Quote Originally Posted by ryan View Post
Oh pardon me but I actually made my comments earlier because I've test driven both models in the past and "ease in driving" is not the main factor in an MPV in my opinion.

I'm no "judge" of course but this is just my humble point of view
Too true. If it were up to me... Starex nalang ang panalo. It drives like a boat, but the features and power at the price are worth the terrible driving dynamics... ...and all its major competitors are gas-engined.

Kaya lang, this is a COTY run by motoring journalists and enthusiasts, and they don't seem to change the scoring rules for different categories. So certain subjective qualities that are important for small cars and sedans are applied to the bigger classes, thus, big cars that are easy/fun to drive (Mazda6, Grandis, Strada), get the automatic win.

The wins of the Subarus are a case in point... How can you declare the Forrester and Outback SUVs? They don't do what SUVs do best, and yet they win, simply because nothing in the class can drive quite as well.

Oh well... maybe next year. But in the meantime, it's a fair assurance that if you went chauffeur-less, you wouldn't be disappointed in any of these cars.