I know car of the year is typically some affordable family car that’s boring as hell and people only drive because they have to. It’s why we don’t take Car of the Year very seriously here. Well at least not in the same way Popular Driver or Car, track, and mechanics does. So today I got news from Mazda that Popular Mechanics named the Mazda 6 their car of the year. While we won’t name our awards for the year until after Christmas I’m pretty sure the Mazda 6 is not it.
It’s not that the Mazda 6 is a bad car. It isn’t. In fact it’s fine in a I got married had kids and decided to give up on life sort of way, but when you think about every new car that came out this year is the Mazda 6 really the best? Of course not. So below are some cars that are most certainly better than the six.
(yes I know the photo above is a Mazda 3)
Let’s just get it out of the way right now. The C7 Corvette Stingray. It could be the car of the century so it’s damn near a lock for car of the year. I know it was unveiled way back in January so maybe the folks at Popular Mechanics forgot about it, but yeah. C7.
Now I haven’t driven an SLS AMG GT yet but I will just take a stab at it and say it’s better then the Mazda 6. Don’t forget the Black version which launched earlier this year as well. Also probably better then the six.
The Lamborghini Veneno. Admittedly probably not the same crowd shopping for the big Lambo as the Mazda six, but still, are you picking the six over the Veneno?
The Ferrari, La Ferrari. Well if we do a stupid name award the Ferrari will win for sure, but I’m also going to guess it’s more car of the year then the Mazda six.
And to get more down to earth. For 30k you get 4 doors, AWD, luxury, and great looks. The Mercedes CLA. Also better than the Mazda 6.
Of course I’m just goofing around a bit, but I always get a laugh when some entry level sedan gets car of the year. It always makes me wonder if they actually drove anything else.