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[Rods2]

Nothing particularly inspiring here, the best of the bunch IMO seems to be the 3.3l bi-turbo V6 Kia Stinger.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/cars/article-5253729/These-13-best-new-cars-2018-voted-Car.html

[Sir Tigger KC]

Best car of 2018?    We're 12 days in FFS!   

[ronnyd]

Best car of 2018?    We're 12 days in FFS!   

Yeah, it,s the same crap every year, how can it be car of the year?, we don,t find out how reliable it,s going to be.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Nothing particularly inspiring here, the best of the bunch IMO seems to be the 3.3l bi-turbo V6 Kia Stinger.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/cars/article-5253729/These-13-best-new-cars-2018-voted-Car.html

My guess is the Kia Ring-Stinger will depreciate like falling off a cliff. Making it a shrewd used buy.

I like it.

[Nick W]

It's likely that almost every used V6 Stinger will have been a demonstrator. And they'll be cheap but rare. A bit like the 200 Galant turbos that Mitsubishi 'sold' in the eighties. And the Tagora, especially the V6

[Sir Tigger KC]

The Kia Stinger might be a good future grey import from Japan or Korea. 

[Pitchford]

Nothing particularly inspiring here, the best of the bunch IMO seems to be the 3.3l bi-turbo V6 Kia Stinger.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/cars/article-5253729/These-13-best-new-cars-2018-voted-Car.html

My guess is the Kia Ring-Stinger will depreciate like falling off a cliff. Making it a shrewd used buy.

I like it.

I wouldn't be against getting one for cheap in the future. Car of the year though, I doubt it. Those are some slim pickings though so who knows.

[Doctor Gollum]

Best COTY was the Mercedes W116 S Class imho...

[tunnie]

Nothing particularly inspiring here, the best of the bunch IMO seems to be the 3.3l bi-turbo V6 Kia Stinger.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/cars/article-5253729/These-13-best-new-cars-2018-voted-Car.html

My guess is the Kia Ring-Stinger will depreciate like falling off a cliff. Making it a shrewd used buy.

I like it.

Suspect no one will buy them though, so rare and keep price a bit higher.

[Doctor Gollum]

Nothing particularly inspiring here, the best of the bunch IMO seems to be the 3.3l bi-turbo V6 Kia Stinger.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/cars/article-5253729/These-13-best-new-cars-2018-voted-Car.html

My guess is the Kia Ring-Stinger will depreciate like falling off a cliff. Making it a shrewd used buy.

I like it.

Suspect no one will buy them though, so rare and keep price a bit higher.

Piffle, the Kia Rio was only a quid and noone bought one... still worthless

[Marks DTM Calib]

We have a few new 5 series BMWs at work and who ever mapped the auto box in them should be shot in the head, its that bad you end up changing modes frequently to get it to behave....utter crap.

The ride is horribly harsh to (but they are run flats).

[Doctor Gollum]

We have a few new 5 series BMWs at work and who ever mapped the auto box in them should be shot in the head, its that bad you end up changing modes frequently to get it to behave....utter crap.

The ride is horribly harsh to (but they are run flats).

Probably the same idiot that did the gearboxes in our two MANs at work... that will cruise at 20 mph in 9th, but can't change down quick enough if you look at the brakes resulting in a kangaroo stop. The only three options being: 1 ride it out and hope it doesn't surge into whatever is ahead, 2 a full on emergency stop resulting in stalling, 3 flick it to neutral.

Using it in manual mode doesn't help as the box physically can't dump the gears quickly enough

[henryd]

It's likely that almost every used V6 Stinger will have been a demonstrator. And they'll be cheap but rare. A bit like the 200 Galant turbos that Mitsubishi 'sold' in the eighties. And the Tagora, especially the V6

I nearly bought one once

[JDX]

Car of the year..it's ludicrous! What ever next....film of the year?! 

[BazaJT]

Best COTY was without doubt the first ever one namely the P6 Rover

[Nick W]

Car of the year..it's ludicrous! What ever next....film of the year?! 

it is ludicrous.


Here's proof:


1979 COTY - the fabulous Chrysler Horizon.


And its older but just as shit brother:


1976 COTY - the underwhelming Chrysler Alpine.

[BazaJT]

Yes and in the early '80s[82?] we had the Renault 9 From memory there are not that many cars of the year that have gone on to be truly successful.

[Mr Gav]

The Fiat Panda won it (2004 IIRC) and they`re all over the place 

[JDX]

Yes and in the early '80s[82?] we had the Renault 9 From memory there are not that many cars of the year that have gone on to be truly successful.

I had a Renault 9 once  ...car of the year, truly ludicrous..

[BazaJT]

The base model R9 [TL I  think]didn't have a passenger side sun visor and from memory the front passenger seat didn't adjust fore and aft,you had to go to at least the next one up in the range[TC?] to get such luxuries as standard

[STEMO]

Think the 9 and 11 were the same car, just saloon and hatchback? 

[Doctor Gollum]

Think the 9 and 11 were the same car, just saloon and hatchback?

Yup
Both eventually replaced by the 19 iirc...

[ronnyd]

The 25 V6 was a right brute.

[Marks DTM Calib]

The 25 V6 was a right brute.

You could bat along and literally see bits falling off in your mirrors

[STEMO]

I drove a 20TC auto for a while, it could shift and was, I thought, quite luxurious at the time.

[Marks DTM Calib]

I remember the old man had help setup a Renault dealership and shortly after the Fuego arrived....remote unlocking, turbo engine, more electrics than you had ever seen on a mainstream car......its French right, what could go wrong!

Then I recall visiting one in Mansfield to carry out an RAC inspection for a perspective buyer.....never seen so much rot on something which supposedly had an MOT....that and the ignition switch was hanging down by the clutch pedal, I would guess it was about ten years old.

I also note there are 6 left on the road and 21 running.....no surprise really!

[btc]

I drove a 20TC auto for a while, it could shift and was, I thought, quite luxurious at the time.

Mine was a 30tx auto white and black leather it was a nice car in its time but liked a drink