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2010 Volkswagen GTI - click above for high-res image gallery
It's funny how publications have a personality. It shouldn't be funny, as obviously all publications have an editor and said editor has a collection of likes and dislikes, but we still find it amusing. Here's a for instance. This year our pals over at
Motor Trend went ahead and named the Subaru Outback their
Sport Utility Vehicle of the Year. Besides the obvious issue (a jacked up station wagon counts as an SUV?), this selection makes perfect sense considering that in 2008 the Subaru Forrester
won the same award. Funny, huh?
Therefore it should surprise no one that
Automobile named the
2010 Volkswagen GTI their
Automobile of the Year. Why? Because they did the
same thing back in 2007. Really? Yeah man, really. Only this time we're not sure how ha ha funny we find this selection. It's more funny odd. For one thing, the 2010 GTI really isn't all that different than the 2007 GTI. Same power plant, same suspension, same hard points. All that's really new are some body panels and an electronic differential, the latter of which is suspect during sustained, high-speed back country driving.
All that said, the new GTI is a fine car -- we
said so ourselves a few months back. However, we just don't see it as COTY material. In fact, if we were to select a single car to shower praise down upon... we're not even sure where we'd start. Some of us (ahem) would no doubt push for the
Shelby GT500 because for the money it just can't be beat (or for that matter, for
twice the money). Still others would pick... the
Ford Fusion Hybrid. So what do we know? Oh wait, two of us are on the
Internet Car of the Year jury...
Gallery: First Drive: 2010 Volkswagen GTI
[Source:
Automobile]
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