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  1. 12-03-2005, 09:30 AM #1
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    Top Gear Awards 2005 Results

    I know matra has already posted about the veyron getting car of the year but as I got the mag yesterday i thought i would post up what/who won all the other awards.

    Car of the Year: Jointly Bugatti Veyron / Toyota Aygo et al.
    Roadster: Mazda MX-5
    Hatchback: Honda Civic
    Grand Tourer: Aston Martin Vantage
    Luxury: Mercedes-Benz CLS
    Limousine: Mercedes Benz S-Class
    Sportscar: Porsche Cayman
    Supersaloon: Audi RS4
    SUV: Range Rover Sport
    Supercar: Ferrari 430 Spider
    Executive: Lexus IS

    People of the Year
    Rally Driver of the Year: Sebastien Loeb
    Takeo Fukui - CEO of Honda
    Mike Cross - Development Driving Guru
    LJK Setright R.I.P - Columnist/Author
    Flavio Briatore - F1 Renault Team Manager
    Manabu Morisaka - Executive Chief Engineer Toyota
    Danica Patrick - Indycar Driver
    Thomas Bscher - Bugatti Boss
    Peter H Diamandis - Entrepreneur

    EDIT: all info sourced from top gear magazine No. 148
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  2. 12-03-2005, 09:37 AM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by Top Gear
    Supercar: Ferrari 430 Spider
    F430? Cmon... the F430 is a great car, but theres the Zonda, and the Ford GT, Veyron, CGT, SLR, etc. In last weeks top gear, the supercar segment, while the F430 was good off motorways, the Zonda and GT were still better cars.

    Oh dear.
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    Well done to all the cars and people listed above. However, this kinda points out the convoluted route they take on some of the test drives. The Cayman has been listed as the Sportscar of the Year, which is a huge accolade, but during its test drive, JC didnt give the impression he found it that good (which I disagreed with)
    Just a small complaint, but still superb.
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    Quote Originally Posted by adamfraser
    F430? Cmon... the F430 is a great car, but theres the Zonda, and the Ford GT, Veyron, CGT, SLR, etc. In last weeks top gear, the supercar segment, while the F430 was good off motorways, the Zonda and GT were still better cars.

    Oh dear.
    those all came out at least a year ago though, these are all new cars
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    What about the Zonda F?
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    well obviously they didnt think it was better or it would've won.

    the way JC raved about the 430 its hard to imagine any other car winning it
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    Quote Originally Posted by my porsche
    well obviously they didnt think it was better or it would've won.

    the way JC raved about the 430 its hard to imagine any other car winning it
    True, JC called the F430: "The greatest driving machime ever made." I guess BMW isn't very happy about that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pergarec
    What about the Zonda F?
    Not enough time has been spent with that car to give an in-depth verdict I recon. Have customers recieved their cars then?
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    Quote Originally Posted by taz_rocks_miami
    True, JC called the F430: "The greatest driving machime ever made." I guess BMW isn't very happy about that.
    A few episodes later he also says the M5 is just as good as the F430
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    he lied.
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    I thought he hated the cayman? Best sportscar :|
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    Quote Originally Posted by A5H
    I thought he hated the cayman? Best sportscar :|
    I think it beated the M6 and the AM V8 Vantage in the first episode. JC hated it but James and Richard thought it was the best... So I guess it won on democracy...

    I must say I'm very happy to see the Range Rover Sport comming out as best SUV, it totally deserves it IMO.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jorismo
    I think it beated the M6 and the AM V8 Vantage in the first episode. JC hated it but James and Richard thought it was the best... So I guess it won on democracy...
    I think it was a 911. Still, the Cayman was on Episode 2.
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    Glad the Audi and the Honda made it love both of 'em
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    Quote Originally Posted by adamfraser
    I think it was a 911. Still, the Cayman was on Episode 2.
    Yeah you're right, it was the 911... I got confused for a moment there
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