Drive Car Of The Year Revealed - Do You Trust The Decision?

[PranK]

The Drive COTY has been revealed.

The winner is the Ford Everest Trend.

The finalists can be seen here.

Considering this Ford was up against some serious competition (as can be seen here; http://www.drive.com.au/car-reviews/car-of-the-year)it seems a little odd that it was the winner.

For instance, look at the previous winners;

2006 - Audi TT

2007 - BMW M3

2008 - Honda Accord V6

2009 - Volkswagen Golf 118TSI

2010 - Volkswagen Polo 77TSI

2011 - Mercedes-Benz C250 CDI

2012 – Toyota 86 GT

2013 - Mazda6 Sport

2014 - Mercedes-Benz C200

There are some really good cars in that list.

What do you think of the Drive COTY award? Is it a fair competition or simply up to the highest bidder?

[zebra]

Drive = He who pays the highest advertising fees wins

[Ben C34]

Didn't one of these burst into flames on a journalist test drive?

[GH05T]

Ford Ranger wagon.... bored.

[GTR-N1]

SAU.NSW Tech Arvo earlier this year at Award Diffs:-

* A whole set of shelves were full of broken diffs from Rangers and BT-50s

* Award Diffs CEO bought a Navara (despite them having smaller faults eg EGR)

Personally, I wouldn't buy an Everest - new!

Even if I was a Ford fan, I would wait a while.

[gtr jet]

I think the Everest is a great car but they're priced ridiculously.

Most people that I know who have blown Ranger diffs were from being silly with the locker.

[r32-25t]

So apparently a journalist took one of these for a road test and it caught fire and burnt to the ground

[Ben C34]

Didn't one of these burst into flames on a journalist test drive?

Yes

[PranK]

Wow!!

http://performancedrive.com.au/new-ford-everest-catches-fire-recall-pending-investigation-0310/

Can they mark a car down because it doesn't have a good reputation? Or, do they need something bad to happen to *this* car before they can mark it down?

[lidz]

Was found that a refitted battery wasn't secure & a loose cable shorted on something, hence single incident & no recall.

[r32-25t]

Wouldn't you make it so that changing a battery wouldn't cause the car to burn to the ground? What if that was a mother with her 3 kids in the car!!!

So I guess the answer to the poll is no

[djr81]

Wouldn't you make it so that changing a battery wouldn't cause the car to burn to the ground? What if that was a mother with her 3 kids in the car!!!

So I guess the answer to the poll is no

The amount of muppetry shown by the journo was impressive. Repeatedly ignored warning lights on the car telling him bad shit was happening. Forgot to mention that bit in the story. Was mentioned earlier in different stories but who cares when you can write saying hundreds of thousands of cars are going to kill everyone's children. Muppets.

[PranK]

It would have received just as much bad press if somebody threw a molotov through the window. Windows shouldn't allow molotovs to pass through them!!!!

[r32-25t]

Hey shit goes wrong in cars but when something as simple as a battery change should not cause a car to catch fire

[Anfanee]

Just IMO

I don't know how a 4x4 can get car of the year.

1. Too expensive

2. Less space than a wagon

3. Use more fuel than a wagon

4. Not the best in an accident

but the big one there is price. Look at the value of some of the other cars out there.

For gods sake the new Ford Focus ST is an amazing buy.

[PranK]

but the big one there is price. Look at the value of some of the other cars out there.

For gods sake the new Ford Focus ST is an amazing buy.

This is what stirs me up.

How can a super well-equipped and brilliantly-priced Mazda 6, Focus ST or WRX etc not win? Those are brilliant cars; reliable, great looking, feature full, safe, (more) economical... And I reckon they'd drive and handle better than the Everest also.

[Anfanee]

oh easily handle better than the Everest.

[djr81]

This is what stirs me up.

How can a super well-equipped and brilliantly-priced Mazda 6, Focus ST or WRX etc not win? Those are brilliant cars; reliable, great looking, feature full, safe, (more) economical... And I reckon they'd drive and handle better than the Everest also.

You are doing it wrong. Caring about any of the attributes that make a car good means you wont ever buy an SUV.

[PranK]

You are doing it wrong. Caring about any of the attributes that make a car good means you wont ever buy an SUV.

God damn! I always make that mistake!

[niZmO_Man]

Blindly following USA. Well done.

My Liberty will shit all over this car in terms of interior space. And handling. And power. And grip.