CTS wins Motor Trend's COTY Award

stovt001 · 11-19-2007, 06:34 PM

A much better winner than the Camry ever was:

http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/19/auto...ion=2007111919

*Mr. Wyndham* · 11-19-2007, 10:24 PM

YES!!! Haha! Wasn't the Aura the COTY last year?

Oh, I am having waaaay too much fun watching GM beat the crap out of Toyota...heehee

Mike88 · 11-19-2007, 11:15 PM

^The end of the article suggests that the camry won the award last year. I'm pretty sure I heard that the Aura won North American Car of the Year for 07...so maybe its a different award.

Btw...the Aura wins the NA COTY and at least around here, you hardly ever see these cars on the road. I don't get it.

*DGthe3* · 11-20-2007, 01:03 AM

I remeber seeing the saturn comercials. it went something alone the lines of "with european handling and styling, introducing the north american car of the year . . . "
and i was like wtf?

Anyhoo, i was wondering whether it would be the malibu or the cts that gets COTY. hey, does this mean that the CTS gets NA-COTY by default, since it is north american and the car of the year? looking at history, last year the silverado got truck of the year, now the CTS gets car of the year, and there's a whole lot of good cars comming down the road.

stovt001 · 11-20-2007, 05:03 AM

No no, the Motor Trend COTY award and the NA COTY award are completely separate. The Motor Trend award is totally administered by MT. They test all the vehicles that qualify, narrow down finalists, tests those some more, and make a decision. The North American Car of the Year is voted on by a board of automotive journalists and other industry insiders. Domestics and Imports are eligible for both awards. So last year MT picked the Camry as its COTY, and the other journalists picked the Aura for their own award.

And with the Aura, Saturn is just a low volume brand, kinda niche, so even if it is a good car, you still won't see large sales numbers.

AirGoya · 11-20-2007, 11:04 AM

I just went car shopping with my dad and my grandpa because my grandpa is looking at the DTS. And while we were at the dealership i got to sit in the CTS. I had to whipe of all of my drool after i got out.

:eek: That car is amazing. I sat in black leather with carbon fiber accents instead of wood and black exterior one with the DI V6. I tried so hard to convince my grandpa to get it but its just too small. I'm so glad GM is finaly getting noticed.

11-19-2007, 06:34 PM	#1
stovt001 Drives: 2006 Cobalt, 2004 Taurus wagon Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: California Posts: 3,812	CTS wins Motor Trend's COTY Award A much better winner than the Camry ever was: http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/19/auto...ion=2007111919

11-19-2007, 10:24 PM	#2
Mr. Wyndham I used to be Dragoneye... Drives: 2018 ZL1 1LE Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 31,876 View My Garage	YES!!! Haha! Wasn't the Aura the COTY last year? Oh, I am having waaaay too much fun watching GM beat the crap out of Toyota...heehee __________________ *"Keep the faith."* - Fbodfather

11-20-2007, 01:03 AM	#4
DGthe3 Moderator.ca Drives: 05 Grand Am GT Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Niagara, Canada Posts: 25,372	I remeber seeing the saturn comercials. it went something alone the lines of "with european handling and styling, introducing the north american car of the year . . . " and i was like wtf? Anyhoo, i was wondering whether it would be the malibu or the cts that gets COTY. hey, does this mean that the CTS gets NA-COTY by default, since it is north american and the car of the year? looking at history, last year the silverado got truck of the year, now the CTS gets car of the year, and there's a whole lot of good cars comming down the road. __________________ Note, if I've gotten any facts wrong in the above, just ignore any points I made with them __________________ Originally Posted by FbodFather My sister's dentist's brother's cousin's housekeeper's dog-breeder's nephew sells coffee filters to the company that provides coffee to General Motors...... ........and HE WOULD KNOW!!!! __________________ Camaro Fest sub-forum

11-20-2007, 11:04 AM	#6
AirGoya Drives: 2012 Camaro SS Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Chicago/Carbondale Posts: 815	I just went car shopping with my dad and my grandpa because my grandpa is looking at the DTS. And while we were at the dealership i got to sit in the CTS. I had to whipe of all of my drool after i got out. :eek: That car is amazing. I sat in black leather with carbon fiber accents instead of wood and black exterior one with the DI V6. I tried so hard to convince my grandpa to get it but its just too small. I'm so glad GM is finaly getting noticed. __________________ -Tim

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11-19-2007, 11:15 PM	#3
Mike88 Drives: 94 Camaro, 05 Magnum Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto/Montreal Posts: 138	^The end of the article suggests that the camry won the award last year. I'm pretty sure I heard that the Aura won North American Car of the Year for 07...so maybe its a different award. Btw...the Aura wins the NA COTY and at least around here, you hardly ever see these cars on the road. I don't get it.

11-20-2007, 05:03 AM	#5
stovt001 Drives: 2006 Cobalt, 2004 Taurus wagon Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: California Posts: 3,812	No no, the Motor Trend COTY award and the NA COTY award are completely separate. The Motor Trend award is totally administered by MT. They test all the vehicles that qualify, narrow down finalists, tests those some more, and make a decision. The North American Car of the Year is voted on by a board of automotive journalists and other industry insiders. Domestics and Imports are eligible for both awards. So last year MT picked the Camry as its COTY, and the other journalists picked the Aura for their own award. And with the Aura, Saturn is just a low volume brand, kinda niche, so even if it is a good car, you still won't see large sales numbers.

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