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I know last night they showed the SSV model but 2nite it was just the VE Commodore that won they didn't mention specific model I thought.

Either way kind of figured it was going to win, ford won when they released the BA Falcon didn't they?

So thats how much it is to win wheels car of the year, 1 billion dollars lol

Wonder how much of that billion dollars they "threw" to Wheels magazine

Judging by the amount of recalls so far i'd say at least 90% LOL

COTY means nothing. look at past winners:

VT Commodore - 1998

VN Commodore -1988

VB Commodore - 1978

Leyland P76 - 1974?

Porsche 928 - 78 Euro COTY

Alfa 156 - 98 Euro COTY

Alfa 147 - 02 Euro COTY

what do they all have in common?

name the last time a toyota or a nissan was COTY?

Seems to me COTY is just a some ploy for a respective company to sell some more cars. If Holden didn't get it this year then there's something wrong. How many times has a company released a car and made COTY in some magazine or organisation.

COTY means nothing. look at past winners:

VT Commodore - 1998

VN Commodore -1988

VB Commodore - 1978

Leyland P76 - 1974?

Porsche 928 - 78 Euro COTY

Alfa 156 - 98 Euro COTY

Alfa 147 - 02 Euro COTY

what do they all have in common?

name the last time a toyota or a nissan was COTY?

Toyota & Nissan have NEVER won car of the year.

1963 Renault 8

1964 Morris 1100

1965 Ford Falcon (XP)

1966 Ford Falcon (XR)

1967 Chrysler Valiant (VE)

1968 Holden Monaro (HK)

1969 Holden Torana (LC)

1970 Renault 12

1971 Chrysler Valiant Charger (VH)

1972 Award withheld

1973 Leyland P76 V8

1974 Volkswagen Passat

1975 Holden Gemini (TX)

1976 Volkswagen Golf

1977 Honda Accord

1978 Holden Commodore (VB)

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)

Honda & Mazda have multiple winners though!

Name one car Nissan has released in australia that is worthy of coty?

And don't be blind morons and go "teh gtr rockzors ands pwns other cars"

for coty it has to furfill more than track duties.

Name one car Nissan has released in australia that is worthy of coty?

And don't be blind morons and go "teh gtr rockzors ands pwns other cars"

for coty it has to furfill more than track duties.

They actually gave the award to the Pulsar in about 92. It won in conjunction with the Hoinda NS-X.

That the Commode won will come as absolutely no suprise to anyone who reads Wheels magazine. To win you need a car that has no glaring shortcomings (Which usually rules out most European cars) & is good value for money. Hence the history of Japanese & Australian cars winning the award. The second point is timing. Every new Commodore released won the prize, but in hindsight I am not sure that any of them were truly deserving. There was very little competition this year - maybe the Toyota & that was about it.

Sorry about being so rude. I just get annoyed that a lot of people on here can't handle that other manufactures make good cars as well.

Your right about the timing of the launch of each new commodore.

And in the case of the camira they got that very wrong.

I remember my dad telling me they were really good to begin with but were not designed for australian conditions and pretty much feel apart.

The new camry while quite good imo does not deserve car of the year, and the aurion seems to be confused as to its role. Is it a big sports car? a family car? etc, etc.

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