AutoWeeks "Best Car" Awards

[GTO]

One of the most respected trade magazines, Autoweek, has just released results based on user polls. Here they are

Best Luxury Car:
FIRST: Audi A8 L
SECOND: Lexus LS 430
THIRD: Maybach 57/62

Best People Mover:
FIRST: Honda Odyssey
SECOND: Dodge Magnum
THIRD: Toyota Sienna

Best Economy Car:
FIRST: Mazda 3
SECOND: Toyota Prius
THIRD: Honda Civic

Best First Car:
FIRST: Honda Civic
SECOND: Mazda 3
THIRD: Ford Focus

Best SUV:
FIRST: Volkswagen Touareg
SECOND: Land Rover Range Rover
THIRD: Porsche Cayenne

Best Truck:
FIRST: Ford F-150 (7 Years in a row)
SECOND: Nissan Titan
THIRD: Dodge Ram

Best Sedan:
FIRST: Chrysler 300C
SECOND: BMW 3 Series
THIRD: Cadillac CTS

Best Coupe:
FIRST: Infiniti G35
SECOND: BMW 6 Series
THIRD: BMW 3 Series

Best Sports car:
FIRST: Chevrolet Corvette
SECOND: Ford GT
THIRD: Porsche Carrera GT


BMW had dominated this list in 2003, with 4 awards. Not the case this year with Bangles cars. National pride also seems to have played a role in the Chevy Corvette scoring over the Carrera GT.

GTO

[Rehaan]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (GTO @ Aug. 27 2004,11:48)]Best Truck:
FIRST: Ford F-150 (7 Years in a row)

No wonder every truck launched in america has such an inferiority complex!
Every single ad you see for a truck will mention how their truck is better than the F-150 in some aspect..but to no avail

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] ]Best Sports car:
FIRST: Chevrolet Corvette
SECOND: Ford GT
THIRD: Porsche Carrera GT


BMW had dominated this list in 2003, with 4 awards. Not the case this year with Bangles cars. National pride also seems to have played a role in the Chevy Corvette scoring over the Carrera GT

Yepp...i was thinking the same thing... but then im sure "pricing" was on of the majorly weighted criteria...

cya
R

[shravan316]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (Rehaan @ Aug. 27 2004,19:33)]

Yepp...i was thinking the same thing... but then im sure "pricing" was on of the majorly weighted criteria...

cya
R

The same reason why NHC won the Autocar 'Car of the year' over the Merc SL500 here in India.

[amit]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] ]Best Luxury Car:
FIRST: Audi A8 L
SECOND: Lexus LS 430
THIRD: Maybach 57/62

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] ]Best SUV:
FIRST: Volkswagen Touareg
SECOND: Land Rover Range Rover
THIRD: Porsche Cayenne

VW are on a roll! Audi beats both lexus and maybach! Toureg beats Cayenne! great performance from Europe's biggest car maker.