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01-07-2007, 09:45 AM
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GM wins North American Car AND Truck of the Year
Just anounced. Silverado and Aura nailed it. Congratulations.
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01-07-2007, 10:02 AM
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Re: GM wins North American Car AND Truck of the Year
Doubleplus good news!
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01-07-2007, 10:05 AM
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Re: GM wins North American Car AND Truck of the Year
WOW.
I'm floored. And it's not even Sobe making things up for fun: http://autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar...1056/autoshows DETROIT -- The Saturn Aura has been named the 2007 North American Car of the Year by a panel of automotive journalists. That 49-member panel also named the Chevrolet Silverado as the 2007 North American Truck of the Year. The winners of the annual competition were named today at the start of press preview days for the North American International Auto Show. The Aura emerged on top from a field of 11 candidates for the car award. Jurors gave the Aura a total of 205 points out of a maximum possible 490 points in the round of voting to pick the winning vehicle. For the truck award, the Silverado was given 243 points out of the maximum possible 490 points. The finalists were culled from a pool of 15 candidate trucks. The process to choose the winning car and truck was changed for the 2007 award. This year, jurors cast a first round of ballots -- distributing 25 points among the candidates in the car and truck categories with no more than 10 points given to a single vehicle -- to narrow the lists down to three finalists. A second vote had to be held for the truck category when it was discovered, after the finalists had been announced, that the Jeep Wrangler had been left off the initial ballot. But the Wrangler did not get enough points in the revote to be added to the finalists in the category.
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01-07-2007, 10:06 AM
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Re: GM wins North American Car AND Truck of the Year
ChevroletTough this has to help you get 2007 off to a better start!
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01-07-2007, 10:07 AM
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Re: GM wins North American Car AND Truck of the Year
Link link link?
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01-07-2007, 10:08 AM
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Re: GM wins North American Car AND Truck of the Year
Wow I knew we had it for the TOTY but COTY, awesome. I wonder how Toyota feels.
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01-07-2007, 10:12 AM
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Re: GM wins North American Car AND Truck of the Year
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01-07-2007, 10:14 AM
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Re: GM wins North American Car AND Truck of the Year
GM is roaring back. The Aura is an exceptional car in every respect. I almost traded in my Silverado for one. I couldn't though, because I love my Silverado too much. But, when I am ready for a new car, I will be shopping my Saturn dealer. Congratulations to everyone at GM. Keep it up!
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01-07-2007, 10:14 AM
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Re: GM wins North American Car AND Truck of the Year
Mags, your reaction please.
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01-07-2007, 10:17 AM
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Re: GM wins North American Car AND Truck of the Year
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Toyota is scared - that's why they held the Tundra back, so that it can win the awards next year when it is NOT competing for them against the GMT-900 pickups. That new Tundra is not a good looking vehicle. When the Camry won MT's COTY I nearly fell off my chair. BORING. The Aura deserves this award because of its significance to General Motors. |
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01-07-2007, 10:23 AM
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Re: GM wins North American Car AND Truck of the Year
Thats awesome!
 I assume its a first award of its kind for saturn?I still have to wonder if it is a purchased award or not? 
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01-07-2007, 10:27 AM
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Re: GM wins North American Car AND Truck of the Year
Congrats!!!! Good job GM! This is a surprise as I didn't expect the COTY to go to GM but I'm glad it did. I'm sure the Aura deserved it.
Next year is going to be an awesome year too. Can't wait! |
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01-07-2007, 10:27 AM
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Re: GM wins North American Car AND Truck of the Year
But it does not have Nav or Blue Tooth, how can this be? It's only a competent vehicle because of those things...
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