Car/Truck of the year means is has poor sales and it needs a boost.
Car/Truck of the year means is has poor sales and it needs a boost.
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This is Motor Trend magazine , getting COTY simply means that Chrysler spent the most on advertising this year and the Chrysler execs got to choose which of their products would win.
Chrysler in the last decade is known mainly for interiors that fall apart because the plastics are TOO CHEAP (although they start out pretty) and INCREDIBLY UNRELIABLE transmissions in their RWD cars and trucks.
Correct. Here are the winners since 2000:
13 Dodge
12 Ford
11 Chevy
10 Dodge
09 Ford
08 Toyota
07 Chevy
06 Honda
05 Toyota
04 Ford
03 Dodge
02 Chevy
01 Chevy
00 Toyota
Now an optimist - or at least an employee of Motor Trend - would say that healthy competition is producing different winners (except for 01-02) and that the even distribution between manufacturers is coincidence.
A pessimist - make that a realist - would note that all these companies advertise and that Motor Trend is almost entirely dependent on such ads. The uncanny even distribution of makers is a cynical ploy to keep them all happy and to keep the ad dollars flowing.
The ‘award’ has as much legitimacy as a participation trophy in a Little League tournament.