CoTY 2015 Winner announced

[ChocolateBadger]

Aaaannnddd it's a Porche... Again.

 

[Drifter]

The mind boggles.

 

[Fox1]

It's not very often a tank wins COTY :erm:

 

[Ninja'd]

The hell is that?

 

[Rouxenator]

Joh like we did not see that coming...

 

[Fazda]

Yup - as I predicted.

Makes me sick - this is like trying to predict the result of an election in SA - the ANC will win............if it's COTY a Porsche will win!

This farce has become a joke!

 

[ChocolateBadger]

Personally I thought the new Qashqui was a very strong contender

 

[Quantum Theory]

The Macan is actually another worthy winner... If I could, I would.

 

[Fazda]

Personally I thought the new Qashqui was a very strong contender

There were several strong contenders, however the SAGMJ will always vote for a Porsche if it is entered - that now makes Porsche the winner 3 years in a row - unheard of in other COTY competitions. Read the other COTY thread and see what certain journalists are saying about this farce.

 

[creeper]

Porsche is the Meryl Streep of COTY.

 

[pezulu]

I thought the intent of the CoTY award was to award a car that the general public could afford, not something that only a select few would ever be able to afford.

 

[Drifter]

There were several strong contenders, however the SAGMJ will always vote for a Porsche if it is entered - that now makes Porsche the winner 3 years in a row - unheard of in other COTY competitions. Read the other COTY thread and see what certain journalists are saying about this farce.

Link?

 

[OrbitalDawn]

I thought the intent of the CoTY award was to award a car that the general public could afford, not something that only a select few would ever be able to afford.

Nope. Best (or most improved) in its class compared to other cars in their class.

 

[Gaz{M}]

The goal of COTY is to pick the best car, compared to its peers. Not compare the finalists to each other.

Now, that is all well and good, but it is impossible for a person to be totally unbiased. Picture yourself as a motoring journalist. You are lucky enough to sample most of the finest cars in the market all year. Personally, I can say that once I have driven a car of a certain performance and luxury, anything less feels so inferior.

Now take this mindset into a mixture of cars from entry lever up to R1 million plus. Can you REALLY be objective enough after driving a Porsche and an M4 and then get in an A3 or a Citroen and go "hmmm, this A3 is better than the Merc A Class but not as good as the Macan is better than the Range Rover". No, you can't.

So the halo effects makes you pick the Porsche.

COTY is pointless to the average person. There really needs to be a COTY for normal people, and then a money no object COTY.

You can't possibly say that a Macan is better than its peers more than an A3 is better than its peers unless you are a savant or a robot.

 

[Rouxenator]

There is no way the Macan can be better than the A3. They are both VAG, Both suck equally.

 

[Hemi300c]

What a joke

 

[ChocolateBadger]

 

[Jase]

Should be titled 'COTY 2015 ... If you can afford it'

 

[RazedInBlack]

Fugly!

 

[Rickster]

Why didnt they just make the La Ferrari GOTY?