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Who will win Wheels Car of the Year  

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It's that time of the year again - time to guess who is going to win Wheels Car of the Year! My money is on the new Commodore, since Wheels hasn't stopped raving about it for several months. But admittedly there are a few others will a real possibility of victory, including the Mazda CX-7 and Toyota Aurion.

I had to group a couple of the options together as there are more eligible cars than there are slots available on the poll generator! These cars will obviously be judged seperately at WCOTY.

For the record, the following new models were not eligible for WCOTY this year:

- Alfa Romeo Brera (Sales)

- BMW Z4 Coupe (Sales)

- Ferrari 599 GTB FIorano (Sales)

- Ford Fiesta (Insufficent Change)

- Jaguar XK (Sales)

- Kia Carnival (Safety)

- Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 (Sales)

- Lamborghini Gallardo spyder (Sales)

- Lotus Exige S (Sales)

- Mitsuibishi Colt Ralliart (Too Similar)

- Nissan Tiida (Safety)

- Proton Savvy (Safety)

- Subaru Liberty (Insufficient Change)

- Volkswagen Golf R32 (Too Similar)

Cars can be ineligible if they don't have a lap-sash centre belt (safety), if they don't sell in large numbers (sales), if they are too similar to the previous model (Insufficient Change) or if they are too similar to existing models in the range (Too Similar).

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Woops, it appears that the Alfa Romeo 159 missed the poll. Oh well, I don't think it will win anyways :rofl: If you think it will win, then feel free to flame my incompetence!

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I might not be a fan of the VE or think its the top contender, certainly not the lowest on the list either, but they never shut up about the damn thing...

Few advertising $$$ for the magazine doesnt hurt either so I reckon it'll win.

Toyota Aurion probably should win, seems too be a well put together machine in terms of design and value for money.

Pity theyre not RWD or AWD, they'd then take a bite out of the Subaru and huge chop into the large-car market.

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1979 Award withheld

1980 Mazda 323

1981 Mercedes-Benz 380SE (W126)

1982 Holden Camira (JB)

1983 Ford Telstar and Mazda 626 (joint award)

1984 Mitsubishi Nimbus

1985 Mitsubishi Magna

1986 Award withheld

1987 Honda Prelude

1988 Holden Commodore (VN)

1989 Mazda MX-5

1990 Lexus LS 400

1991 Honda NSX and Nissan Pulsar

1992 Mazda 626 and Ford Telstar

1993 Holden Commodore (VR)

1994 Subaru Liberty

1995 Honda Odyssey

1996 Mitsubishi Magna/Verada

1997 Holden Commodore (VT)

1998 Subaru Liberty Wagon

1999 Mercedes-Benz S-Class

2000 Subaru Impreza

2001 Holden Barina (XC)

2002 Ford Falcon (BA)

2003 Mazda RX-8

2004 Ford Territory

2005 Mazda MX-5 (NC)

The above is some past winners , just because u win a wheels car of the year award doesn`t mean u have a good car anybody who has driven a VN will agree with me i think

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342Four

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unfortunatley i think that the ve will win

the territory winning in 2004 is the primary reason that dad bought one. he was looking at a toyota prado or a (puke) ssang-yong. but (thankfully) he bought a territory (thank you wheels!!)

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Ditto on the VE. Wheels been comparing latest Mercs and Beamers to the calais, and they always claim it comes out on top in every area. They had a whole magdevoted to it, and another mag half wheel half holden devoted, not to mention the 2007 wheels commodore calender. holden have paid wheels some big bucks, the ve will win

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Morgs

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The VE will win, and rightly so.

VN commodore did win in 88, but rewind to back then if you are old enough and think about the market/car in that scenario. Then look at the sales in that year of the car versus anything else and tell me I'm wrong :P

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