Philippine Car of The Year 2007 on TV!

**niky** · February 12th, 2008 10:48 AM

For those of you interested, the 2007 PCOTY (Philippine Car of the Year) Awards will be shown... rather late, I might add...

...on IBC 13 this Saturday, February 16, 2008, at 10 pm.

With the number of winners, it might be a long show, but at least we'll get to see some cars...

**meledson** · February 12th, 2008 11:08 AM

Thanks for the heads up. :D

**niky** · February 12th, 2008 12:11 PM

I just found out yesterday, myself... can't wait to see the Crosswind get the "Business vehicle" award... :hysterical:

But I don't know if they'll show the "sponsored" awards... hopefully yung mga main awards, as chosen by the panelists themselves.

**coiter** · February 12th, 2008 12:29 PM

ito ba yung may mga voting centers sa malls or ito yung mga tinetest talaga ng mga motoring journalists? para kasing bawat car show/magazine may COTY awards e. nakakalito tuloy. ito rin ba nagbigay sa mazda6 ng award dati? parang walang follow up yun e. or accord nga ba? dami kong tanong hehe. basta alam ko medyo biased pag panay bati at salamat sa mga sponsors.

**niky** · February 12th, 2008 01:59 PM

They're the ones who had the Mazda6 win before, and the Accord in 2006.

This is the Philippine Car of the Year. The one with the voting centers at the malls is the AutoFocus People's Choice. The PCOTY may have sponsorships, but they are completely independent. Scoring is done by anonymous voting amongst the members done during a test-drive evaluation of the vehicles. While it's not completely possible to rule out "vote buying", the diversity of the members of the Car Awards Group, journalists from many different publications, means that it's not feasible to buy your way to a win... note that they hae consistently given wins to cars within the class that drive well and represent value for money.

In fact, one of the things that matters most is putting your best foot forward during the testing phase. Some people questioned why certain vehicles did not win their categories... the answer is that the manufacturers sent testers in terrible condition, or were indifferent about which cars they sent. Their loss.

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As for the sponsored awards? Hehehe... sponsors lang makakasagot niyan...

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With the Autofocus, there were some issues regarding vote buying and multiple votes in the first year... when you could text in as many votes as you wanted from one cellphone. Needless to say, some sales departments used a lot of their budget to buy votes. They've limited that as of last year, and some of the winners were actually winners voted on by the public, not the sales reps (Honda Civic, for one). But the difference is still that the Autofocus People's Choice is selected by a public that, by and large, hasn't driven all of the cars in each category, and are often voting based on looks or brand loyalty.

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Anyway, it's worth a watch, if you're looking for the cream of the crop for 2007. I may not agree with some of the choices, but they're all at or near the top of their class.

**mqavila** · February 12th, 2008 02:19 PM

It would be interesting to see who came out on top! ...Does anyone have advance info on this? :D

**niky** · February 12th, 2008 02:47 PM

Na-announce yung winners last year, actually. Hehehe...

**mqavila** · February 12th, 2008 03:08 PM

Originally Posted by niky

Na-announce yung winners last year, actually. Hehehe...

Oops, ganun ba? My bad! Hmm... does anyone have any salt? Because I've got my foot in my mouth and it's not that tasty! :D

**niky** · February 14th, 2008 12:27 PM

Nah... okay lang yun. I already know, but I'm still going to watch it... have to show support naman for these guys...

There's talk kasi of an ASEAN Car of the Year... and if that happens, we might be able to host it in the Philippiens one year... haaaay... pangarap...

**pup2** · February 15th, 2008 03:28 AM

Originally Posted by niky

Nah... okay lang yun. I already know, but I'm still going to watch it... have to show support naman for these guys...

There's talk kasi of an ASEAN Car of the Year... and if that happens, we might be able to host it in the Philippiens one year... haaaay... pangarap...

Hey, that's a neat idea. Ano bang rides ang meron sa ASEAN na wala sa atin and vice-versa? Meron ba?

**niky** · February 15th, 2008 02:55 PM

The Singaporean/Malaysian market gets Lotus, Alfa, Seat (and other VW-based rides), Saab, etcetera... as well as Proton and Perouda. Some of these rides have no market penetration here because our market is too small to support them... and others because we're left-hand-drive.

**pup2** · February 17th, 2008 04:53 AM

Originally Posted by niky

The Singaporean/Malaysian market gets Lotus, Alfa, Seat (and other VW-based rides), Saab, etcetera... as well as Proton and Perouda. Some of these rides have no market penetration here because our market is too small to support them... and others because we're left-hand-drive.

Wala bang may left-hand drive na walang right?

**Djerms** · February 17th, 2008 10:33 AM

so ano ang car of the year?

**gearspeed** · February 17th, 2008 11:26 AM

waahhh nakalimutan ko panoorin ito kagabi.

**niky** · February 17th, 2008 11:44 AM

Missed this too... I was out.

BTW, Volvo C30 ang nanalo. Notable class winners beside this are:
Kia Picanto
Kia Rio
Honda Civic
Honda CRV
Kia Carens
Kia Carnival
Ford Everest
Ford Ranger
Chrysler Town&Country (yeah, that surprised us all)
Suzuki Vitara
...eggh... andami... complete list here.

Originally Posted by pup2

Wala bang may left-hand drive na walang right?

Uhmmmmm... Mustang? Corvette? Dodge Caliber? Most of those LHD-only cars we don't get here (because Ford uses its European line-up locally, except for the Explorer and Expedition), while others... like the Caliber... aren't really that exciting.

**the one** · February 17th, 2008 10:19 PM

Sayang naman, tapos na. Ngayon ko lang nabasa tong thread na to.

Wala bang replay?

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