Car of the year. Just how angry can PistonHeads get?

[okie592]

So the car of the year isn't the gt86

It's the Audi a3 sport back! Yes a re bodied golf in white with a Diesel engine! It's a out range! Or is it?


Discuss

[John D.]

Thats outrangeous.

[vescaegg]

okie592 said:

So the car of the year isn't the gt86

It's the Audi a3 sport back! Yes a re bodied golf in white with a Diesel engine! It's a out range! Or is it?


Discuss

According to who? The whole world or someone's opinion?

[Prof Prolapse]

Well they're entitled to their opinion but they're wrong.

[okie592]

vescaegg said:

According to who? The whole world or someone's opinion?

What? Car.

The last word in motor journalism

[LuS1fer]

In the same survey, McDonalds won Restaurant Of The Year and Ibiza won Best Destination for a Holiday.

[vescaegg]

okie592 said:

What? Car.

The last word in motor journalism

'the last word'? says who?

[750turbo]

Another Generic VAG!

Am I alone in hating them?

Gads!

[bigandclever]

okie592 said:

So the car of the year isn't the gt86

It's the Audi a3 sport back! Yes a re bodied golf in white with a Diesel engine! It's a out range! Or is it?


Discuss

WhatCar? practically hated the gt86. Why are you surprised?

[BeirutTaxi]

One of the things I learnt in my first year of industry was the truth behind many of these 'Of the year' awards

[750turbo]

bigandclever said:

okie592 said:

So the car of the year isn't the gt86

It's the Audi a3 sport back! Yes a re bodied golf in white with a Diesel engine! It's a out range! Or is it?


Discuss

WhatCar? practically hated the gt86. Why are you surprised?

And Autocar loved it, so much that Toyota included the supplement in the GT brochure that arrived in the post today - Explain that.

Different people, love different things.

[mat777]

bigandclever said:

WhatCar? practically hated the gt86. Why are you surprised?

Why did they hate it? Was it not German, dieselly or /////M styling pack/S-line -y enough? All whatcar ever seem to care about is the latest boring Teutonic exec-barge

[skyrover]

German: Check
Diesel: Check
Hatchback: Check

3 criteria I have absolutely no interest in

[marmitemania]

mat777 said:

bigandclever said:

WhatCar? practically hated the gt86. Why are you surprised?

Why did they hate it? Was it not German, dieselly or /////M styling pack/S-line -y enough? All whatcar ever seem to care about is the latest boring Teutonic exec-barge

I used to subscribe to Autoexpress until it became a shameless sycophantic advert for all things VAG, every week without fail it was trumpeting some Mogadon generic VAG turd on the front cover, turn the first page and in case you had forgot there was always a double page advert for an Audi. It makes perfect sense the Audi would be car of the year, the good people who pick the car of the year do not want a knock on their door in the middle of the night and their neighbours wondering why they have disapeared. Sieg Heil.

[marmitemania]

[BeirutTaxi]

skyrover said:

German: Check
Diesel: Check
Hatchback: Check

3 criteria I have absolutely no interest in

Aw bit of a shame there is so much hatred towards hatchbacks on this website!

Cheap motoring and hugely practical for every day use. I took mine to North Wales a while ago with the back filled up with two road bikes, luggage, Christmas presents and other cycling kit bits

[RockDoctor]

BeirutTaxi said:

One of the things I learnt in my first year of industry was the truth behind many of these 'Of the year' awards

Oh do tell!

[Rawwr]

[Buff Mchugelarge]

Its official.

The world is beige.

[TheHeretic]

Does anyone really care what a magazine says is car of the year?