Hyundai Genesis and Ford F-150 Take Top Honors in Detroit

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Hyundai Genesis and Ford F-150 Take Top Honors in Detroit
By Ross Edwards
Monday, 12 January 2009 06:17

Every year at the Detroit Auto Show, 50 automotive journalists from the United States and Canada vote on the Car and Truck of the Year. Vehicles eligible for the award have to be either completely new models or substantially redesigned for the 2009 model year, according to CNNMoney. This year, the committee picked the Hyundai Genesis and Ford F-150 as the best.
Out of more than 50 eligible models, three finalists were selected for Car of the Year and three for Truck of the Year. The Hyundai Genesis faced stiff competition from the Ford Flex and Volkswagen Jetta TDI diesel sedan. The F-150 beat out Dodge’s new Ram 1500 and the Mercedes-Benz ML320 BlueTEC diesel SUV.
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Kind of funny that for all this blabbering people do about the Japanese making the only cars worth buying, the journalists who eat sleep and shit cars didn't pick one for the top three this year in either segment.