North American 2006 Car and Truck of the Year short list announced

[siko]

North American 2006 Car and Truck of the Year

2006 North American Car of the Year Short List:
Audi A3
BMW 3 Series
Chevrolet HHR
Dodge Charger
Ford Fusion
Honda Civic/Civic Si/Civic Hybrid
Hyundai Sonata
Infiniti M35/45
Lexus IS 250/350
Mazda MX-5
Mercedes-Benz R-Class
Pontiac Solstice
Toyota Avalon
Volkswagen Passat

2006 North American Truck of the Year Short List:
Dodge Ram/Ram Mega Cab
Ford Explorer
Honda Ridgeline
Hummer H3
Jeep Commander
Kia Sportage
Lexus RX 400h
Mercedes M-Class
Nissan Xterra
Range Rover Sport
Subaru B9 Tribeca
Suzuki Grand Vitara
Toyota RAV4
Toyota Highlander Hybrid


Full article here

 

[Alx]

Seems like a very honest list... surprised to see Hybrid Toyota's on the bottom... strange?

 

[siko]

Seems like a very honest list... surprised to see Hybrid Toyota's on the bottom... strange?

They're only placed in alphabetical order, that's why it's at the bottom...

 

[warot]

I think that the 3er has a good chance of winning another car of the year. The stiffest competition in that list is going to be the Passat and the Civic... not same category, but I don't see any others winning.

 

[Zafiro]

Where is S-class?

 

[notic]

i don't think it was launched yet at time of publication. and as for the trucks short list, thats pretty much every new truck that came out this year....i think they excluded maybe 2 trucks?

 

[Centurion]

Looking at the truck list it's pretty obvious that the ML had an easy match to win. Next years battle will be more interesting GL vs. X5 vs Q7.

 

[bum-man]

Motor Trends "car of the year" was the new Civic their truck or SUV was the Xterra.

 

[bmwrules]

I subscribe to Motor Trend and I was disappointed with their SUV and Car of the Year choices. Rather dull choices if you ask me.

 

[siko]

List is now down to 3:

CARS

• Ford Fusion
• Honda Civic
• Pontiac Solstice

TRUCKS

• Ford Explorer
• Honda Ridgeline
• Nissan Xterra

Full article

 

[audi_rudy]

strange to see the r class in the car section i would think of it more of a truck/ suv type

 

[Yperion]

List is now down to 3:

CARS

• Ford Fusion
• Honda Civic
• Pontiac Solstice

TRUCKS

• Ford Explorer
• Honda Ridgeline
• Nissan Xterra

What?

 

[Giannis]

What?

yeah, this list is all wrong. let alone the cars, look at the tracks, there is Ford Explorer. Do you remember that case with the safety problems of that car?

BTW, Volvo XC90 and ML should be in that list, as well as the A6 and the E90

 

[Deutsch]

If Autoweek is smart they'll choose the 3er and scrap the truck list.

 

[siko]

Winners are in... and it's a Honda Clean sweep!

Honda Civic

Honda Ridgeline

Full article here.

 

[CarGuy]

Well I can accept the Civic but the Ridgeline is just hidious to say the least.