Chevrolet Corvette beats Porsche 911 in latest J.D. Power survey

Owners also love new safety gadgets that are becoming available on more and more cars, JD Power said. Statistics show that they're really reducing crashes and saving lives.

For instance, owners of cars like the Audi Q3 with blind spot monitoring, like their cars substantially more than owners of cars without those systems.

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Also, most drivers with systems that warn them of cars in adjacent lanes and parking assistance systems told J.D. Power that they use the features every time they drive.