Carsguide car of the year

If you drive every car, read every magazine, surely the Falcon would be the very deserving winner.

Alex- Let's all vote the HOLDEN BARINA!!! YAY WOO HOO!!! Instead of WOO HOO Shouldn't you be saying DAE WOO!!!!!!!! lol.

You put the 135i as a finalist....but then choose the automatic?

I have driven all the new big sedans that ford have and its a great car with so many pluses in all the range from the basic falcon to the typhoon and awesome GT-P...I think they have gopt it right and its definetely a winner in my mind,GO AUSSIE CARS.......

Let's all vote the HOLDEN BARINA!!! YAY WOO HOO!!!

Greg: Indeed it “would be hard not to pick the Falcon” had there not been upwards of 50 other cars released this year. You should drive all of them – as the Carsguide crowd has. As good as the new car is – especially the G Series – Falcon remains fourth or fifth best seller (not first or second as you amusingly claim) because some 80 per cent of its production run are knocked out to fleets at bargain basement prices. That’s why taxi drivers crowd ex-fleet auctions. Anyway, not all the finalists have been announced, so let’s see what next week holds, shall we? Carsguide team -------------------------------- I think people should get in and have a drive of the new FG Falcon- they will soon change their minds- fuel economy, features, comfort and quality is much better than people are giving it credit for. It is by far the best Australian car ever built and not the taxi some people still remember Falcon for. Looking a the new cars released this year it would be hard not to pick the Falcon expecially the Turbo XR6 or the luxury Gseries Turbo- they are both amazing vehicles and would stand proud on any showroom floor anywhere in the world- Forget it's a Ford and a Falcon and take a look at it with fresh eyes- you will be very surprised!- at the end of the day Falcon still outsells all but 1 or 2 other models.

Deep: You mustn’t judge everyone by your standards. Besides, we can’t see any major advertisers among this lot, can you? Carsguide team ---------------------------- Any car companies who are likely to spend huge advertising dollars will get their cars in the competition.

Kevv: Admirable in every way though it is, the GTI was not released during the past 12 months. Carsguide team --------------------------------------------------------------- VW GOLF GTI!!!

Tony: Neither should be ruled out – nor should any others—until the final five are announced. Carsguide team ------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is likely that the new Mazda 6 and new Honda Accord Euro will be on the list of final contenders.

Andrew: The Tiguan perfectly captures the compact SUV zeitgeist, but as to calling it “cute” … not even the Carsguide judges who loved it went that far. Carsguide team -------------------------------------- Tiguan all the way. Cute as the Fiat but less contrived!