Edmunds brings you a quick tour of what’s new at the Chicago Auto Show this week.
The finalists for the 2010 North American Car and Truck of the Year Award are out and we couldn’t help doing a little prognostication as to who might follow the 2009′s winner, the Hyundai Genesis (above).
By Motormouths scores alone the Porsche Panamera should be a lock for the Car award with a 90 score (followed by the Click for more
Autoblog reports that a diverse panel ranging from gearheads like Carroll Shelby and Jay Leno to greenheads such as Jean-Michel Cousteau will chose the 2010 Green Car of the Year.
If we were to predict a winner based on Motormouths scores we’d pick the redesigned Toyota Prius which is averaging an impressive 87. Other nominees include Click for more
Jeremy Clarkson, England’s best-known car critic (his rants and raves appear in the Times of London and on TV’s TopGear) is an unrepentant “petrolhead” who believes global warming is bunk and that hybrids are “designed solely to milk the guilt genes of the smug and the foolish.”
Here’s a holiday enconium, courtesy of Ben, one of the MotorMouths crew:
Ah, mom. You confounded car dealer’s preconceptions by driving convertibles with manual transmissions for most of your life. And when you decided to buy something sensible for your 69th birthday, you picked a Honda Fit. Prescient, as always; a few months later we launched MotorMouths, ran the numbers on Click for more
Wikipedia action for the Honda Insight and Toyota Prius. Just because.
This’ll be fun. Edmunds.com just published its list of the “10 least expensive 2009 midsize sedans on the market.” It’s a handy list. Ah, but what scores do these econo-sedans get from published critics? Glad you asked:
2009 Kia Optima, $17,495. Score on MotorMouths: 77
The 2010 Honda Insight is currently the top-rated hybrid among critics. Consumers dig it, too. At least in Japan they do:
Reuters reported today that Honda has received almost triple the number of orders it expected for the car after it went on sale in its homeland on Feb 6. [Via.]
