What Do Students Drive?

Matthew Mollica, Staff Writer • March 3, 2025

Side Lot

Many Triton students who drive themselves to school every day find an identity in their vehicles. In this investigation, the Triton Voice found the top three most popular and least popular car makes and models students drive.

We asked five different students what car they drive and what they thought was the most popular car driven here at Triton

Triton senior Lukas Rainsford said, “I drive a Honda Accord. “The most popular car at Triton, he said, was “probably a Honda Pilot, like the old ones. I feel like I see a lot of them.”

Triton senior Jimmy Bradshaw said, “I drive a 2016 Toyota Camry LE” and thinks the most popular car is “probably like a Prius or an Accord”

Triton senior Andrew Balkus was straight to the point “Honda Pilot” “Honda Civic”

Triton senior William Hight said, “I drive a Volkswagen Golf, it drives like a go cart, I think.” “I’d say the most common would be a Chrysler PT cruiser… Convertible”

Triton senior Tyler Brosch said, “I drive a Toyota 4Runner.” “Honda Accords and Civics are pretty common, I think.”

The investigation noted each car in both the side and back parking lots and found that Toyota, Honda, and Jeep were the most popular makes of vehicles, with Toyota and Honda tied at a count of 26 each. The most popular Toyota was the Toyota Camry with seven total, and the most popular Honda was the Honda Accord with seven as well. The most popular Jeep (twelve) was the Jeep Grand Cherokee with a count of five.

Toyota: Toyota Camry, 7

Honda: Honda Accord, 7

Jeep: Jeep Grand Cherokee, 5

In the article “Here are the 10 most popular cars in Boston” by Jack Pickell of Boston.com an analysis conducted by the Boston Globe found that the Toyota Camry was the most popular car statewide making up 3.53 percent of registered vehicles, closely followed by the Honda accord at 3.23 percent.

The least popular makes were Saab (a now defunct Swedish car manufacturer that turned to making weapons for the Swedish military), Mercedes, and Hummer, with a count of one each. The Saab Q3, Mercedes GLK 300, and the Hummer H3 were all one-of-a-kind vehicle makes and models in our parking lots.

Saab: 9-3, 1

Mercedes: GLK 300, 1

Hummer: H3, 1

About the Contributor

Matthew Mollica, Staff Writer & Online Editor

My name is Matthew Mollica, I’m a senior here at Triton High school. This is my first year in our Journalism Program

I’m big into the outdoors, I spend my spring and summer fishing and hiking, my winters skiing and my falls hunting and going for trout. I work at the essex county co-op and live at home with my parents.

My favorite part about journalism is actually going out and getting the stories. I have to admit that my least favorite part is the actual writing, but it’s always nice when the stories are actually published and I can see my completed work. It’s really rewarding. I want to write stories on more unusual things that require more “field work” than usual.

Though I enjoy being a part of the school paper, I don’t see myself becoming a real journalist. The nursing program at Norwich is really calling my name. I’d rather help people than tell people the things that are happening in this world, in competition with others saying the same thing.

You can reach me at [email protected] M-F 8am-3pm

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