Motor Trend Car of the Year

[Wry Catcher]

LMAO, I so wanted to put this thread in the flame zone and name names.

Motor Trend Car of the Year Surprise - Yahoo! News

 

[Mr. H.]

Don't you know companies kick back millions to Mortor Trend for the honor?

BTW- I made that up.

Come on Wry, you're losing your touch.

 

[thereisnospoon]

Don't you know companies kick back millions to Mortor Trend for the honor?

The tree hugging libs don't care.
It's what they want to hear. And that makes it the gospel.

 

[Mr. H.]

Mortor Trend. Geez my spelling these days. LOL

 

[Oddball]

Big fat hairy deal.

Past "winners" include...

1960 Chevrolet Corvair
1963 American Motors (AMC) Rambler (all models: American, Classic, and Ambassador)
1971 Chevrolet Vega
1972 Citroën SM (an imported vehicle that was selected overall "Car of the Year")
1974 Ford Mustang II
1978 Chrysler, Dodge Omni and Plymouth Horizon
1980 Chevrolet Citation
1981 Chrysler K Cars, Dodge Aries and Plymouth Reliant
1983 AMC / Renault Alliance

Though the list of crappy cars goes on and on, you get the idea.

Pffffft.

 

[nitroz]

tbh, Tesla doesn't deserve it.

It's like giving Lamborghini, McLaren, or Ferarri the award.




1. That car cost waaay too much
2. It only get so much mileage until the batteries are done
3. Fire hazard/batteries are at HUGE risk of breaking


It's nothing worthy of an award like this.

 

[Politico]

An electric car that I can't afford and wouldn't get me across town if I could. What a shocker.

 

[bitterlyclingin]

You can bet the KY Jelly was flowing like water when the judges were deciding on car of the year. This is just another Oslo, Norway awarding Obama the Nobel Peace Prize decision for what he might do sometime in the future event. Some of you might be catching on that we're all living in some sort of "Alice In Wonderland" timewarp where what has been wrong for ages is now right, black has suddenly become white, up is now down....and the Obama fellatio crew just keeps rolling on.

 

[Mad Scientist]

Big fat hairy deal.

Past "winners" include...

1960 Chevrolet Corvair
1963 American Motors (AMC) Rambler (all models: American, Classic, and Ambassador)
1971 Chevrolet Vega
1972 Citroën SM (an imported vehicle that was selected overall "Car of the Year")
1974 Ford Mustang II
1978 Chrysler, Dodge Omni and Plymouth Horizon
1980 Chevrolet Citation
1981 Chrysler K Cars, Dodge Aries and Plymouth Reliant
1983 AMC / Renault Alliance

Though the list of crappy cars goes on and on, you get the idea.

Pffffft.

Complete list of "winners" right here:
Motor Trend Car of the Year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Wry Catcher]

Big fat hairy deal.

Past "winners" include...

1960 Chevrolet Corvair
1963 American Motors (AMC) Rambler (all models: American, Classic, and Ambassador)
1971 Chevrolet Vega
1972 Citroën SM (an imported vehicle that was selected overall "Car of the Year")
1974 Ford Mustang II
1978 Chrysler, Dodge Omni and Plymouth Horizon
1980 Chevrolet Citation
1981 Chrysler K Cars, Dodge Aries and Plymouth Reliant
1983 AMC / Renault Alliance

Though the list of crappy cars goes on and on, you get the idea.

Pffffft.

Cherry pick often?

 

[blastoff]

A top award from an industry publication is no harbinger for success once the consumers are voting with their purchase dollars. And based on the above list of some previous owners I'd say the award is more akin to the Sports Illustrated cover jinx.

 

[Wry Catcher]

Notice the attack on the messenger (Motor Trend). Whenever the wackadoodles hear anything which conflicts with their biases they always attack the source.

"To be eligible for the award, a car must be an "all-new" or "substantially upgraded" vehicle that has been on sale within 12 months from the previous November, vehicles that have been on sale for over five years are ineligible for the award).[9] In recent years, each contender is ranked in the following three areas: superiority, significance, and value.[9] It is not a comparison test.[9]

"Vehicles are subjected a battery of tests: standard car tests such as skid-pad ratings, acceleration and quarter-mile times, and evaluations of the interiors are combined with a track run conducted by SCCA-licensed testers and taking the cars out on normal roads to test their drivability under normal conditions, and fuel economy. Trucks and SUVs add towing capacity and speed, plus an off-road course, to the normal regimen."

Link: Motor Trend Car of the Year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Not cherry picked list of Cars of the Year is also listed in the above link.

 

[Mad Scientist]

The Motor Trend "Car of the Year" is no more an indicator of success than say the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

 

[Wry Catcher]

Any of you wackadoddles ever driven an all electric car (or even a hybrid)?

I don't understand the animosity of the wackadoddles to new technology and American engineering.

 

[Mad Scientist]

Any of you wackadoddles ever driven an all electric car (or even a hybrid)?

I don't understand the animosity of the wackadoddles to new technology and American engineering.

I love Hybrids! Who ever thought of that idea is a genius! So simple: Boost a gasoline motor with an electric one, why didn't I think of that?

I look forward to the day I can replace the V-8 in my Dodge Truck with a Hybrid Crate Motor, maybe a V-6? I know they'll be available in the coming years.

But having that shit FORCED upon me by you wackadoodle "Tree Huggers" aint gonna' work. You have to convince me that a $100,000+ car is worth it. Fake, paid for awards don't do the trick either.

And besides, my wifes 2007 Yaris ($13,000) gets almost as good mileage as a Hybrid.

 

[Wry Catcher]

Any of you wackadoddles ever driven an all electric car (or even a hybrid)?

I don't understand the animosity of the wackadoddles to new technology and American engineering.

I love Hybrids! Who ever thought of that idea is a genius! So simple: Boost a gasoline motor with an electric one, why didn't I think of that?

I look forward to the day I can replace the V-8 in my Dodge Truck with a Hybrid Crate Motor, maybe a V-6? I know they'll be available in the coming years.

But having that shit FORCED upon me by you wackadoodle "Tree Huggers" aint gonna' work. You have to convince me that a $100,000+ car is worth it. Fake, paid for awards don't do the trick either.

And besides, my wifes 2007 Yaris ($13,000) gets almost as good mileage as a Hybrid.

My wife wanted and we bought a Prius this year for less than $24,000 out the door. It gets twice the MPG that her Malibu did and is the perfect get-about-town car.

My commute before I retired was 10 miles (20 rt). Had an all electric been availed 30 years ago I would have saved a ton of money in fuel and maintenance. Too bad we'll have to wait longer because clear cutting polluting reactionaries are allowing Brazil, China and Korea a giant head start in this new technology.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

LMAO, I so wanted to put this thread in the flame zone and name names.

Motor Trend Car of the Year Surprise - Yahoo! News

I bet they don't let "Top Gear" test drive it.

 

[Synthaholic]

Big fat hairy deal.

Past "winners" include...

1960 Chevrolet Corvair
1963 American Motors (AMC) Rambler (all models: American, Classic, and Ambassador)
1971 Chevrolet Vega
1972 Citroën SM (an imported vehicle that was selected overall "Car of the Year")
1974 Ford Mustang II
1978 Chrysler, Dodge Omni and Plymouth Horizon
1980 Chevrolet Citation
1981 Chrysler K Cars, Dodge Aries and Plymouth Reliant
1983 AMC / Renault Alliance

Though the list of crappy cars goes on and on, you get the idea.

Pffffft.

That's a pretty cherry-picked list.

How about listing all the winners?

 

[Synthaholic]

An electric car that I can't afford and wouldn't get me across town it I could. What a shocker.

It's more than 160 miles across town for you? Where do you live?

 

[Synthaholic]

Big fat hairy deal.

Past "winners" include...

1960 Chevrolet Corvair
1963 American Motors (AMC) Rambler (all models: American, Classic, and Ambassador)
1971 Chevrolet Vega
1972 Citroën SM (an imported vehicle that was selected overall "Car of the Year")
1974 Ford Mustang II
1978 Chrysler, Dodge Omni and Plymouth Horizon
1980 Chevrolet Citation
1981 Chrysler K Cars, Dodge Aries and Plymouth Reliant
1983 AMC / Renault Alliance

Though the list of crappy cars goes on and on, you get the idea.

Pffffft.

Cherry pick often?

I see that someone else is paying attention and using his brain.