jrock65

The resulting list of winners represents what MotorWeek considers the best in each category.

1. Best Small Car - Honda Civic

2. Best Family Sedan - Hyundai Sonata

3. Best Minivan - Honda Odyssey*

4. Best Convertible - Pontiac Solstice

5. Best Luxury Sedan - Infiniti M

6. Best Sport Sedan - BMW 3-Series

7. Best Performance Car - Ford Mustang*

8. Best Small Sport-Utility Vehicle - Toyota RAV4

9. Best Family Sport-Utility Vehicle - Ford Explorer, Mercury Mountaineer

10. Best Pickup Truck - Ford F-150*

11. Best Eco-Friendly - Toyota Highlander Hybrid

12. Best Dream Machines - Chevrolet Corvette Z06, Dodge Viper SRT10 Coupe, Ferrari F430

http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2...09/210166.html

DASHOCKER

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?????Hyudai Sonata best family sedan What happened to the perennial favorite Honda Accord?

mmarshall

Simple. Hyundai, today ( not yesterday ) , gives you virtually Toyota-Honda quality for less money......and a MUCH longer warranty. I've been telling you guys that for a long time now.

Not that the Accord is not an excellent car.....it certainly is. It has been on Car and Driver's Ten Best list now ever since we gave up the horse and buggy....but it costs more than the Sonata and doesn't really give you much more.

mmarshall

BTW, I know John Davis and Pat Goss from Motorweek....John more so than Pat. John is a great guy to talk to about almost any kind of vehicle...I see him at car shows and take part in the talk shows. Pat is a good mechanic / technician and is extremely good with some types of auto repairs, especially in electronics and computer-related problems, but IMO he tends to overrate the domestic-nameplate cars in comparison to their Japanese-nameplate competition. His recommendation of 3 months / 3000 mile oil changes is correct for most drivers, but he also would have everybody spending a fortune on maintenance by power-flushing the transmission, power steering lines, radiator, brake lines, etc.....every 2 years /24,000 miles. That seems to me like overkill....and can cost a lot. Yes it will prolong the life of the components but you will spend a fortune doing it. Usually every 30,000 mile tranny fluid changes and 15,000-30,000 anti-freeze changes will do it....other fluids as needed.

Didn't mean to get sidetracked here on another topic, but anyhow these are the two main guys at Motorweek...a great TV road-test and vehicle-review show.

mmarshall

This one? I don't know, though, what John was thinking on this one. I'll have to ask him next time I get a chance to say Hi to him.
The Mustang, granted, has dynamite looks but the overall build quality and materials of a piece of cardboard.

DASHOCKER

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That should have gone to the Vette.

bitkahuna

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Hmm... no Lexus and only two Toyota 'utes.

LexFather

Gene u should be biatching about these 2 instead

5. Best Luxury Sedan - Infiniti M

7. Best Performance Car - Ford Mustang*

bitkahuna

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MotorWeek tends to look for 'value' without regard to prestige, marketing, etc.

jrock65

No surprise about the Infiniti M. It's not the first time it's been voted the best Luxury Sedan.

I don't know about the Solstice being the convertible.

And I'd have chosen the Prius over the Highlander Hybrid for the Eco Friendly award.

LexFather

Very good point, I observe the same.

smoothLEX

I'm not sure about the 3 series being a chick car, but the chicks that I do see driving it are usually hot.