GS69

2010 North American Car & Truck of the Year Candidates Announced

The 2010 North American Car of the Year and the 2010 North American Truck of the Year candidates have been announced. Follow the jump and check the list to see if you think anything is missing. Let us know you’re thoughts in teh comments section.

The 2010 North American Car of the Year:

* BMW 335d
* Buick LaCrosse
* Cadillac CTS
* Chevrolet Camaro
* Ford Fusion/Fusion Hybrid
* Ford Taurus
* Honda Insight
* Kia Soul
* Mazda3/MazdaSpeed3
* Mercedes-Benz E-Class
* Porsche Panamera
* Subaru Legacy
* Suzuki Kizashi
* Toyota Prius
* Volkswagen Golf/GTI

The 2010 North American Truck of the Year:

* Acura ZDX
* Audi Q5
* Cadillac SRX
* Chevrolet Equinox
* Ford Transit Connect
* Honda Accord Crosstour
* Land Rover LR4
* Lincoln MKT
* Subaru Outback
* Volvo XC60

LexFather

Those might be the two worst lists I've seen in recent memory....

Car- Prius or Taurus
Truck-Equinox or the Volvo

Another lol at Acura. They try to say the ZDX is a sports coupe and here it is in the "Truck of the Year" contest. Morons lol

RXSF

no rx350 or hs250?

Allen K

iTrader: (4)

I wouldn't be surprised to see the Fusion take COTY

PhilipMSPT

iTrader: (5)

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rdgdawg

+1

Car-
Should win: Fusion
Will win: Camaro (just cuz GM it got to market and supposed to save GM... wait... on it's 4th recall/bulletin.. whoops )

Truck-
Should win: Q5... easily the best (go drive one, I'd take it over any other listed)
Will win: Cadillac lovefest continues...

My $.02...

pbm317

Fusion and Equinox would be my guesses

mmarshall

The standards for the COTY and TOTY awards vary, but, traditionally, they are given for the new vehicles that, each year, either represent the most significant new entry from a marketing standpoint, or do the most to advance the engineering and state of the auto industry itself.



Car of the Year:

From a marketing standpoint, it HAS to be the new F-Body Camaro, hands-down. Supply of this car can't even remotely begin to catch up with demand. We're barely out of September 2009, and the entire 2010 model-year allocation is already gone.

From an engineering/quality point of view, I'll take the Ford Fusion Hybrid. It not only is a superbly well-built American-nameplate car that goes a long way towards re-establishing Detroit's former good reputation back in the 1960's, but beats many of the foreign-nameplate hybrids at their own game.


Truck of the Year:

From a marketing standpoint, although it is not yet officially on sale, and I know Mike (1SICKLEX) may not agree with me, I'd have to say the Honda Crosstour. Despite its butt-ugly rear end, like it or not, this is the first Honda vehicle in the American market to be able to compete with the likes of the Outback, Venza, XC70, and Audi All-Road. As such, it opens the Honda nameplate to an area where Honda has not been able to compete in before......the CR-V and Pilot are SUV's, not Outback-style wagons like the Crosstour.

From an engineering/qualty standpoint, I'd have to pick something that is not on the list (assuming that what I've read about it true, as I have not seen or reviewed it).....the Ford F-150 Raptor. The frame, underpinnings, and tires (supposedly) on this truck are SO strong that it can reportedly slam over off-road obstacles at ridiculous speeds, exceeding even the abilities of the military Hummer H1.

Just an aside comment, however.......I'm not convinced that the Crosstour and Outback are really trucks. They are essentially raised, sedan-based, AWD wagons/hatchbacks.

GS69

MotorAuthority

Those that did not make the list:

Cars that didn't make the cut:

* Audi S4
* BMW Z4
* BMW 5-series GT
* Ford Mustang/GT500
* Hyundai Genesis Coupe
* Hyundai Elantra Touring
* Jaguar XFR
* Kia Forte
* Lexus HS 250h
* Lexus IS 250/350 C
* Nissan Cube
* Nissan 370Z

Trucks that didn't make the cut:

* BMW X5 xDrive35d
* Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid
* GMC Terrain
* GMC Sierra Hybrid
* Lexus RX350/450h
* Toyota 4Runner
* Volkswagen Touareg V-6 TDI

GS3Tek

iTrader: (8)

OMG this is the suckiest lists ever for the trucks

what's with the list of these weak cuvs???

I was expecting real trucks like your silverados, f150s,...like those in the past.

LexFather

This is one of the worst lists I've seen in history. The omitted vehicles > vehicles on the list.

Hoovey689

iTrader: (16)

I'm very surprised the A4/S4 didn't make the cut.

pagemaster

Pruis has to take it. You must give an award to a car that get that good of mileage. Too bad the interior is just average. That might hold it back.

Have to say the Equinox made me look twice...it is that well put together and stylish on the outside.

CDNROCKIES

Agreed.

I'd consider half the cars...and all of the trucks on the omitted list long before anything on the nominated list.

rdgdawg

+3... omitted list is MUCH better... go figure