test thread for car of the year

test thread for car of the year

  • Morris Mini-Minor (Supermini of the Year)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Opel Vectra (Family Car of the Year)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Viper007Bond's personal toilet (Compact Executive Car of the Year)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Mercedes Benz ZX-class (Executive Car of the Year)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Toyota Echo (Luxury Car of the Year)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Peel P50 (MPV of the Year)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Bugatti Veyron (Affordable Performace Car of the Year)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Quicky's dirty laundry hamper (Stangest poll entry of the Year)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Option 10

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Bose Headphones (Car Noise of the Year)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    1
  • Poll closed .

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THIS PAGE IS ONLY A TEST. THE REAL THREAD IS HERE.
FinalGear.com Car of the Year 2008 - Award Winners
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Welcome to the FinalGear.com Car of the Year 2008! This is the Best in Class thread where where the winners of each category are announced. You may also vote for the ultimate FinalGear.com Car of the Year in the above poll!


Here is how everything works:
1. You nominated 1 car of your choice per category.
2. We collated the nominations based on their different categories.
3. The winners of each category are now candidates in the final vote. aThe car with the most votes will win the FinalGear.com Car of the Year Award.
4. Feel free to discuss in this thread.

Best Cars of 2008

Supermini of the Year - Morris Mini-Minor
78 out of 96 votes
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The Mini is a small car that was produced by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered an icon of the 1960s, and its space-saving front-wheel-drive layout (that allowed 80% of the area of the car's floorpan to be used for passengers and luggage) influenced a generation of car-makers. The vehicle is in some ways considered the British equivalent to its German contemporary, the Volkswagen Beetle, which enjoyed similar popularity in North America.
This distinctive two-door car was designed for BMC by Sir Alec Issigonis. It was manufactured at the Longbridge and Cowley plants in the United Kingdom, the Victoria Park / Zetland British Motor Corporation (Australia) factory in Sydney, Australia, and later also in Spain (Authi), Belgium, Chile, Italy (Innocenti), Portugal, South Africa, Uruguay, Venezuela and Yugoslavia. The Mini Mark I had three major UK updates: the Mark II, the Clubman and the Mark III. Within these was a series of variations including an estate car, a pickup truck, a van and the Mini Moke ? a jeep-like buggy. The Mini Cooper and Cooper "S" were sportier versions that were successful as rally cars, winning the Monte Carlo Rally four times from 1964 through to 1967, although in 1966 the Mini was disqualified after the finish, along with all the other British entrants, as the French wanted a Citroen victory. Finding no other reason to disqualify the Mini, the French hosts settled on an 'illegal' combination of headlamps and spotlights. Minis were marketed under the Austin and Morris names until Mini became a marque in its own right in 1969.

Family Car of the Year - Opel Vectra
45 out of 96 votes
aka Vauxhall Vectra, Chevorlet Vectra
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The Opel Vectra is a large family car produced primarily by Opel, the German subsidiary of General Motors Europe (GM Europe is a subsidiary of the multinational General Motors). In the United Kingdom, it is sold under the Vauxhall marque as Vauxhall Vectra (except the Vectra A, which was known as the Vauxhall Cavalier). It has been also been sold by Holden in Australasia as Holden Vectra, and Chevrolet in Latin America as Chevrolet Vectra. The Vectra was introduced in 1988 as a replacement to the Opel Ascona and itself was replaced in 2008 by the Opel Insignia, that will retain the Vectra name for the Chilean market.​

Other Awards

Cock Brand of the Year - Scania
55 out of 96 votes
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Scania AB is a global manufacturer of heavy lorries, buses, and diesel engines, with its head office in S?dert?lje, Sweden. Scania has production facilities in Europe and Latin America. In addition, there are assembly plants in ten countries in Africa, Asia and Europe. Scania's sales and service organisation and finance companies are worldwide. In total the company employ 35 000 people around the world..​

Voting ends on the 15th January (GMT).

Don't forget, you can still vote for your favourite episodes until 10 January!
Top Gear Top Episode 2008
Best of Fifth Gear 2008
Top Gear Top Episode Australia

View the nomination thread here.

Yours truly,
darkshark0159
Homer_Bart
 
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What? This has thrown me. Homer_Bart made a thread to vote for the nominations and then you posted the results the same day?! Am I missing something?

We don't even have the nominees yet so how can there be a poll? This hasn't been explained properly methinks. <_<
 
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