2011 NACTOY

Earlier this week the judges in the North American Car of the Year announced that the 2011 Chevrolet Volt had won the coveted NACOTY prize. At the press conference kicking off the start of the 2011 Detroit Auto Show, the NACTOY team announced that the 50 or so automotive journalists representing a wide selection of consumer interests had cast their votes in favour of the plug-in hybrid. Out of a possible 490 points in the NACTOY system, the Volt scored 233 points. The rival nominees, the 2011 Hyundai Sonata and the 2011 Nissan LEAF scored 163 and 94 points respectively. So why did the...