Good salesmanhip on the part of the dealer moving his inventory plays a big part in it as well. Having said that, I’ve advised numerous friends and relatives with happy results. One IT expert, a 5’ 1" petite blonde loved fast cars and had the money to pay for it. She wanted domestic, but not a Corvette, so I recommended and IROC-Z Camaro in bright red. She absolutely loved it, but collected a few speeding tickets in the process.
Another couple, a newly graduated Chinese doctor and his wife wanted good reliable transportation and also a handy vehicle for their 2 large dogs and gardening needs. I recommended a Camry V6 as the family car and a Taurus station wagon as the wife’s car. We were rewarded with a great dinner at the family’s high end Chinese restaurant, and the new owners felt they had the 2 perfect cars for the price of one Mercedes.