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2011 Winners

The Internet Pros picked the 2011 Cadillac CTS-V and 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee as their Internet Car and Truck of the Year, but the "Average Joe" vote concurred on the truck award, but top car honors went to the 2011 Ford Mustang GT.

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INTERNET PROS AND AVERAGE JOES PICK THEIR FAVORITE NEW CARS AND TRUCKS

Posted by admin at 1 December, 2010, 8:25 am

Jerry Flint Posthumously Honored as Internet Automotive Journalist of the Year

Boston (Dec. 1, 2010)—The Internet Car and Truck of the Year website has announced the winners from the Internet Pros and Average Joes votes for their favorite new cars and trucks. Domestic brands swept all four categories.
The winners, announced from the New England [...]

Automobile Agrees with Internet Car Choices

Posted by Keith at 10 November, 2010, 2:02 pm

Automobile Magazine editors and contributing writers agree with the jury’s picks for Internet Car of the Year finalists. Their list of finalists includes the Ford Fiesta, the Hyundai Sonata and the Cadillac CTS-V coupe. Sadly, I don’t think Automobile is going to select among those three. My guess is it goes with something electric and [...]

Chevy Camaro Wins SEMA Hottest Car Award – a Year Behind Us

Posted by Keith at 3 November, 2010, 4:51 am

How smart are Internet Car of the Year consumers? Way back at the end of 2009, they selected the Chevy Camaro as the Consumer Internet Car of the Year. Well, the folks at SEMA just got around to seconding that opinion almost a year later with their designation of the Chevrolet Camaro with the Hottest [...]

Kia Sportage

Posted by admin at 1 November, 2010, 11:30 am

A compact-sized crossover, the Sportage is a continuation of the like-named outgoing model, but gosh, what a difference a day makes. Gone is the “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” styling that plagued, er, characterized the earlier model. Originally introduced at the 2010 New York Auto Show, our example of the Kia Sportage EX AWD [...]

Ford Super Duty

Posted by admin at 1 November, 2010, 11:30 am

The 2011 F-Series initially came with a hefty 6.7-liter Power Stroke V-8 turbocharged diesel engine. This engine remains for the mid-year upgrade. However, a few tweaks have streamlined performance to maximize torque and reduce fuel consumption. Add it all up, and the new diesel Ford F-Series specifications come in at a best-in-class 800 lb-ft. of [...]

The Consumers Voice

The experts do not have all the answers. That’s why there is a consumer Internet Car and Truck of the Year. The Internet is the No. 1 source for information on cars and trucks, as well as the No. 1 spot to debate cars and trucks. That’s why we’re also inviting consumers to vote for the Internet Consumer Car of the Year and Internet Consumer Truck of the Year. This is the first time Internet-savvy consumers have the opportunity to select their Car and Truck of the Year in one place at a site not dominated by manufacturer advertising.

An Arbitron and Edison survey, reported in a Mediapost Research Brief reveals 48% of all Americans over 12 years of age have a profile on one or more social networks. For teens it is 78% while more Americans, 42%, rate the Internet as the most essential medium in their lives compared to television, radio or newspapers. Another Research Brief supporting that study tells the reaction of 200 college students who went ”24 Hours Unplugged” at the University of Maryland. They reported, “going without media in their world meant going without friends and families.” According to the study the students get their news and information in “disaggregated ways” and have only casual relationships to actual news outlets.

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