UCP Cars of the Year 2004

[IBrake4Rainbows]

Hi out there in cyberspace.

If you were here last year you may remember a thread that asked your opinion of the best cars of 2003.

Now it might seem a little premature (It's only october) but the last poll was done around the same time.

There will be the following catagories, other catagories may be added later.

And it's only open to caars released in 2004.

Best New Car Overall
Worst New Car Overall
Best SUV/4WD
Worst SUV/4WD
Best Family Car
Worst Family Car
Best MPV/MiniVan
Worst MPV/Minivan
Best Sports Car
Worst Sports Car
Best Concept Car
Worst Concept Car
Designer of the Year
Head On A Stick Award
Biggest Car Industry Stuff Up
Lifetime Achievement Award (For A Long Serving Car or Brand hitting a Milestone)

Feel Free to add your own spin on things. Answer all or none of the catagories if you wish.

[Coventrysucks]

Some sort of list of all the cars released in 2004 may be in order...
Completely new cars, or are updates etc allowed?

Off the top of my head: (and probably not definative)
Alfa Romeo GT
Aston Martin DB9
Audi A3
Audi A6
Bentley Contintal GT (?)
BMW 1 Series
BMW 5 Series/ Touring
BMW 6 Series
BMW X3
Cheverolet Corvette C6
Chrysler Crossfire (?)
Citroen C2 (?)
Ferrari 612
Fiat Panda
Fiat Idea
Ford Focus
Ford Mustang
Koenigsegg CCR
Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster
Land Rover Discovery 3
Lotus Exige
Maserati MC12
Maserati Quattroporte
Mazda 2 (?)
Mercedes SLK
Mercedes CLS
MG X-Power SV
Mitsubishi Colt
Nissan 350Z (?)
Peugeot 407/ 407SW
Porsche 997
Porsche Boxster
Renault Megane (?)
Renault Scenic (?)
Renault Espace (?)
Renault Modus
Seat Altea
Seat Toledo
Skoda Octavia
TVR T350T
TVR Tuscan 2
TVR Typhon (sort of)
Vauxhall/Opel Astra
Vauxhall/Opel Tigra
Volkswagen Golf V
Volvo S40/ V50

Fire away...

[Blitz_]

hmm i dont know really, pretty good list, but 2 many BMW's, i rekon the FPV Typhoon should be in there once realesed, great car, and the Ford Territory, withought doubt its a landmark Australian car, Aussie X5 for falcon bucks!

[Spastik_Roach]

Best New Car Overall: Ford GT.
Worst New Car Overall: Scion bB
Best SUV/4WD: New Land Rover Discovery:
Worst SUV/4WD: I dunno if it could count But, Rover Streetwise
Best Family Car: Toyota Prius
Worst Family Car: Cant think of one.
Best MPV/Minivan: Mitsubishi Grandis
Worst MPV/Minivan: Ford C-Max (Nothing wrong with it, it just doesn't innovate at all in terms of what its got)
Best Sports Car: Koenigsegg CCR
Worst Sports Car: Chrysler Crossfire
Best Concept Car: Vauxhaul VX Lightning
Worst Concept Car: Bugatti Veyron
Designer Of The Year: Dirk van Braeckel

[UK CARS]

Best New Car Overall- Porsche careara gt
Worst New Car Overall - Toyota Prius ( get a Citroen c2, save £11,000 and get 68mpg, karrmann)
Best SUV/4WD- Land rover discovery 3
Worst SUV/4WD- Bmw x3
Best Family Car- Peguot 407
Worst Family Car- Citroen c5 (facelift)
Best MPV/MiniVan - Renault Espace (facelift)
Worst MPV/Minivan - Fiat multipla (facelift)
Best Sports Car- Mercedes slk
Worst Sports Car - Audi tt (the new one with more power)
Best Concept Car - Bmw m5
Worst Concept Car - Ford shelby gr-1
Designer of the Year - Henrik fisker
Head On A Stick Award - Bennie Eccelstone/Chris Bangle
Biggest Car Industry Stuff Up- Mg/Rover
Lifetime Achievement Award (For A Long Serving Car or Brand hitting a Milestone) - Morgan (wtf??)

[Karrmann]

Best New Car Overall- Ford Five Hundred
Worst New Car Overall- 05 Ford Focus
Best SUV/4WD-Mitsubishi Pajaro/Montero
Worst SUV/4WD- Hummer H2
Best Family Car- Toyota Prius
Worst Family Car-Ford Expedition
Best MPV/MiniVan- Dodge Caravan SXT
Worst MPV/Minivan-Ford Freestar
Best Sports Car- Mazda Miata
Worst Sports Car-Dodge Viper
Best Concept Car- Oldsmobille Aerotech III
Worst Concept Car-Honda Fya-Jo (oh I wonder wonder wonder wonder, what's in a wonder box!!?)
Head On A Stick Award- Bill Ford
Biggest Car Industry Stuff Up-Ford's consumer service
Lifetime Achievement Award-Toyota for making the first production hybrid and making it so good people are waiting for atleast 2 years for 1!
biggest lemon award- Ford Focus
best looking car-Vector "Avtech" WX-3R (good job Gerald!!)
worst looking car-Honda Fya-Jo (it's a giant vaccum cleaner!!)

[Wouter Melissen]

Best Concept Car- Oldsmobille Aerotech III

That concept is older than you are.

[Ferrari Tifosi]

Best New Car Overall - Porsche Carrera GT
Worst New Car Overall - Scion bB (agree with you here Spastik)
Best SUV/4WD - n/a
Worst SUV/4WD - n/a
Best Family Car - Maserati Quattroporte/ BMW 3 series
Worst Family Car - n/a
Best MPV/MiniVan - Honda Odessey
Worst MPV/Minivan - n/a
Best Sports Car - Mazda Mazdaspeed Miata
Worst Sports Car - Lamborghini Gallardo
Best Concept Car - Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione
Worst Concept Car - n/a
Designer of the Year - Pinanfarina (love their styling)
Head On A Stick Award - n/a
Lifetime Achievement Award (For A Long Serving Car or Brand hitting a Milestone) - Corvette C6

[Karrmann]

That concept is older than you are.

well, I like that car and even if the company is bankrupt, it still was an great idea, even it is 80's.

[Coventrysucks]

Karrmann: WTF is an elik? is it like an alec?
Also, when voting for 2004 cars, you might want to pick a car from 2004.
Are you going to vote for Abraham Lincoln next week? No, because he isn't a 2004 presidential candidate.

Now for some Concepts:
Audi Le Mans
Audi RSQ
Bertone Jet
Buick Velite
Chevy Nomad
Chyrsler ME412
Dodge Slingshot
Farboud GTS
Fiat Trepiuno
Fioravanti Kite
Ford Bronco
Ford Focus Vignale
Ford Shelby Cobra
Honda SUT
Hummer H3T
Hyundai HCD8
Italdesign Visconti
Italdesign Volta
Jeep Rescue
Lexus LF-C
Lincoln Aviator
Lincoln Mark X
Lincoln Zephyr
Mercedes Vision B
Mercedes vision GST
Mercedes Vision R
Mitsubishi Concept-E
Mitsubishi Sport Truck
Nissan Actic
Nissan Qashqai
Noble M14
Opel Trixx
Peugeot 907
Pininfarina Nido
Range Stormer
Renault Fluence
Renault Wind
Rolls Royce EX100
Saturn Curve
Shelby GR1
Sivax Xtile
Toyota FTX
Toyota MTRC
TVR Sagaris
Volvo 3CC
Volvo YCC
VW Concept C
VW Concept R
VW Concept T

But there were many more...

[jones.dk]

Best New Car Overall- Aston Martin DB9
Worst New Car Overall - Toyota Prius
Best SUV/4WD- Bmw X5 4.8is
Worst SUV/4WD- New Land Rover Discovery
Best Family Car- Audi A6
Worst Family Car- Mitsubishi Colt
Best MPV/MiniVan - Seat Altea
Worst MPV/Minivan - Fiat Multipla
Best Sports Car- TVR T350T
Worst Sports Car - Chrysler Crossfire
Best Concept Car - BMW M5!!!
Worst Concept Car - Lexus LF-C
Designer of the Year - Henrik fisker!!! YEEEEHHAA (hes a dane)
Head On A Stick Award - Bennie Eccelstone
Biggest Car Industry Stuff Up- N/A
Lifetime Achievement Award (For A Long Serving Car or Brand hitting a Milestone) - Pininfarina/ Porsche 997

[Slicks]

Best Sports Car- Mazda Miata
Worst Sports Car-Dodge Viper

Wow, you really need your brain inspected....

[Rockefella]

Karrmann: Also, when voting for 2004 cars, you might want to pick a car from 2004.
Are you going to vote for Abraham Lincoln next week? No, because he isn't a 2004 presidential candidate.

Karrman isn't old enough to vote for the President yet.

[Matt]

Karrman isn't old enough to vote for the President yet.

I would guess that he won't be old enough in 4 years, either.

[Ferrari Tifosi]

Wow, you really need your brain inspected....

I would also consider the Miata a far better sports car than the Viper. The Miata is more true to the sports car heritege than a Viper.