June 09, 2006

Car Interior Awards

Ward's Auto World Magazine sponsors a competition every year for the best Interiors amoung automobiles. They have 2 judging groups, automotive industry people and the media.

Here are this years winners:

Award Category / Industry At-Large Vote / News Media Vote

Overall Vehicle Interiors

Popular-Priced Car / Pontiac Solstice / Audi A3

Premium-Priced Car / Lincoln Zephyr / Lincoln Zepher

Popular-Priced CUV / Chevy HHR / Mazda CX-7

Premium-Priced CUV / Subaru B9 Tribeca / Audi Q7

Popular-Priced Truck / Chevy Tahoe / Toyota FJ Cruiser

Premium-Priced Truck / Cadillac Escalade / Land Rover Range Rover Sport

Interior Features

Best Instrument Cluster / Ford Mustang (Delphi) / Ford Mustang

Best Navigation System / Acura (Alpine) / Acura

Best Cup Holder / Mercedes M-Class (Fischer Automotive)

Best Sound System / Dodge Magnum (Boston Acoustics) / Audi S8 (Bang & Olufsen)

Best Seat System (Driver) / Dodge Charger (Johnson Controls) / Mercedes S-Class - Mercedes

Best Interior Innovation / Dodge Grand Caravan - Stow N' Go Seat System (Chrysler Group & Magna/Intier) / Honda Ridgeline - trunk in pickup bed (Meridian Automotive Systems, Inc.)

As you can see, amoung the auto industry (this included Asian and European auto people) they overwhelmingly picked Domestic vehicles but amoung the Media they overwhelmingly picked Asian / European vehicles

Nope, no media bias here.

Posted by Quality Weenie at June 9, 2006 07:22 AM | TrackBack
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