{"id":24393,"date":"2019-11-19T14:35:42","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T18:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=24393"},"modified":"2019-11-19T14:35:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T18:35:42","slug":"mid-engine-corvette-wins-motortrend-car-of-year-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/mid-engine-corvette-wins-motortrend-car-of-year-honors","title":{"rendered":"Mid-engine Corvette wins MotorTrend Car of Year honors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"speakable-p-1 p-text\"><em>Los Angeles<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 The mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette C8 has won its first major award,\u00a0grabbing the coveted 2020 MotorTrend Car of the Year honor for best car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-2 p-text\">Other winners include\u00a0the three-row Kia Telluride as best SUV and the Ram Heavy Duty as best truck.<\/p>\n<div id=\"module-position-SQrY1Rzmu98\" class=\"story-asset image-asset\">\n<aside class=\"wide single-photo\"><div align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/11\/18\/PDTN\/17dc94e4-b2c0-4309-8438-fb1d8d395327-2020-Chevrolet-Corvette-Stingray-007.jpg?width=540&amp;height=&amp;fit=bounds&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray\" width=\"540\" data-mycapture-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/11\/18\/PDTN\/17dc94e4-b2c0-4309-8438-fb1d8d395327-2020-Chevrolet-Corvette-Stingray-007.jpg\" data-mycapture-sm-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/11\/18\/PDTN\/17dc94e4-b2c0-4309-8438-fb1d8d395327-2020-Chevrolet-Corvette-Stingray-007.jpg\" \/>2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray\u00a0<span class=\"credit\">(Photo: GM)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/aside>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p-text\">Presented annually ahead of the Los Angeles\u00a0Auto Show, MotorTrend&#8217;s\u00a0Gold Caliper trophy is often displayed prominently at automaker&#8217;s show stands and in advertising campaigns. MotorTrend offers video and magazine content for auto enthusiasts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">One of the year\u2019s most anticipated vehicles, the C8 is the first Corvette to put the engine behind the driver like European supercars costing four times as much. At just over $60,000 the Corvette can sprint from 0-60 in just 2.9 seconds without sacrificing interior comfort. Its combination of speed and value wowed Motor Trend jurors.<\/p>\n<div id=\"module-position-SQrY1RylKl0\" class=\"story-asset image-asset\">\n<aside class=\"wide single-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/11\/19\/PDTN\/45739c9b-efb7-4492-90f5-23eb13ee91d0-15052_2020_Telluride.jpg?crop=2821,1536,x1231,y812&amp;width=540&amp;height=&amp;fit=bounds&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"2020 Telluride\" width=\"540\" data-mycapture-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/11\/19\/PDTN\/45739c9b-efb7-4492-90f5-23eb13ee91d0-15052_2020_Telluride.jpg?crop=2821,1536,x1231,y812\" data-mycapture-sm-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/11\/19\/PDTN\/45739c9b-efb7-4492-90f5-23eb13ee91d0-15052_2020_Telluride.jpg?crop=2821,1536,x1231,y812\" \/>2020 Telluride\u00a0<span class=\"credit\">(Photo: Kia)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p-text\">\u201cThe C8 represents the biggest step-change since the original Acura NSX in terms of being a usable everyday mid-engine supercar,\u201d said MotorTrend International Bureau Chief Angus MacKenzie. \u201cIt brings the Corvette closer to the Porsche 911 in terms of being an attainable and credible 24\/7 supercar than any time since the \u201960s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">The diesel-powered Ram Heavy Duty has followed in the footsteps of its light-duty Ram 1500 brother in winning media and market raves for its posh interior, smooth ride and beastly capabilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">\u201cThis is how luxury should feel,\u201d said MotorTrend en Espa\u00f1ol Managing Editor Miguel Cortina. \u201cNo other truck on the market can beat it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"module-position-SQrY1RztvqY\" class=\"story-asset image-asset\">\n<aside class=\"wide single-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/11\/19\/PDTN\/6bd4e970-ac7c-4017-847a-d4ce4a18e935-RM020_089TFo2e33i6hf663nde3bvcm2trjoh.jpg?crop=1500,832,x0,y109&amp;width=540&amp;height=&amp;fit=bounds&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"2020 Ram Power Wagon Crew Cab\" width=\"540\" data-mycapture-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/11\/19\/PDTN\/6bd4e970-ac7c-4017-847a-d4ce4a18e935-RM020_089TFo2e33i6hf663nde3bvcm2trjoh.jpg?crop=1500,832,x0,y109\" data-mycapture-sm-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/11\/19\/PDTN\/6bd4e970-ac7c-4017-847a-d4ce4a18e935-RM020_089TFo2e33i6hf663nde3bvcm2trjoh.jpg?crop=1500,832,x0,y109\" \/>2020 Ram Power Wagon Crew Cab\u00a0<span class=\"credit\">(Photo: FCA US LLC)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p-text\">Like the Corvette C8, value was key to the Kia Telluride taking home the SUV prize. The stylish family ute offers luxury looks and amenities while costing thousands of dollars less than segment leaders like the Ford Explorer and Toyota Highlander.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">Jurors called the 2020 Kia Telluride &#8220;one of the most compelling family SUVs, loaded with standard equipment, spacious seating, and refined driving manners, all at an astonishingly reasonable price to fit the family\u2019s budget.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">MotorTrend also honors a Person of the Year and, fittingly, the award went to Hyundai Motor Group Design Chief Peter Schreyer whose tenure has transformed the styling of Korean brands like Kia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">A former Audi designer, Schreyer has attracted some of the industry\u2019s top talent to the Hyundai group to create acclaimed chariots like the new Kia Telluride and Stinger sports sedan, Hyundai Palisade and Sonata, while also penning new design language for the Genesis premium brand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles\u00a0\u2013 The mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette C8 has won its first major award,\u00a0grabbing the coveted 2020 MotorTrend Car of the Year honor for best car. Other winners include\u00a0the three-row Kia Telluride as best SUV and the Ram Heavy Duty as best truck. 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray\u00a0(Photo: GM) Presented annually ahead of the Los Angeles\u00a0Auto Show, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24393"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24393\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}