Italian Automotive Awards - 2006

[Bruce]

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A total of 9 categories!

"Welcome to the Italiaspeed Italian Automotive Awards 2006, the first annual awards devoted exclusively to the Italian automotive industry and voted for by Italian car enthusiasts.



It has been another exciting year for Italian carmakers across the spectrum, with many superb, innovative and truly breathtaking new cars being launched, whilst sporting success has been found in abundance across many disciplines, from racetracks to special stages. Please pick one entry from each category and vote for and help to choose a winner!



Voting will be open until midnight on Tuesday, December 19, with the winners announced on Wednesday 20th December. Only one vote per IP will be accepted for each category."

Italiaspeed wish the Italian Automotive Industry the best for a successful 2007."

[Zonda]

Hm, what shall I vote for...?

[Bruce]

Originally Posted by Zonda

Hm, what shall I vote for...?

There's a total of 9 categories, so check them out.

As for exotic category.. you won't vote for the Zonda will you..?

[Zonda]

I thought the exotic was the only categoriy but i then noticed there were alot of categories

[Bruce]

BTW: Go Murcielago RG-T!

[Zonda]

Racecars? I voted Ferrari 248 F1...

[Mr. M]

I voted:

Italian Production Car of the Year: Alfa Spider
Italian COTY: Alfa Romeo 8C
Italian Commercial Vehicle of the Year: Oh boy this was tough... Fiat Scudo
Italian Coachbuilt Car of the Year: Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina
Italian Concept Car of the Year: Italdesign-Giugiaro Ford Mustang
Italian Automotive Technology of the Year: Fiat Siena Tetra Fuel
Italian Racing Vehicle of the Year: Maserati MC12
Italian Automotive Executive of the Year: Jason Castriota
Italian Automotive Sportsperson of the Year: Michael Schumacher

I did wild guesses on some of them.

[Zonda]

Italian Exotic Car of the Year: Pagani Zonda F Roadster
Italian Production Car of the Year: Alfa Romeo Spider
Italian Commercial Vehicle of the Year: Fiat Grande Punto Van
Italian Coachbuilt Car of the Year: Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina
Italian Concept Car of the Year 2006: Lamborghini Miura
Italian Automotive Technology of the Year: Fiat Panda Terremare
Italian Racing Vehicle of the Year: Ferrari 248 F1
Italian Automotive Executive of the Year: Stefan Winkelmann
Italian Automotive Sportsperson of the Year: Michael Schumacher

[Bruce]

Here's how i voted:

Italian Production Car of the Year: Alfa Romeo GT Q2
Italian Exotic: Pagani Zonda Roadster F
Italian Commercial Vehicle of the Year: Fiat Ducato
Italian Coachbuilt Car of the Year: Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina
Italian Concept Car of the Year: Lamborghini Miura
Italian Automotive Technology of the Year: Fiat Powertrain StarJet
Italian Racing Vehicle of the Year: Lamborghini Murcielago RG-T
Italian Sports People: Michael Schumacher
Italian Automotive Executive of the Year: Stefan Winkelmann

[Bruce]

Official Votes

"Interfuture Media and Mangoletsi are pleased to announce the nine winners of the inaugural Italiaspeed Italian Automotive Awards 2006; the first annual awards devoted exclusively to the Italian automotive industry and voted for entirely by Italian car enthusiasts'. All the awards' final results are available at a new dedicated microsite: - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

It has been a year when a bold and exciting new future for the Italian car industry beckoned, and this renewed vigour has captured the attention of Italian car enthusiasts' and was reflected in the voting: during the 18 days that online voting was open to everyone on the microsite, 119,436 votes were cast amongst the 90 top-quality entries, spread out between 9 different categories.

This year has undoubtedly been the year of the stunning Alfa 8C Competizione, and this was reflected in the voting patterns: not only did this dramatic sports coupé collect the title of Exotic Car of the Year, it also gathered more votes (6,362) than any of the other 90 contenders. Second place went to a sports car that raises the automotive technological bar even further, the exciting new Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano (4,434), while third place goes to the awesome Maserati MC12 Versione Corsa, a limited edition version of the MC12 presented just weeks ago in Bologna.

The glittering array of desirable new production models from Alfa Romeo was further rewarded by voters: the Alfa Spider (2,605) won the contest for Production Car of the Year just ahead of another potent Alfa Romeo, this time the improved Alfa GT Q2 (2,219), demonstrating that this gorgeous coupé is still as fresh as ever. Third place went to the sporty new Panda 100HP (1,124).

The new Fiat Ducato (4,916) easily won the Commercial Vehicle of the Year category, with another brand new Fiat LCV product, the Scudo van (1,838) in second place, while the van version of the Grande Punto (1,043) rounded out the top three.

This has truly been a year when the fabulous Italian tradition of coach building has been revived with some spectacular results and the winner of the Coachbuilt Car of the Year section was the stunning Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina (6,255), which finished ahead of Autodelta’s latest road monster, the Brera J5 3.2 C (4,910), with Zagato’s Ferrari 575 GTZ (1,638) third.

It has also been a year when Lancia, one of the most famous and evocative of all automotive brands, celebrated its centenary and at the same time unveiled a brand new concept car that is set to lead it into a bright new dawn. The distinctive looks of the Delta HPE (4,837) were rewarded by voters as it swept to the Concept Car of the Year title, comfortably ahead of the pretty little Alfa Romeo Diva sports car (2,249) and Lamborghini’s bold reinterpretation of the iconic Miura (1,648).

Voters gave the thumbs up to the new Blue&Me (2,480) system, developed by Fiat Auto and Microsoft, putting it just ahead of the efficient new Fiat Starjet engine (2,338) and the very advanced Fiat Panda Multi-Eco (1,637) in the Technology of the Year category.

It was another year of victories on the race and rally tracks for Italian cars, and voters chose the Ferrari 248 F1 (2,965), the single-seater which helped the Scuderia bounce back to winning ways after the disappointments of 2005, as the outright winner of the Racing Car of the Year award, ahead of the Fiat Grand Punto Rally (2,054) which clinched three prestigious titles during its maiden rally season, and the Alfa 156 SuperTouring (1,967) which proved that it must be now regarded as one of Alfa Romeo’s greatest touring cars of all times, with more wins and a serious title charge in year in the FIA World Touring Car Championship.

For the title of Executive of the Year could there be any other winner than Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne (2,246) as he takes pride in masterminding one of the fastest turnarounds in automotive history. Legendary Italian designer Giorgetto Giugiaro (1,878) kept his pen busy as usual this year, and he was second, ahead of Alfa Romeo brand CEO Antonio Baravalle (1,060) who probably picked up many of his votes simply on the strength of personally giving the Alfa 8C Competizione the green light.

Finally in the Sportsperson of the Year category there could also be only one winner as Michael Schumacher (5,276) bowed out after an unrivalled Formula 1 career, having set countless records that are unlikely to be broken for many years. A glorious era of the German together with Ferrari came to an end with his retirement, and he was far ahead of the second placed sportsperson in the voting, Italian MotoGP hero Valentino Rossi (1,884), while third place went to Augusto Farfus who simply performed miracles with the Alfa 156 in the FIA World Touring Car Championship this year.

The Italiaspeed Italian Automotive Awards 2006 are supported by authorised Alfa Romeo and Fiat dealership, Mangoletsi.

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