What does this tell me? People want fun hot hatches, small SUVs and THEN some EV.... :tounge:
Toyota GR Yaris Beats Defender, Puma And ID.3 For 2021 UK Car Of The Year TitleHaving announced the 12 category winners on March 1, the UK Car of the Year Awards jurors have now declared the Toyota GR Yaris the overall winner for 2021.
The supermini hot hatch became the jurors' favorite, as it managed to beat vehicles such as the Land Rover Defender, Ford Puma and Volkswagen ID.3 in the final round of voting.
"The GR exudes the same sort of emotions found in the original breed of hot hatches, with a modern-day twist thanks to advances in automotive technology", said the director of the UK Car of the Year Awards, John Challen. "The most fun I've had behind the wheel of a car for many years."
Besides the 2021 UK Car of the Year, the GR Yaris also won the Best Performance award, while the standard Yaris was named Best Supermini.
From the long list of cars, all of which had to have been launched locally between January 1 and December 31, 2020, the panel of jurors, which included 29 judges this year, selected the Honda e as the Best City Car, Lexus LC Convertible as the Best Open Top and BMW 4-Series as the Best Coupe. You can check out the winners in the 12 different categories right below.
2021 UK Car of the Year AwardsBest City Car –
Honda eBest Supermini –
Toyota YarisBest Small Hatch –
Volkswagen ID.3Best Family –
Skoda OctaviaBest Luxury –
Mercedes-Benz S-ClassBest Estate –
Skoda Octavia EstateBest Small Crossover –
Ford PumaBest Medium Crossover –
Ford KugaBest Large Crossover –
Land Rover DefenderBest Coupe –
BMW 4 SeriesBest Open Top –
Lexus LC ConvertibleBest Performance –
Toyota GR YarisLink: https://www.carscoops.com/2021/03/toyota-gr-yaris-beats-defender-puma-and-id-3-for-2021-uk-car-of-the-year-title/
Because subcompacts don't sell that well in the U.S. and don't make a lot of profit.
Quote from: Rockraven on March 08, 2021, 12:34:38 PM
Why can't we have that? Why must all our shit be an ugly 4-door?
Relax. Toyota probably has some plug-in Hybrid Crossover-SUV planned for you guys. :lol: