Car of the year?

I'd say the 300c will take it. They gave the title to the Vette in 97, so I doubt they will do it again for 05.

The Vette isn't that big of a deal, it's more evolutionary from the C5 than an all-new car from a blank sheet of paper. The Mustang is all-new, and tremendously significant. It's like a "rebirth" of the original style, an American icon, and I think it's going to cause a buzz among the public in-general, not just car people. The 300 is also all-new, and one heck of a nice and revolutionary car. However, I don't see it as being the huge splash the Mustang will be. Unless the Mustang doesn't meet critic's expectations, I think it's a shoe-in.

I think it will be between

Chrysler 300
Corvette
Cadillac STS
Mustang

The 300 and Mustang have a better chance since they have a wider model and price range.

I don't think the 05 stang will be car of the year

Wait till they drive an actual production car. If the car's good, it might have a shot.

jeff1414 said:

I don't think the 05 stang will be car of the year

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I agree - gotta remember: Car of the Year is decided by guys who think "If it ain't Aisian, it ain't c**p".

65conv50 said:

I agree - gotta remember: Car of the Year is decided by guys who think "If it ain't Aisian, it ain't c**p".

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Is that motortrend. Cause car and driver is "If it anit BMW, it ain't cr**p!

RICKS said:

The Mustang is all-new, and tremendously significant. It's like a "rebirth" of the original style, an American icon, and I think it's going to cause a buzz among the public in-general, not just car people. .

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It already has been making a buzz among the public. Many not-car people know about the new mustang are exited about it

mustang sallad said:

I think that's changing now though, the big three are getting their acts together.

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Maybe Chrysler and Ford are...I dunno about GM...GTO??

The 2005 Ford Mustang will be the car of the year. None of the cars mentioned here are mass produced like the Mustang. This car means a lot to generations of car drivers. Everybody has wanted a Mustang at some point in their lives.
kb

I actually had a letter published in Motor Trend right after the 2005 concept coupe and convertible came out in January 2003. It is in the MT May 2003 issue. If any of you have that issue, you can see it in there under my real name. (Ethan) I told them way back then that the 2005 Mustang had to be their 2005 Car of the Year. The MT award is supposed to go to the car that represents the biggest, best advance in its class. Well, if updating a car from the 1970's Fairmont platform to a modern platform doesn't qualify it, I don't know what will. None of the competition for the '05 Car of the Year has had to make due with an outdated platform for so long. Anyway, since Motor Trend published my letter, at least someone there agrees with me, I hope.

There is no more deserving car than the Mustang...

It will win car of the year honors without a doubt, IMO.

As much as I'd like to see the Mustang win Car of the Year (and I think it'll be a real contender), I think MT will pick the Chrysler 300C. Everything I've read about this in all the majors has been very complimentary and they've even called it the car that will save DC. That sounds like COTY material to me.

Of course all of us here are biased toward the Mustang, and the 2005 is going to be one great car--I think the best Mustang ever--but the 300C is a brand new design with bold styling. The Mustang is new as well, and it's not just a freshening of an old platform, but I think the retro styling (which I absolutely love) will make those guys give the nod to Chrysler.

I hope I'm wrong.

I think the mustang will win car of the year.

I've subscribed to C&D and MT for over 20 years each. I see absolutely no "bias" towards German or Japanese cars at all. Just honest reporting. The only "bias" I notice is the BLIND devotion of certain readers to American cars, no matter how sloppily/cheaply engineered, stupidly designed, and poorly executed they are. Likewise, you see letters from equally blinded Asian car freaks that refuse to accept when an American car manufacturer steps up to the plate and knocks one out of the park. My frustration in this regard also applies to Mustang fanatics, so caught up in a nameplate and a symbol and an image, that they "hate" other cars without even taking a look or a drive in them. It's silly, schoolkid-ish, NASCAR mentality. The fact that the Europeans and Asians continually set the bar so high in quality and engineering does nothing but GOOD for us American car diehards! It forces Ford and GM to get their shat together and build better cars. Look at how far Ford has come from the "nasty" cars (from a build quality and engineering standpoint) they were building in the early 80's to now! The competition keeps everybody on their toes, striving to build us better cars. It's AMAZING how great the cars of today are from a driving, performance, fit/finish standpoint compared to just 10 years ago. I think the car magazines call them as they see them. Even when a Bimmer or a Lexus wins a comparo contest, I still keep my money in the U.S.. But I'm thankful that those fine cars inspire the U.S. automakers I buy from to try harder. If it weren't for BMW, Ford would have never done as fantastically as they did with my Lincoln LS. Even still, it's not as good as a 5-series. I'm not so blinded and biased as to not be able to easily draw that conclusion. But...it was ALOT cheaper, and still a fine ride in its own right. And I hope Ford does BETTER than BMW on their next swing at the LS. As the magazines constantly say to bitter letter writers, there's ALOT more to a car than numbers on a road-test stat sheet. And the suggestion that they slant their findings according to ad revenue or under-the-table payola is urban myth, it's just not true.

How about:
Mazda RX-8,
Chevy SSR,
Aston Martin Vanquish,
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution,
or the Pontiac GTO?