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The Detroit Auto Show
10:55 am
Sun January 9, 2011

Drumroll Please - Car and Truck of the Year award coming soon

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Many experts expect the Chevy Volt to win the "Car of the Year" award.
The recent bankruptcy of battery company A123 has some questioning the profitability of electric cars like the Nissan Leaf.
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The Nissan Leaf is nominated for "Car of the Year" as well. It's is a "pure electric." No gas motor on board.
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The Hyundai Sonata another car nominated for the award. The car has been praised for its fuel economy and styling.
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The winner of the coveted North American Car and Truck of the Year Award will be announced Monday morning at the North American International Auto Show.

The awards are unique in the United States because -- instead of being given by a single media outlet -- they are awarded by a coalition of automotive journalists from the United States and Canada who represent magazines, television, radio, newspapers and web sites. 

The finalists for North American Car of the Year are:

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Auto/Economy
7:53 pm
Wed December 22, 2010

The critics pick the "ugliest cars of the decade"

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The Fiat Multipla
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The car that inspired the ugly car selections. The Fiat Multipla wasn't sold in the U.S. so it didn't count in our poll.
The International CXT
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The International CXT - "for those who think they need a vehicle that weighs twice as much as a Hummer"
The BMW X6
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The BMW X6 - combining the worst of an SUV and a sports car
The Isuzu VehiCross
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The Isuzu VehiCross - a crossover goes bad
The Acura RDX
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The Acura RDX - one critic calls much of the recent Acura line "just ugly."
The Subaru Baja
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The Subaru Baja drew laughs from other drivers
The Ford Taurus Station Wagon
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Tracy Samilton's pick - The Ford Taurus Station Wagon
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The auto analysts have weighed in and the car that tops the list (all together now)... The Pontiac Aztek!

Former Car & Driver editor Csaba Csere says of the Aztec:

If you have ever heard that saying that a camel is a horse designed by a committee, the Aztek is the application of that concept to a car.

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Auto/Economy
4:44 pm
Wed December 22, 2010

Your 7 fugliest cars from the past decade

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The Pontiac Aztek
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The Pontiac Aztek takes the cake in our Facebook poll.
The Chevy PT Cruiser
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Coming in second, the Chevy PT Cruiser
The Scion xB
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The Scion xB - a little box that is not well liked by some.
The Honda Element
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Another box on wheels makes the list - the Honda Element.
The Nissan Cube
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Another box with French inspired design from Renault.
The Hummer H2
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Move over! The Hummer H2 makes the ugly list.
The Chevy HHR
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Rounding out the list of seven, with another appearance from GM, the Chevy HHR
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We asked our Facebook friends to give us their picks for ugliest car of the past decade.

As Tanya M. says, "clearly, beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

That's true Tanya... except when it comes to the Pontiac Aztek (sorry Elizabeth C.!).

If our Facebook friends were stranded on a desert island with twelve strangers, and they were the last ones standing, clearly they would not appreciate being given an Aztek as a tribute to their survival skills.

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