"No, I don't thank you for the fish at all" (notindetroit)
11/21/2013 at 15:29 • Filed to: MotorTrend, Motor Trend, Car of the Year, COTY, Car and Driver, 10Best, 10 Best, Ten Best
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"No, I don't thank you for the fish at all" (notindetroit)
11/21/2013 at 15:29 • Filed to: MotorTrend, Motor Trend, Car of the Year, COTY, Car and Driver, 10Best, 10 Best, Ten Best | 0
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Welcome to my new series where I armchair-opine about stuff that's already happened (in a massive, poorly-formatted wall of text) and hopefully can be bothered to finish it all before the end of the calendar year. This is Part 2 of what will likely be a three-part series; Part 1 can be viewed !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
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Motor Trend and Car and Driver 's 2014 MY Best Of awards have at least one thing in common: they both tested the Fiesta ST against the competition. Oh, and they both have almost nothing bad to say about it.
So what gives? The Fiesta ST made !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , while the same car is stuck with other MT " !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ," which is MT 's way of saying it might as well be !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! verses Sebastian Vettel (though if any of you choose to debate Wood vs. Vettel on driving merits, I'm not going to disagree). Why the discrepancy? Because apparently C/D and MT care differently about what makes a full car-line. Says MT :
Alas, this is Car of the Year, and a performance variant of the lineup does not a lineup make. We asked Ford for other examples of the 2014 Fiesta family, particularly a version featuring Ford's new 1.0-liter EcoBoost turbocharged three-cylinder. Ford was not able to provide us either that car or a Fiesta with the 1.6-liter naturally aspirated four. It's too bad, too, because if the 1.0-liter car is as good an entry-level subcompact as the Fiesta ST is a hot hatch, the Fiesta may well have ended up hoisting the Golden Calipers.
The specific reasons why Ford failed to provide a normal-spec Fiesta will likely never be revealed, and the reasons are plentiful, but one that's surely to be popular among some is the supposition that Ford knew it had a turkey on its hands and was afraid to play with the big boys. Even against the CTS and 'Vette Stingray, I don't think I have to explain why that reason is simply stupid.
It's possible Ford simply didn't have a press car available to review, or (what I think is most likely) the guys and gals at Ford communicating with the MT staff probably misunderstood MT's judging intent and criteria and so they figure best send the hottest trim with the best chance of snagging the Golden Calipers - not knowing that it's so hot they've essentially disqualified themselves from contention.
I know the purpose of COTY is to determine the best all-around performer and, as such, takes the whole model range into consideration. But in an automotive world where the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! realistically competes with both !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , or where the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! both undercuts the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and makes the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! look like a bargain, is that really fair? Or is there a better way to do it?
For that matter, why limit yourself to just one car? Sure, C/D's 10Best !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! but !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! it at least spreads that ideal balance it's claiming to be looking for across a whole bunch of cars and thus avoiding such ridiculousness as essentially saying the best all-around value of that model year being nearly !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! or !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
Of course, choosing one or even ten best out of dozens of cars is extremely complicated, and that's why Angus Mackinzie and Eddie Alterman and their staff get paid big bucks. But beyond mere fun in pontificating, the layman's opinion out there does matter. Who else is going to defend the 525i Gran Turismo in a sea of CTS-Vs and Stingrays?
Ok, maybe bad example.
NoahthePorscheGuy
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
11/21/2013 at 16:37 |
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Either way i'm so proud of my little Fiesta.