Final result: Car Of The Year is: Mitsubishi EVO MR

[Neutrino]

Welcome to the final vote!!!



The nominations thread its over and now it’s down to the final 10. It’s up to you to decide which is Car Comparison's Car Of The Year!!!

The poll will close around midnight dec 31 2004 and the winner will be formally announced in Jan 1st 2005.



Feel free to post in this tread and discuss the cars as much as you want. Let’s keep it civil however.


Thank You.



Note: The two so called "05" models listed in the poll are produced in 2004 therefore they are eligible.

[kman10587]

I'm gonna have to go with the C6 Corvette. The bang-for-buck was already incredible on the previous model, but the chassis and interior were pretty bad. Now, the Corvette is perhaps the best overall value the automotive world has seen in the last 20 years. And this is coming from a staunch Japanese import guy.

[freakonaleash1187]

i am going to go with the F-430 here. i love the styling of it and the performance of it is so amazing. it is a huge step up in performance, technology, and styling than the modena, and it only costs $20k more. good job ferrari.

[crayzayjay]

The Carrera GT is the one for me.

It not only ticks every single box a hypercar should tick, but also doesn't score any less than a 9 in any of them imo.

[thecackster]

I'm going with the EVO, I mean WOW, you get that car for that cheap! I'll take two! Kudos to Mitsubishi on that one!

[youngvr4]

the 04 Z06 is just................... *sighs*

[DinanM3_S2]

Tough choice.

I think im going to vote for the one I think is the most revolutionary/influential in the car community.

05' Mustang-
I absolutely dispised all of the fox body stangs. They were simply hideous. In my mind the Mustang truly ended in 1969, until now. 300bhp out of a $25,000 car is awesome, and it looks like a Mustang should look like. This is America doing what it does best. V8, front engine, RWD car that costs substantially less then the competition. If I didn't have my M3 and had a smaller budget, I might consider a car like this one. Im pretty sure this is the first Mustang to ever grace C&D's Ten Best Cars list ever. This is the most attainable car on the list. You will see five of these cars (including the V6) for every other car on the list you see. It isn't perfect, and I'm not a big fan of the live rear axle, but this is Ford getting back on track.

[del]

yeah, i voted for the stang for this one reason: by far the biggest improvement over the car it replaces. it may not be my favorite car on the list, nor would it be on my list of top choices of cars to buy but the GT finally has 300hp from the factory, which it should have had when the f bodies from GM still existed. i'm hearing rumours of the new cobra havin 465hp. again, just rumors. i just didn't care for the mustangs 92-04 bodystyle. the new retro look may be a fad, but ford did a good job with the mustang. and the GT i might add. it'd be too easy to choose a ferrari F430 or a porche carrera GT. theyr'e awesome cars and i would certainly have one before the mustang, but i have to give ford this one.

[Vettribution87]

I was tempted to vote for the C5 Z06 with it being the one that really got the ball rolling and opened a lot of eyes towards Corvette performance.
But yet I voted for the C6 because it is an improvement on the C5 Z06 in practically everyway and it is less expensive.
With the release of the C6, the Corvette has evolved into one hell of a weapon and has the potential to become even greater in the years to come.

Well done to the team at Corvette Engineering. (What would Chevrolet do without you?)

[Neutrino]

Originally Posted by Vettribution87

I was tempted to vote for the C5 Z06 with it being the one that really got the ball rolling and opened a lot of eyes towards Corvette performance.
But yet I voted for the C6 because it is an improvement on the C5 Z06 in practically everyway and it is less expensive.
With the release of the C6, the Corvette has evolved into one hell of a weapon and has the potential to become even greater in the years to come.

Well done to the team at Corvette Engineering. (What would Chevrolet do without you?)

well I would not call the C6 as a complete improvement over the C5 Z06. It is certainly over the regular C5 but except for the interior it is not really superior over the Z06.

The Z06 virtually matches the C6 for power and it outhandles it even with the ZR1(did i get that name right) suspension package.

I think we'll have to wait till the C6 Z06 to see a complete improvement over the C5 Z06.

Another thing that bothers me a bit about the C6 is the displacement increase. That 350 small block is the first thing that comes in mind when i think of Chevy.

[youngvr4]

so what are you voting for nuetrino?

[Neutrino]

Originally Posted by youngvr4

so what are you voting for nuetrino?

Ferrari F430, what can i do I'm a huge tifoso.


FYI I've made the poll public so you could just click on the numbers and you'll see who vote for what.

[Vettribution87]

Originally Posted by Neutrino

(did i get that name right)

Nearly. It’s the Z51 suspension package.
ZR1 was the code name designation for the Lotus engine Corvette made between 1991 – 1995. Still it can get quite confusing with all the Z’s being used all over the place.
They use Z to pay homage to Zora Arkus Duntov who was the chief engineer of the Corvette between 1955 – 1978 and credited for making the Corvette a success.

Originally Posted by Neutrino

I think we'll have to wait till the C6 Z06 to see a complete improvement over the C5 Z06.

It should be quite interesting.
I wonder if it will use the same engine as in the base C6 or something new.

Originally Posted by Neutrino

Another thing that bothers me a bit about the C6 is the displacement increase. That 350 small block is the first thing that comes in mind when i think of Chevy.

I really wouldn’t be too worried about the LS2 being a 6L. Its only 0.3 of a litre bigger so you can still sort of consider it a small block.

Certainly in the past their had been far more drastic changes proposed that nearly got the green light.
In fact in the late 60’s / early 70’s they made a prototype Corvette that was to succeed the C3. They called it the Aerovette, and it was a mid engine sports car powered by a 4 rotor Wankel engine.
After watching Mazda nearly go broke when the 1973 oil embargo occurred, Chevy canned the Aerovette project and continued to make the C3 for a few more years.

[kman10587]

In fact in the late 60’s / early 70’s they made a prototype Corvette that was to succeed the C3. They called it the Aerovette, and it was a mid engine sports car powered by a 4 rotor Wankel engine.

Holy SHIT. Now that would have been interesting.

[Neutrino]

thanks for the info Vettributionn and yes you are right they seem to use a lot of Z's but i never know the reason. Its kind of cool how they pay tribute than engineer.

And i remember that ZR1 engine it was basically a 350 with DOHC heads with about 400hp. One heck of an engine but if i remember corectly it was not very successfull. Why was that was it too expensive or was it unreliable?

BTW they have a pic of a test mule C6 Z06 in the latest motors threand but its only an ealy version, it has much fatter tires for one since they had to stick some fender extenders on the C6 body. I'm sure on the final production model the fenders will be nice and rolled to accomodate the extra rubber. It should look quite muscular, gotta love that rolled fender look. About the engine my guess is an LS2 with a better flowing head and maybe higher comp pistons.