The North American Car and Truck of the Year Awards, NACTOY for short, were a fixture of Detroit’s North American International Auto Show. While the show moved to more weather-friendly June dates this year, the awards kept the January timeline and were announced yesterday. The results will be less contentious than the Oscars.
While there were many noteworthy cars launched over the past year, the three below are truly brand-redefining. Two of them made our favorite cars we drove in 2019 list.
Car of the Year: Chevrolet Corvette Stingray
The Corvette broke hard from tradition with the eighth generation. It’s mid-engined, it has a funky interior, and there’s no manual transmission. But it continues the car’s natural evolution the past couple decades from slightly uncouth straight-line speedster to bonafide supercar on a budget. It’s also striking to look at. Reviewers have been enjoying the new C8 Corvette. So, allegedly, have GM engineers.
