Dayton is No. 5 on the web site’s list of the “best” cities for car lovers. Dayton falls just after Richmond Va. (ranked at No. 4) and before Denver (6).
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“There are more car expos in Dayton than in just about any other city of comparable size,” the site says. “Among them is the Dayton Concours d’Elegance, a show that spotlights everything from early 1900s models to classics from the 1960s. Swing by the British Transportation Museum, where you can see more than 40 historical British vehicles, including a 1936 Austin Twenty Mayfair limousine, or America’s Packard Museum, named after the now-defunct luxury car maker.”
Topping the list of the worst cities for auto enthusiasts? New York City, Realtor.com maintains.
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See the whole ranking here.
“For over 100 years, the automotive industry has played a large part in the city of Dayton, and in turn, we’ve made our mark on the history of the automobile,” Realtor.com quotes Kenny Brightman III — founder of Dayton Cars and Coffee, a local outpost of a network of car enthusiasts — as saying.
Dayton-centric auto statistics, according to Realtor.com:
Average number of vehicles per household: 1.8
Average gas price per gallon: $2.24
Households with three to five vehicles: 19.7 percent.
Median home price: $139,900
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