AutoWeek Announces Readers' Choice Awards
Readers pick Audi A3 for Best Economy Car and Ford F-Series for Best Truck.
Among all car magazine readers, AutoWeek readers spend more time reading each issue than do readers of any monthly publication and on average own 6.6 cars, according to research by J.D. Power and Associates. This data proves that readers are well qualified to judge the best of vehicles on the market, according to AutoWeek. For six weeks, AutoWeek asked readers and those who visited the autoweek.com Web site to identify which of all the cars, trucks and sport/utility vehicles sold in the United States are worthy to be called tops in class. AutoWeek identified nine categories with a total of 273 nameplates represented. The AutoWeek Readers’ Choice winners are:
Best Exotic — Bugatti Veyron
Best Sports Car — Chevrolet Corvette
Best Luxury Car — Audi A8L
Best Coupe/Convertible — BMW 6 Series
Best Sedan — BMW 3 Series
Best People Mover/SUV — Honda Odyssey
Best Truck — Ford F-Series
Best Economy Car — Audi A3
Best First New Car — Honda Civic
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