{"id":28030,"date":"2021-10-02T13:39:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T17:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=28030"},"modified":"2021-10-02T13:39:21","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T17:39:21","slug":"detroit-news-readers-choice-awards-hummer-ev-and-ford-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/detroit-news-readers-choice-awards-hummer-ev-and-ford-rule","title":{"rendered":"Detroit News Readers’ Choice Awards: Hummer EV and Ford rule"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pontiac<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 Bigger is better.<\/p>\n

The GMC Hummer EV took home Best in Show in the annual Detroit News Readers’\u00a0Choice awards at Motor Bella this year \u2014 leading a parade of muscled\u00a0trucks and SUVs as car buyers’ favorites at the outdoor substitute for the Detroit Auto show. Ford racked up five awards as readers judged their favorites on M1 Concourse\u2019s sprawling campus Friday.<\/p>\n

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The awards are coveted by automakers for their status as the Detroit show’s only awards judged by car buyers themselves.<\/p>\n

The Hummer \u2014 which first assaulted the market in the early ’90s as a military-inspired, gas-guzzling SUV \u2014 has been reborn as a nearly five-ton, electron-guzzling EV that can hit 60 mph in a mere 3 seconds in its ultimate, 1,000-horsepower trim. The Hummer won 40% of judges votes \u2014 double the number of runner-up Ford F-150 Lightning. Hummer also scored first place in the Best Future Concept category.<\/p>\n

The Lightning EV \u2014 no slouch itself at hitting 60 mph in 4.5 seconds thanks to 775 pound-feet of torque \u2014 led a strong team of new Ford products to win trophies.<\/p>\n

Lightning grabbed Coolest Technology while its smaller EV sibling, the Mustang Mach-E, electrified the judges as Most Amazing Mobility and Most Eco-friendly.<\/p>\n

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Ford\u2019s long-awaited Bronco \u2014 one of the hottest vehicles on the market \u2014 shrugged off recent roof troubles to pick up the prizes for Best Family Fun Finder and Baddest Off-Road Vehicle. The latter category was hotly contested,\u00a0with Bronco getting the nod over the Ford F-150 Raptor and Ram 1500 TRX super trucks.<\/p>\n

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Even Ford\u2019s luxury division got into the act with the\u00a0Lincoln Navigator land yacht beating the Mercedes S-class by a nose for Best Road-Trip Ride.<\/p>\n

The only non-SUV to score a prize was America\u2019s favorite supercar, the mid-engine Corvette C8. It won for Best Dream Machine, narrowly beating the Rolls Royce Cullinan, the Brit brand\u2019s first ute. Corvette fans will get more muscle on Oct. 26, when Chevy takes the wraps off its Z06 performance version.<\/p>\n

Stellantis’\u00a0Jeep Renegade broke up the GM\/Ford monopoly\u00a0by winning The Most for Your Money prize over second-place Hyundai Elantra.<\/p>\n

Winners:<\/strong><\/p>\n

BEST IN SHOW: GMC Hummer EV<\/p>\n

BEST ROAD-TRIP RIDE: Lincoln Navigator<\/p>\n

COOLEST TECHNOLOGY: Ford F-150 Lightning<\/p>\n

THE MOST FOR YOUR MONEY: Jeep Renegade<\/p>\n

MOST ECO-FRIENDLY: Ford Mustang Mach-E<\/p>\n

MOST AMAZING MOBILITY: Ford Mustang Mach-E<\/p>\n

BEST FAMILY FUN FINDER: Ford Bronco<\/p>\n

BEST FUTURE CONCEPT: GMC Hummer EV<\/p>\n

BEST DREAM MACHINE: Chevrolet Corvette C8<\/p>\n

BADDEST OFF-ROAD VEHICLE: Ford Bronco<\/p>\n

Henry Payne is auto critic for The Detroit News. Find him at hpayne@detroitnews.com or Twitter @HenryEPayne.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pontiac\u00a0\u2014 Bigger is better. The GMC Hummer EV took home Best in Show in the annual Detroit News Readers’\u00a0Choice awards at Motor Bella this year \u2014 leading a parade of muscled\u00a0trucks and SUVs as car buyers’ favorites at the outdoor substitute for the Detroit Auto show. Ford racked up five awards as readers judged their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28030"}],"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=28030"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28031,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28030\/revisions\/28031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}