{"id":8080,"date":"2017-11-17T08:10:15","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T22:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/?p=8080"},"modified":"2020-06-20T00:34:57","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T14:34:57","slug":"car-of-the-year-awards-surprise-from-news-corp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/australia\/car-of-the-year-awards-surprise-from-news-corp\/","title":{"rendered":"Car Of The Year Awards Surprise From News Corp."},"content":{"rendered":"

As we head towards the end of 2017 the awards season for cars gets under way and some of Australia’s biggest media groups roll out their list of contenders for the gongs in various categories. News Corporation, the company behind CarsGuide, has released their list of finalists for their COTY<\/strong> awards and there’s no surprises in that the two Korean brands feature two of the more newsworthy cars of recent weeks. It’s no surprise that no Australian built cars feature but it is a surprise that there’s just two European brands in the mix…bear in mind that this is the view of this news group and it’s worth looking out for the lists from the other news groups.\"\"From Korea<\/strong> comes the monster killing Hyundai i30<\/strong> with the comments of: Loads of standard equipment, confident roadholding and a five-year warranty. There’s also the Kia Picanto<\/strong>, the good looking small hatch with: value-for-money hatchback that\u2019s well equipped and suited to city living. Kia also lobs out the polarising (to Holden and Ford fans) Stinger<\/strong>: Old-school, rear-wheel-drive sports sedan with room for five and a twin-turbo V6.<\/p>\n

Audi<\/strong> is one of the two European entries, with News Corp choosing the new Q5<\/strong>: German precision engineering matched to a frugal diesel engine and cutting edge safety. Japan<\/strong> is the country of\u00a0 origin for the rest of the finalists and it’s an eclectic mix, starting with Suzuki<\/strong>‘s Swift<\/strong>, a fun and funky and frugal little car with New Corp saying: Fun to drive turbo three-cylinder with strong safety package. Next up is Subaru<\/strong>‘s resurgent Impreza<\/strong>, recently tested by Private Fleet’s Dave: Quality cabin and crash-avoidance tech usually reserved for luxury cars.\"\"The Japanese onslaught continues with Honda<\/strong>‘s completely revamped Integra<\/strong> range including the fire snorting Type R<\/strong>: Explosive hot hatch with in-your-face styling and a punchy turbo engine. Mazda<\/strong> is in there as well with their mid range CX5<\/strong>: Well priced, stylish cabin design and surprisingly agile for a softroader. Honda<\/strong> throws in another SUV with the CR-V<\/strong>: Spacious, versatile interior, quality finishes and hi-tech feel. Skoda<\/strong>‘s brilliant new Kodiaq<\/strong> is the other European sourced finalist with: clever touches in the cabin, zippy turbo engine and a generous warranty.\"\"<\/p>\n

The final word goes to Richard Blackburn, motoring editor: “Every year, it\u2019s getting more difficult to separate the best from the rest. Brands that buyers once turned their backs on are now every bit as good as the established players, while safety technology usually reserved for expensive luxury cars is increasingly available on cheap hatchbacks.”<\/p>\n

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As we head towards the end of 2017 the awards season for cars gets under way and some of Australia’s biggest media groups roll out their list of contenders for the gongs in various categories. News Corporation, the company behind CarsGuide, has released their list of finalists for their COTY awards and there’s no surprises […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[227],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8080"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11314,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8080\/revisions\/11314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}