And the Internet Car of the Year finalists are...
The first-ever finalists for the Internet Car and Truck of the Year awards have been selected for the last round of voting. A jury of 12 automotive writers on the web narrowed their car favorites to the Ford Fusion Hybrid, Mazda 3, and Shelby GT500, while choosing the Ford Raptor, Chevrolet Equinox, and Volvo XC60 as truck finalists.
Consumers who voted in the first round on internetcarandtruckoftheyear.com (don't paste that URL in Twitter) preferred the Audi Q7 TDI over the XC60 in the truck category, and liked the Ford Taurus SHO and Chevrolet Camaro SS over the Fusion Hybrid and Mazda 3. Nearly 10,000 votes were tallied.
"Voting by the jury of Internet automotive writers reflects respect for technology, innovation, and, of course, power while the consumers, or Average Joes, want power, power and more power," said Keith Griffin, the award's creator and vice president of the New England Motor Press Association.
Vote for your consumer favorites now through Nov. 13 at 5:00 p.m. and catch the winners, along with those chosen by the journalist jury, at the Los Angeles Auto Show in December.
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Boston.com reports the latest trends, auto shows and wrings out the newest cars in our city's hellish maze - and across the great roads of New England.In the garage: 2008 MBTA Zone 1A monthly pass, 1995 21-speed Iron Horse. Bill Griffith is an automotive correspondent for The Boston Globe and has reviewed cars for 10 years. He was also the Globe's assistant sports editor for 25 years and the paper's sports media columnist.
In the garage (over the years): 1956 T-Bird, 1959 Nash Metropolitan, 1980 El Camino, 1997 supercharged Camry TRD.
