Wheels Car of the yr?

G'day Truckster,

Can't honestly say that I know the car but is this a case of not qualifying for 4WD of the year?

Kind regards

Truckster,

It was also in the a finalist in the Overlander 4wd of the year.

Very cleaver of Ford , the same vehicle in both 2wd and 4wd of the year.

I think the BMWx5 won it for 4WD Monthly and OVerlander had the Discovery 3. Which by the way is not on sale to the public until later this month.

Wayne

Well desrved I thought. People might find faults in it, but the fact it was designed and built here from the ground up, albeit using some other Ford Technology, is a bit of a tribute. Can only help continue to generate the interest that is being shown overseas in it, which again is good

It would be an interesting exercise to see what the mags advertising revenues and overseas jaunts for the mags "journos" where from a particular company for the year it received a COTY, (........... maybe I'm just too much of s synic).

Cheers

Buggerlux

4x4 Australia magazine has decided that from this year onwards only vehicles with low range are to be included. Along with all the other criteria they have.

why not.......its only car!!! albeit 2 or all wheel drive
dont confuse it with a real 4wd truckster

I think this has a lot to do with marketing. At the moment everything you look at or listen to advetise the Territory. As usual, many people are just following what they think is the norm from what they see on TV, and that's why we now see more and more Territories around. Well done Ford for their good ad campaign but I still think that this awd ain't worth the money they ask for it compare to a real 4wd (and I won't even mention the 2wd version).
When you think about it a few years back Nissan did a great campaign for the X-Trail and it became very popular. I don't know if they won anything like car of the year or not but they certainly sold a lot of them in a short time.
Shame that a proper 4wd equipped and priced for the use it should be intended for does not win those contest.
Sly.

Yeah I heard the news at work Bruce :)

Looks out for new variants probably next year....can't say much on here or I'll get my arse kicked.

bit confused about why there is a hint of debate about whether it should have won instead of a real 4wd. It won car of the year, nothing else

Just a little point of reference , since blo-dy when is this site EXPLORE OZ only a 4x4 orientated site , yes a lot of Australia requires a hard core 4x4 ,but by no means do you need a tojo/nisabishi with a 4inch body+4inch suspension lift to see the best of the country, Truckster get out of your accident DEPPRESSION and get real into EXPLORING OZ.

Well deserved, ground breaking technology, market shaping vision.

No Boundaries!

It won Wheels car of the Year probably because it does drive like a car. Why argue with that? It hasn't won a 4wdoty, wait & see what 4x4 Australia do. Someone said they thought 4wd Monthly awarded it...buckleys, if you read the mag they don't even let softroaders enter. The DX Patrol won their last award. Was interesting in the Overlander award that most of the testers actually preferred the BMW, saying something like 'if I could leave the 4wd at home I'd take the BMW'. Well wake up Overlander it is a 4wd award, if you're all taken by the comfort of something softer go & work for Wheels...or Cleo or something.

Being a two wheel drive means it's a car so if it wins car of the year then, der!!!

Baz.

I think there is an element of "mine's bigger than yours" element running in this thread, as there is in others from time to time.

If the vehicle (any vehicle) does what you want it to do and gets you where you want to go - great. If it isn't your cup of tea - so what, just respect that it might be someone else's choice and move on.

I'll hop down now.