Australia's Best Cars 2009

[russellw]

Having read the precis of these in the latest RACV magazine, I thought it might be a good idea if their weighted rankings got a little more of an enthusiasts slant to see what difference that might make to the finishing order in each segment.

Under their criteria there are different weightings provided for the key selection criteria based on intended purpose but for the benefit of this exercise I have left all the enthusiast weights the same.

Light Segment

Won by the Ford Fiesta LX in the RACV rankings the result didn't change with our enthusiasts slant as the Fiesta still came up trumps - indeed the only change to these results was a swap between fourth and fifth place.



Small Segment

Won by the Hyundai i30 the results didn't change in our remodeled version with the Focus remaining in fourth place but the Mitsubishi Lancer and VW Polo TDi changing second and third places respectively.



Medium Segment

The Mondeo placed fifth in the RACV results and our revised slant didn't change that result. Indeed the entire order remained the same most likely because the weightings were similar in both scenarios.



Large Cars

Won by the Toyota Aurion, our rehash of the emphasis handed the win to the Falcon XR6 with the rest of the order unchanged.



Prestige Segment

Won by the Subaru Liberty 3.6R, our realignment of the weightings handed the win (somewhat surprisingly) to the Audi A4 TDi with the remaining order unchanged and the Falcon G6ET in fifth place.



Sport

The segment where the weightings almost exactly mirrored our enthusiast ones and thus the BMW 135i Coupe retained the win with the FPV GT marginally beaten by the XR6T although neither ranked in the actual Top 5.



Please note that the voting remains unchanged - only the weighting provided to those votes has been taken into account for this purpose.

Cheers
Russ