The ballots have been counted and only six vehicles remain. On the car side, finalists are Cadillac XLR, Mazda RX-8 and Toyota Prius

http://www.autoweek.com/cat_content...._code=05155503

 

Here's a link to the Auto Show website..

http://autoshow.msn.com/as/autoshow2...c=autoshow2004

 

when do they pick a winner

 

please mike, try reading the links

The winners will be announced at a press conference on Sunday, January 4, 2004, at 10:45 a.m.

 

$5 says it's the Prius.

 

I really dont like that XLR the specs look good but its.....I dont know its just definately not my bag.

 

its an ugly car

 

Whaa.

The Prius received 298 votes from the jurors.
The RX-8 received 167 votes,
while the XLR received 113 votes, NACOTY officials said.

 

Once again, political correctness wins out over reason

 

Well, considering that the Mazda has recently won about 5 awards and came in 2nd place isn't too bad. One thing I noticed though is that the article said that for the cars to be eligible, they had to be a new model or substantially change from the previous model year. Has the Prius changed that much from 2003 to 2004?

 

The Pruis sports an all new drivetrain that is both more efficient and more powerful, not to mention that the car is more spacious now as well. As much as I like rotaries, the Prius is an engineering marvel and definately deserves to win.

 

Rotary, 1.3 liters, ... efficiency at its best. Try 1.3 liters in the prius and see how well that performs.

 

Haha! You're being facetious, right? Because this 1.3 is running up a gas tab 4x larger than my wife's SUV (and does about 2/3 of the miles I do).

 

You are right. The Prius was changed considerably - I checked. Like I said though the RX8 was second and that is good too.