request.

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