Ford Motor Company has joined the ranks of only two other automakers in 17 years by winning both the Car of the Year and Truck of the Year awards. The Car was not really a shock to me, as the Ford Fusion hybrid was part of the winning team for Motor Trend’s Car of the Year. The Truck of the Year was the new runabout on the scene, the Ford Transit Connect. Both of these vehicles bested cars (or trucks) from the best automakers in the world and came out on top, proving yet again that Detroit can compete and it CAN WIN!!! For more, head on over to Autoblog.
The North American International Auto Show is finishing it’s first week…so this post is a tad on the late side. Whatever. Anyway the NA Truck of the Year was announced and the winner was the Ford F-150. In second place was the new Dodge Ram pickup, following in third was the Mercedes ML320 BlueTEC. Seeing as the F-150 has the highest available towing capacity, payload capacity, and unsurpassed fuel economy, it’s not really a big shock that the F-150 beat the second place contender by more than double.
The F-150 also beat out new entries such as the Honda Pilot, Infiniti FX35/50, Nissan Murano, and Subaru Forester (Motor Trend’s 2009 Sport Utility of the Year.) Considering the F-150 has been the best selling truck for over 30 consecutive years, and was once again the best selling vehicle in 2008, marking the 23rd straight year that the F-150 has held that title (no, not the Toyota Camry or the Honda Accord.)
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