Cast your vote for the Car of the Year in 2002, MY 2003. Price ceiling is set at $42,000. Enjoy, and please add to the discussion

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HAN Car of the Year

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BMW Z4




- 2.5L: 184 HP or 3.0L: 225 HP
- $33,000-40,000
- Definetly new age looks and you will get noticed, whatever else you may think of the style...good powerplants, slick shifter, and a classicly beautiful BMW interior. Good thing Bangle hasn't sent memos to the interior design team/powertrain team. Or they've ignored them.

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Dodge Neon SRT-4



- 2.4L Turbo: 215HP (But truth be told, it's putting down that to the wheels)
- $19,000
- Very good bang for buck value but a cheap interior, looks are love it or hate it, definetly a wild ride for under 20k.

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Honda Accord





- 2.4L i-VTEC: 160 HP or 3.0L VTEC: 240 HP
- $17,000 - $26,000
- You guys already know everything about this car. No need to reiterate. 6 speed available on Coupe, voice activated Navi on both models.

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Infiniti G35







- 3.5L: 260-280HP
- $29,000 - $33,000
- Sedan and Coupe models available, RWD with 6 speed available on either model, cheapish interiors compared to BMW or Acura but laserlike reflexes and inspiring power. Coupe is breathtakingly beautiful, Sedan is..well...bolder than the TL, but not exactly beautiful.

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Mazda 6





- 2.3L: 160 HP or 3.0L: 219 HP
- $17,000 - $25,000
- Manual tranny available on V6, supposedly extremely fun to drive and is sharp compared to others in its class; very good looking.

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MAZDASPEED Protege





- 2.0L Turbo: 170 HP
- $19,000
- Nice engine potential in a good looking and well handling package, sharp reflexes, nice interior, kick ass stereo.

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Nissan 350Z





- 3.5L: 287 HP
- $28,000 - $35,000
- Many models available, from luxury type models to all out track cars...very geared toward performance, a large torquey V6, extremely sharp reflexes, fun 6 speed or available 5 speed automatic.

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Subaru Baja



- 2.5L: 165HP
- $23,000
- El Camino reincarnation, a pretty nifty vehicle...car-like handling with a truck bed, but not amazing in any aspect except its looks.

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Dark Horse

- Nominate your own new car for 2003 and have it added. Post here or PM me and I'll post it up ASAP like I did the others.

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Categories

- You do NOT have to pick a car listed above for the individual categories (1-5)...those cars listed are competing for the Car of the Year, not the individual Categories. Also, the car does NOT have to be new for 2003 in each individual category, except for COTY.

1) Best Car, Under $20,000 - IE Hyundai Tiburon, Toyota Corolla
2) Best Smallish Car, $20,000 - $25,000 - IE Acura RSX, Toyota Celica
3) Best Midsize Car, $20,000 - $25,000 - IE Honda Accord, Nissan Altima
4) Best Car, $25,000 - $35,000 - IE BMW 3 Series, Nissan 350Z
5) Best Car, Exotic Car - IE Ferrari Enzo, Lambo Murcielago
6) Car of the Year
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Any suggestions? Please add some discussion and enjoy