"No, I don't thank you for the fish at all" (notindetroit)
12/30/2013 at 12:51 • Filed to: Motor Trend, COTY, Car of the Year
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"No, I don't thank you for the fish at all" (notindetroit)
12/30/2013 at 12:51 • Filed to: Motor Trend, COTY, Car of the Year | 0
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Yup, it's the end of the year which means it's time to finish this off. Read Part 1 !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , Part 2 !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and, uh, Part 2.5 !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
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The C7's striking exterior is polarizing. The basic proportion and stance is dramatic, and the new greenhouse has echoes of Ferrari. But the surfacing is riven with a few too many sharp creases, and the height of the tail is not disguised well enough.
This is Motor Trend's and !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! sole complaint about the new C7 Corvette. The styling is indeed polarizing as Jalopnik and many OppoNauts have expressed towards both ends. But was it enough to sink the C7's chances for COTY?
I suppose at the end it's up to you. The whole point of this series is just to point out the rather inconsistent and arbitrary nature of the COTY process, and if you ask me the 'Vette is probably the greatest illustration of this. So I'll go ahead and conclude with that as food for thought.
In the meantime, the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! results came out, and I think it illustrates just how complicated the truck market is. It's simultaneously more dynamic and static than any other auto market - in some cases say 70% or so of the truck can remain the same for an entire production run, but the remaining 30% can be so drastically different as to virtually make a new vehicle (particularly fundamental stuff like ladder frames or even how those frames are made). So a truck that looks largely the same as one introduced a few model years ago won. I don't think this is going to steal the F-150's #1 spot anytime soon.
lone_liberal
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
12/30/2013 at 13:06 |
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The COTY award has more to do with guaranteed ad buys than it does with the vehicles involved.