86/BRZ Wins Wheels COTY 2012
 

Hi All,

Logged into facebook and saw that Wheels Magazine had updated their status and...the 86/BRZ has won Wheels COTY 2012!

Magazine comes out tomorrow I think, will be a good read so make sure you get it to add to your collections!

Cheers

G

Paying for a 32 page lift out had no bearing on the result, I'm sure... :rolleyes:

Just a reminder that the Honda CR-Z got Wheels COTY 2011.

Ah monty.

Still around, and still saying things that you should just keep to yourself.

Its a forum. I can voice my opinion on such an award. Wheels has the credibility of an Egyptian presidential candidate. Every year the prize has gone to the biggest advertising account. Don't get shitty, its a fact.

Think 2011 was more indicative of the remainder of the field, but not a vintage year for sure ;)

The twins were always destined to win this and when I saw the final 3 (VW Up! and Holden Volt), they were a shoe in! :)

You probably enjoy wearing tin foil hats too.

I know it's just a 'magazine'. But it will have a nice writeup on the car we all love, especially since it's won the 1st prize.

Feel free to start a "Wheels mag is all BS" thread.

oh the irony
so if someone else who owns a brz/86 made the same comment that would be ok? i agree with his sentiment.

You are saying we will love the car more because it has won a prize? i don't follow the logic. i would have thought that you have bought a product because it suits you, not because it has won a popularity contest.

I love these forums. Why are you so hostile over my opinion on Wheels magazine?

Doesn't matter if you own the car or not. This thread was supposed to be a lil celebration of another win, and has been turned into a thread that is anti Wheels.

Like i said, feel free to start a new thread against Wheels.

I ordered before I drove the car or knew what it cost and before it won wheels and before the 32 page spread. It suits me fine. You just can't read properly.

Again, this post is a heads up for people who wish to buy wheels to read a bit more about the car they probs already know enough about. Now relax.

i.e. there will be a big writeup on the car, since it's won 1st place. Not, we will love the car more lol

Perhaps something to that effect in the thread title would have been a good idea then? This IS a "discussion" forum, after all. Seems the whole thread so far falls into the discussion category.

Fine, I'll play nice now for the sake of keeping the peace.

ZOMG, 86 can nevar looose!!! DK Tsuchiya knows best. :p

now you're being an idiot

Agreed. It was tongue in cheek of course.

Agree the clio rs200 should have won it even though i have not driven it and own a white 86gts the clio is better in all aspects isn't that right m.

I'm sorry. What does a Clio RS200 have to do with this topic?

Everything and nothing mate basically stating the obvious that wheels has been bought out by the manufacturer with the most, being a prius handling shitbox.

Um, I don't follow you.

The Wheels COTY award had always been a bit of a running joke. I'll post the list off winners from over the years. Next year has already been decided with a new Commodore launching in 2013.

i am happy with the win but who ever won any prize someone will pull the biggest ad client thing. if the Volt won, i'm sure the annual calendar helps.......

the twin has won so many awards around the world already i'd thought they will be immured but i'm wrong again.

I'm sorry my reverse pschyology approach was not obvious to those retarded bogans from NSW and QLD but i will put it in a language you can understand the game is the game yo bitches be bitches.

Back on topic Toyota deserve all praises and awards it is an amazing handling and well balanced car.

The complete list of cars over the years below.

1963 Renault 8
1964 Morris 1100
1965 Ford Falcon (XP)
1966 Ford Falcon (XR)
1967 Chrysler Valiant (VE)
1968 Holden Monaro (HK)
1969 Holden Torana (LC)
1970 Renault 12
1971 Chrysler Valiant Charger (VH)
1972 Award withheld
1973 Leyland P76 V8
1974 Volkswagen Passat
1975 Holden Gemini (TX)
1976 Volkswagen Golf
1977 Honda Accord
1978 Holden Commodore (VB)
1979 Award withheld
1980 Mazda 323
1981 Mercedes-Benz 380SE (W126)
1982 Holden Camira (JB)
1983 Ford Telstar and Mazda 626 (joint award)
1984 Mitsubishi Nimbus
1985 Mitsubishi Magna (TM)
1986 Award withheld
1987 Honda Prelude
1988 Holden Commodore (VN)
1989 Mazda MX-5 (NA)
1990 Lexus LS 400
1991 Honda NSX and Nissan Pulsar (N14)
1992 Mazda 626 and Ford Telstar
1993 Holden Commodore (VR)
1994 Subaru Liberty
1995 Honda Odyssey
1996 Mitsubishi Magna/Verada (TE/KE)
1997 Holden Commodore (VT)
1998 Subaru Liberty Wagon
1999 Mercedes-Benz S-Class
2000 Subaru Impreza
2001 Holden Barina (XC)
2002 Ford Falcon (BA)
2003 Mazda RX-8
2004 Ford Territory (SX)
2005 Mazda MX-5 (NC)
2006 Holden Commodore (VE)
2007 Mercedes-Benz C-Class
2008 Honda Accord Euro
2009 Volkswagen Golf
2010 Volkswagen Polo
2011 Honda CR-Z

Granted their are some good and subpar/poor choices on that list it doesn't change the fact the car is deserving of awards coming it's way. Beyond that i would challenge you to find numbers of other car mags that haven't made poor choices that is life.

But for you to degrade this truly magnificient car is poor form on your part and to suggest post hast that another car deserved it more to be childish ignorance.

Please note i do not care about whether this car receives awards or not and if you want to dis this car post a new thread with your own opinion instead of being a cockcroach with a grudge.

Good lord, the guy didn't dis or "degrade this truly magnificient car" [sic] anywhere in this thread. State your case, sure, but come on, be fair about it.

why are you guys getting so butthurt over someones OPINION?

Bitter?

Did a bit of google for you

http://www.ozrenaultsport.com/

Bye :)

Yes his intention was that Wheels is corrupt and that the 86 was the obvious/automatic choice which this is to be viewed as a direct/indirect dis/degradation of the car in question.

As per above link i suggest that he should procrastinate their where he will be a god.

Also adding to that you have disrepected the drift king Keiichi Tsuchiya shame on you mate.

Thanks to the guys that actually GET IT.

The Hot Tuner Challenge was a farce this year too. Tuners that shall remain nameless were allowed to repair their car, even despite the fact that rules stipulated no one could do so. The workshop in question is a major contributor to Motor magazine.

Not once did I take a shot at the 86. It's probably one of four or five cars on that list that I would own. It's not the greatest car ever made and people need to come to terms with that and stop attacking anyone that doesn't have the same opinion.

You have come into this thread obviously looking for a fight by trolling your worthless opinion which i have noted as a direct attack on various topics. Take it or get out.

Oh please. Now you're the regulator of opinion value? Again, the real issue here is my opinion differs from the majority of fanboys so a witch hunt ensues.

EDIT - you know what? The 86 was the best car built this year. I never said it wasn't. I just argued that the Wheels COTY has been plagued with corrupt decision making for years.

Only thing that really rubs me up the wrong way with MOTOR/Wheels is how they give a gobbie to any Porsche or VW. I can usually guarantee that in a tuner challenge will be won by some porsche (snooze) and a new Golf or Polo will cause the writers to get a big stiffy/wet one over it even if it was garbage :(

That said, a worthy winner the twins are :)

I refute the fact of fan boyism i would sell my 86 at a whim if the competition produced a better handling/performance RWD sports car at a similar price range.

Ok but there was definite insinuations on your part and i have interpreted it differently to what you have suggested above.

I see you read evo magazine too. :p

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Good grief.. Why the fuck are you all attacking Monty? Did he burst your bubble at one point or another
He never once said in this thread that the 86 didn't deserve a award, but what he said is that wheels is a running joke...
What should be praise for this car is that Jeremy clarkson said it is one of the best cars he has ever driven. That is actual worth while praise, even if topgear is a tounge in cheek approach at some level to motoring journalism. That man has driven nearly every car made after the 50's (afaik) and that is actual praise

I was actually considering aftermarket wheels and tyres until I read what he had to say about it. Love or hate the guy, he knows cars.

Why listen to him just do what you want to the car it's your car/style.

Nobody has attacked anybody in this thread but he has definitely inferred the car was not deserving of the award and was also sarcastic and disrespectful to others.

no he didnt. its not the greatestests car of all time. fucking get over it.

Your grammar has failed you son.

I have never mentioned or referred to it as being "the greatest car of all time."

Not sure I get the reference, but referring to one of your previous posts I would give even money of the new commodore winning 2013 COTY