Auto Spies 'Car of the year' rankings

When we picked the 2005 'Car of the year' (2005 Porsche 997) we received a lot of email asking us to rank the runners up in order of preference.

So ask and you shall receive!

Here are our rankings in order of preference:

First list is money no object (what we would buy)in order of preference:

1. Mercedes SLR
2. Ford GT
3. Ferrari Scaglietti
4. Bentley Continental
5. Aston DB9
6. Maserati Quattroporte
7. Tie: Corvette/Lotus Elise
8. New Audi A6
9. MB SLK350
10.Cadillac STS

Second list is all around best bang for the buck (What we would buy)in order of preference

1. Tie: Corvette/ Lotus Elise
2. Ford GT
3. Maserati Quattroporte
4. New Audi A6
5. MB SLK350
6. Cadillac STS
7. Aston DB9
8. Bentley Continental
9. Ferrari Scaglietti
10.Mercedes SLR

MercBasher - 10/14/2004 11:08:33 PM

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Here are the latest results from JD Powers on which brands buyers find the most appealing - oh what a surprise Lexus is at the top, and Mercedes Benz does not even beat Infiniti.

2004 J.D. Power APEAL Rankings
by TCC Team (2004-10-14)

2004 APEAL Brand Rankings

Lexus
910

Porsche
903

Cadillac
902

BMW
900

Jaguar
897

Infiniti
896

Mercedes-Benz
895

Acura
892

MINI
890

Audi
887

Lincoln
887

Volvo
883

HUMMER
881

Saab
873

Land Rover
867

Mazda
864

Nissan
859

Volkswagen
857

Mercury
856

Mitsubishi
855

Honda
854

Chrysler
852

Hyundai
852

Toyota
852

Industry Average
852

Scion
850

Dodge
848

GMC
847

Ford
843

Pontiac
841

Chevrolet
836

Buick
834

Saturn
834

Suzuki
834

Kia
830

Subaru
827

Jeep
818

Oldsmobile
811

Isuzu
810

Source: J.D. Power and Associates 2004 Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) StudySM

Threepoint1415926 - 10/15/2004 1:57:15 PM

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I wonder what "Appeal" means? Kinda Ambiguous isn't it?

Jon