When I very first mooted the concept of asking a few of the top dogs in the vehicle manufacturing, retailing as well as motorsport businesses to vote for their finest cars and trucks of the year, I was warned off. The advice went a bit like this: the designers as well as engineers will only vote for the vehicles they designed; the high flyers will provide the nod of approval solely to the products they built; dealership principals will feel duty-bound to pick the designs they sell; and, continuing the theme, the motorsport boys as well as women will focus on the makers who race as well as ignore those who don’t.
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Wrong, wrong, wrong as well as wrong again. Of the judges invited to vote for finest cars and trucks of the Year (Best COTY) 99 per cent did the opposite. With just one or two exceptions, they voted for others – commonly fierce rivals. similarly unselfish were other voters from the motor show, vehicle auction, cars and truck club as well as consulting worlds. as well as the TV presenters as well as other expert media people on board (including editor-in-chief Steve Fowler as well as bit ol’ me) enjoyed as well as exploited the truth that we as well were 100-per-cent free to select any type of new cars and truck we liked – regardless of price, vehicle type and, crucially, availability (or not) in the UK.
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Some worldwide cars and truck awards have an infuriating, undemocratic ‘‘system’ of excluding vehicles since they’re as well expensive, not developed in big sufficient numbers, or are classified as quadricycles rather than cars. however since such rules do not apply to the auto reveal new cars and truck Awards, they likewise have no location at finest cars and trucks of the Year, which operates on a more worldwide stage, with judges from Asia, The Americas, Europe, Africa as well as Australasia.