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Originally Posted by Justkiz
with all respect, 
COTY is not the award just for a dream car or a super car but with many criteria it should tick more than others.
IMHO, 86/BRZ is just ticking on more boxes than the others are in 2012 competition.
It is super affordable and undeniably fun to drive and subjectively good looking.
so many first prize to 86/BRZ this year internationally and it can't be wrong with all those evidence. |
I disagree that it "ticks the most boxes". Quite the opposite. It's a very niche product. I believe it got these awards because it did exactly what it set out to. Fun affordable sports cars are few and far between. The 86 did it really well. The Porsche 911 & Boxter, Renault Megane RS265 and Volkswagen Scirocco are all much better performance cars as seen in the BFYB & PCOTY challenges but none offered the same level of enjoyment for each dollar spent. If COTY was purely performance based the 86 wouldn't rate a mention, nor would it get the tick for everyday driveability. Why else would the Volkswagen up! Holden Volt, Falcon Ecoboost and Mazda CX5 all be compared? They were all pioneers in one way or another.