【正确答案】 Report on Consumer Preferences
The table shows consumer preferences in four different European countries.
In the United Kingdom and France consumers prefer 34" and narrow shells, while in Germany and Sweden 34" and wide shells. The load capacity varies slightly between 5 and 6 kilos. The preferred spin speed ranges from 850 rps (UK), 800 rps (Sweden), 700 rps (Germary) to 600 rps (France).
The preferred drum material is enamel in the Germany and France, but stainless steel in the other countries. Consumers in every country except Germany prefer front loading to top loading machines. The British and the French want a water heating system, but this is not so elsewhere.
Each country has a different preference for styling features, the German favoring and inconspicuous appearance, the British requiring a machine which looks indestructible, the French an elegant machine and the Swedes a strong-looking one. The final feature, the washing action, sees a division between Germany and France where consumers prefer an agitator, and the other countries where a tumble action is preferred.