Finalists for North American Car and Truck of the Year Announced
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Finalists for North American Car and Truck of the Year Announced
The Ford Fusion Hybrid, Buick LaCrosse and Volkswagen Golf are finalists for the 2010 North American Car of the Year awards. Finalists for the 2010 North American Truck of the year are the Subaru Outback, Chevrolet Equinox and Ford Transit Connect.
The half-dozen finalists for the prestigious awards were announced Wednesday at an Automotive Press Association luncheon sponsored by organizers of the Detroit auto show, where the winners will be announced in January.
Established in 1994, the NACTOY awards honor vehicles that set new standards or become new benchmarks in their class. Each vehicle is judged and ranked by various categories. Those include general design, safety, fuel economy, handling and general roadworthiness, performance, comfort, assembly quality, functionality, technical innovation, driver satisfaction and price. Value for the dollar and affordability are particularly important factors.
The jury of 49 people comprises a wide range of professional journalists across North America who report on cars and the auto industry for various media outlets. The journalists created their own organization to independently determine the best new products automakers offer each year.
Among those 49 jurors from Edmunds.com are: Michelle Krebs, senior analyst and editor at large for AutoObserver; Karl Brauer, Edmunds.com editor in chief; and Scott Oldham, editor in chief of Edmunds' Inside Line. Earlier this fall, journalist-jurors winnowed a very long list of new models introduced in 2009 to a shorter list of candidates.
Candidates for car of the year honors were: BMW 335d; Buick LaCrosse; Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon; Chevrolet Camaro; Ford Fusion; Ford Fusion Hybrid; Ford Taurus/Taurus SHO; Honda Insight; Kia Soul; Mazda3/MazdaSpeed 3; Mercedes-Benz E-Class; Porsche Panamera; Subaru Legacy; Suzuki Kizashi; Toyota Prius; and Volkswagen Golf/GTI/TDI.
Candidates for truck of the year honors were: Acura ZDX; Audi Q5; Cadillac SRX; Chevrolet Equinox; Ford Transit Connect; Honda CrossTour; Land Rover LR4; Lincoln MKT; Subaru Outback; Volvo XC60.
AutoObserver's Krebs will appear on an upcoming edition of AutoLine Detroit, hosted by fellow juror John McElroy, discussing the candidates for truck of the year.
In the second round of voting, journalist-jurors dispersed 25 points to the various candidates in the two categories. Jurors can give a maximum of 10 points to one vehicle, but no other vehicle could receive more than nine of those points.
In the upcoming round three of voting, jurors will disperse 10 points to the three finalists in each category.
The half-dozen finalists for the prestigious awards were announced Wednesday at an Automotive Press Association luncheon sponsored by organizers of the Detroit auto show, where the winners will be announced in January.
Established in 1994, the NACTOY awards honor vehicles that set new standards or become new benchmarks in their class. Each vehicle is judged and ranked by various categories. Those include general design, safety, fuel economy, handling and general roadworthiness, performance, comfort, assembly quality, functionality, technical innovation, driver satisfaction and price. Value for the dollar and affordability are particularly important factors.
The jury of 49 people comprises a wide range of professional journalists across North America who report on cars and the auto industry for various media outlets. The journalists created their own organization to independently determine the best new products automakers offer each year.
Among those 49 jurors from Edmunds.com are: Michelle Krebs, senior analyst and editor at large for AutoObserver; Karl Brauer, Edmunds.com editor in chief; and Scott Oldham, editor in chief of Edmunds' Inside Line. Earlier this fall, journalist-jurors winnowed a very long list of new models introduced in 2009 to a shorter list of candidates.
Candidates for car of the year honors were: BMW 335d; Buick LaCrosse; Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon; Chevrolet Camaro; Ford Fusion; Ford Fusion Hybrid; Ford Taurus/Taurus SHO; Honda Insight; Kia Soul; Mazda3/MazdaSpeed 3; Mercedes-Benz E-Class; Porsche Panamera; Subaru Legacy; Suzuki Kizashi; Toyota Prius; and Volkswagen Golf/GTI/TDI.
Candidates for truck of the year honors were: Acura ZDX; Audi Q5; Cadillac SRX; Chevrolet Equinox; Ford Transit Connect; Honda CrossTour; Land Rover LR4; Lincoln MKT; Subaru Outback; Volvo XC60.
AutoObserver's Krebs will appear on an upcoming edition of AutoLine Detroit, hosted by fellow juror John McElroy, discussing the candidates for truck of the year.
In the second round of voting, journalist-jurors dispersed 25 points to the various candidates in the two categories. Jurors can give a maximum of 10 points to one vehicle, but no other vehicle could receive more than nine of those points.
In the upcoming round three of voting, jurors will disperse 10 points to the three finalists in each category.
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The Fusion Hybrid is an astounding vehicle, but I also don't think it has the "wow" factor that the new LaCrosse does, or how it pretty much blew Buick's status quo out of the water...
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The Fusion Hybrid should win. The LaCrosse is a huge car for GM but in the realm of autos all it did was prove GM can make an arguably class-leading interior in a car starting under 30 grand. Aside from a nice interior and pleasant drive, its powertrain and other specs are run of the mill. GM needs to step it up on the LaCrosse powertrain.
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