Awards Won By The Toyota 86
Reply With QuoteDrive.com.au has voted the GT86 best car under $60,000 for 2012.
Its all well and good to announce awards for new cars, but a quick summarisation as to how this award was given...
* More than 1000 cars where driven over a 12 month period by the judges
* 39 Cars where categorised into categories
* A panel of well respected judges in Australia was assembled to judge the cars
* 5 Days of Driving / Testing over the following conditions was performed
- Race Track (Slalom, high speed cornering, and extreme braking - use of the ABS)
- Suburban Driving (school zones, pot holes, traffic lights etc)
- Highway driving
The following determined the points awarded for each test
* Expected vs received outcome
* Comfort during tests
* Features of the car
* Performance of driveline , suspension
6 of the 9 judges agreed that the Toyota 86 deserved to win the Prestigeous category of best car under $60,000. Talk about punching above your weight.
Toyota also had the Hybrid camry was also a finalist.
I'm sure a different outcome on this award would have been reached if the judges took in the lead times to get one of the cars, but that could be considered somewhat unfair as its really a car that sells itself and no body is surprised that it won this award.
Congratulations Toyota!
There are no surprises there , though the judging was done over a grueling 5 days consisting of highway driving, low speed school zones, regular suburban driving, traffic lights and a rack track environment.
Congratulations Toyota on achieving the highest accolade that drive.com.au has to offer.
Originally Posted by ae86
