Motor Trend選出的SUV / Car of the year是...!? - Toyota

年度SUV獲獎者是Mercedes-Benz GLC！

競爭車款有：
Acura MDX
BMW X1
Cadillac XT5
Ford Escape
Infiniti QX30
Kia Sportage
Lexus LX 570
Lexus RX
Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class
Nissan Armada
Toyota Highlander SE
Toyota Land Cruiser
Toyota RAV4

最後入圍名單有：
Audi Q7
GMC Acadia All Terrain
Jaguar F-Pace
Mazda CX-9
Tesla Model X



而年度車款則由Chevrolet Bolt EV獲得！

競爭車款有：
Buick LaCrosse
Chevrolet Cruze
Chevrolet Volt
Fiat 124 Spider
Ford Focus RS
Honda Accord
Hyundai Elantra
Jaguar XF
Kia Cadenza
Kia Forte
Mercedes-Benz C300 Coupe 4Matic
Mercedes-Benz E300
Mini Clubman
Toyota Prius Two Eco

最後入圍名單有：
Audi A4
Cadillac CT6
Chrysler Pacifica
Genesis G90
Jaguar XE
Porsche 911
Tesla Model S 60/75
Volvo S90


MT這次搞了一個很大的對比測試，而且還上網直播

想看影片的可以到他們的youtube看

想看有中文字幕的就只好等對岸做出來再來貼啦...
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Chevy changes the game. Again.

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THE GROUNDBREAKING CHEVROLET BOLT EV IS THE CAR OF TOMORROW. TODAY.

That sound? It’s almost imperceptible, but it’s there. The soft
rustle of air over steel and glass, the muted hum of rubber on
tarmac, the faint whirr of spinning metals. It’s the sound of
electrons at work, the sound of electrical energy being converted
into motion, the sound of the automotive world shifting on its axis.
It’s the sound of the 2017 Motor Trend Car of the Year, the
Chevrolet Bolt EV.

The Bolt EV is not GM’s first pure electric car. The company has
been experimenting with electric vehicles for decades, stuffing
batteries into Corvairs in the mid-1960s and developing the
fiendishly complex EV-1 in the 1990s. You can buy an all-electric
version of the Spark from your friendly local Chevy dealer right now.
But the Bolt EV is the first conceived from the get-go by GM to be a
viable, affordable mass-market electric vehicle. And it’s a game
changer.

Two numbers—238 and 29,995—are why. The first is the number of
miles the EPA has certified the Bolt EV will travel on a full charge.
The second is the price, in dollars, of the Bolt EV, after allowing
for a $7,500 federal tax rebate. By offering that range at that
price, the Bolt EV has made just about every other electric vehicle
on sale obsolete. “Simply put, it’s twice the car for half the
price of a BMW i3,” guest judge Chris Theodore said. “A better car,
better package, much better handling, with twice the range.”

2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV rear three quarter in motion
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CITY SLICKER Sparkling performance makes the Bolt EV fun to drive,
even in the city, and the benchmark range means for many users it
will be a viable commuter vehicle that needs recharging only once a
week.
Even the folks at Tesla, the electric vehicle masters of the
universe, have been put on notice: The Bolt EV sets a benchmark for
value and performance they’ll have to work overtime to match. “This
is a direct challenge for Tesla to make the Model 3 anything near the
Bolt EV for the same price,” executive editor Mark Rechtin said. “
Chevrolet has made affordable long-range electric transportation
available to the masses. Elon Musk should be afraid. Very, very
afraid.”

Perhaps the most impressive thing about the Bolt EV is there are no
caveats, no “for an electric car” qualifiers needed in any
discussion. It is, simply, a world-class small car, and that’s
before you factor in the benefits inherent in the smoothness,
silence, and instant-on torque provided by the electric motor. The
ride is firm and sporty, but transmitted road noise is very well
damped. The steering has slightly artificial weighting, but brake
feel is natural, and once you learn to use the higher regenerative
braking modes, you can pretty much drive all the time without
touching the friction brakes at all.

It’s not quite correct to say the Bolt EV drives just like a regular
small hatchback, because, fundamentally, it drives better than most
regular small hatchbacks. The under-floor battery pack keeps most of
the mass low in the chassis—and between the wheels. The
front-to-rear weight distribution of 56/44 percent is better than any
small front-drive car in this year’s field, and it’s not far off
the 54/46 of the tossable rear-drive Fiat 124 Spider. “If this car
were fitted with a set of grippy tires, it’d be a helluva hot hatch,
” road test editor Chris Walton said. “I’d put it against a Mazda3
or Golf for fun per mile.”

There may be some who see the selection of an electric vehicle as
Motor Trend‘s Car of the Year—for only the second time in the award
’s seven decades—as controversial. But to do so would be to suggest
the Bolt EV is nothing more than an automotive oddity, a publicity
stunt, or a technological dead end of limited use or value. Nothing
could be further from the truth. Here’s how the Bolt EV stacks up
against the award’s six key criteria.

Advancement of Design
The Bolt EV is the sort of tall hatchback you usually see from
European and Asian manufacturers. It’s a globally relevant vehicle
format that has the potential to deliver excellent interior room for
up to five passengers along with a high degree of load-carrying
functionality in a relatively compact footprint. And in the Bolt EV,
Chevy has delivered. This is one of the best-packaged small cars in
the world.

The Bolt EV rides on a wheelbase 3.9 inches shorter than that of a
Toyota Prius, but it’s a massive 14.7 inches shorter bumper to
bumper. Despite those packaging constraints, “The space inside is
stellar,” said our spiring Christian Seabaugh, who noted the ample
legroom and headroom up front and an “enormously comfortable and
roomy” rear seat for a vehicle this size. Indeed, our tallest
testers had no problem sitting in the rear even with the front seat
racked rearward to accommodate a 6-foot-plus driver.

2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV interior
2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV front interior seats
2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV rear interior seats
2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV cargo
The interior is well finished for a car for this class, the dash
dominated by a textured white trim element that manages to look
different without being contrived. The 8.0-inch digital instrument
panel and 10.2-inch touchscreen infotainment interface feature modern
graphics in a fresh color palette. The simple HVAC controls are well
placed and easy to use.

In terms of exterior design, this is a small Chevy with an athletic
stance and surprising presence on the street. “The exterior design
has a few too many graphic elements with moldings and black areas,”
Tom Gale said, “but it still ends up growing on you, like a friendly
puppy. The line work, gesture, and surfaces all fit the package, and
in the end, that is the ultimate test.”

Bottom line: The Bolt EV will look and feel as much at home on the
streets of Shanghai or Stuttgart as in Seattle.

Engineering Excellence
The Bolt EV has been engineered from the wheels up to be an electric
vehicle, and the excellence runs deep.

The 60-kW-hr battery pack, co-developed with and assembled by LG
Chem, holds more than triple the energy of the pack in the Chevy
Spark EV—but weighs little more than twice as much. Mounted under
the floor and rear seat, the battery is also a structural element,
contributing 25 percent of the car’s overall torsional stiffness.
The battery is expected to last the life of the Bolt EV, and it’s
covered by an eight-year/100,000-mile warranty.

That sound? It’s the sound of the automotive world shifting on its
axis.

The Bolt EV’s electric motor is mounted between the front wheels and
is remarkably compact. The motor design draws on GM’s long
experience with electric powertrains and, like the B motor in the
latest generation of the Volt, features carefully arrayed magnets
made from a rare earth metal called dysprosium. The Bolt EV develops
200 hp and 266 lb-ft of torque, and its power density is 56 percent
greater than the motor in its weaker predecessor, the Spark EV.
2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV motor
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As the new motor also spins much faster than the Spark EV’s—8,810
rpm versus 4,500 rpm—the single-speed transmission runs a much
shorter ratio. That helps propel the 3,548-pound Bolt EV from 0 to 60
mph in 6.3 seconds and cover the standing quarter mile in 14.9
seconds at a speed-limited 93.1 mph. The Bolt EV was comfortably the
quickest of all the small cars tested in this year’s COTY field—
apart from the boy-racer Focus RS, of cours —quicker, even, than the
Fiat 124 Spider.

The engineering excellence isn’t confined to all the electric
powertrain hardware and software, either. The front seats feature an
industry-first ultra-slim design that uses a metal framework and a
flexible plastic shell lined with a very thin layer of foam. Up to
seven devices can connect to the available 4G LTE onboard Wi-Fi hot
spot, and up to 10 phones can connect to the car. Drive data can be
recorded and shared, so Bolt EV owners can compare miles/kW-hr,
energy regeneration, and climate efficiency.

Efficiency
In our testing, the Bolt EV easily makes its EPA-certified range of
238 miles in normal driving conditions. Of course, as with a
gasoline-powered car, your mileage may vary—flat-foot the Bolt EV
everywhere, and you’re not going to travel as far before you need to
put more energy in the “tank.” More important, our testing suggests
it’s more efficient than the Tesla Model S 60, using about 14
percent fewer kW-hrs of energy to complete our Real MPG test route.

One element in EV operating efficiency is, of course, the time it
takes to recharge. Unlike Tesla, GM doesn’t have banks of
Superchargers. But using a Level 3 charger, our experience supports GM
’s claim that the Bolt EV can be given 90 miles of range in 30
minutes, 160 miles in 60, and a full charge in two hours. That’s not
far off Tesla’s Supercharger capability.

Safety
2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV side
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GLOBAL PLAYER The Bolt EV’s size and packaging make it an American
car that is globally relevant.
The Bolt EV has yet to be independently tested by NHTSA or IIHS, but
GM says it has engineered the basic structure of the car to deal with
the forces of the new small-overlap crash test despite its small
overhangs, using an upper cradle and a cross-car beam to stabilize
the front end. Five cross-car beams and a structural steel tray not
only add to the overall structural integrity but also protect the
battery pack in side impact crashes.

The Bolt EV comes standard with a lane departure warning system that
despite some self-steering capability is really only to assist
drivers. Available driver aids include forward collision alert,
cross-traffic alert, blind-spot alert, and pedestrian braking.

Value
On the face of it, $37,495 seems a lot for a compact hatchback, but
the math deserves some perspective. The federal EV tax credit of
$7,500 gets the price down to less than $30,000, which is outstanding
value given current electric vehicle tech. And certain state rebates
may knock the price down even further. Only a Tesla can offer
superior range and performance, and the cheapest Model S 60 costs
$67,200 (before rebates). Sure, that Tesla is quicker and faster, but
it only has an EPA-certified range of 210 miles. If you want to do
better than the Bolt EV, you’ll need to spend $74,500 (before
rebates) for the Model S 75.

Of course, the Tesla Model 3 is slated to be priced around the same
as the Bolt EV and scheduled to start trickling off assembly lines in
late 2017. But Tesla has been evasive about prices for a fully
equipped vehicle. The Bolt may still maintain its edge here.

2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV charge port
2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV badge
2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV front end in motion
What’s more significant, however, is the Bolt EV makes a solid value
case even against conventional small cars. In terms of its
performance levels, the Bolt EV is not that far off a PDK-equipped
Golf GTI; only 0.4 second slower to 60 mph and over the quarter mile.
And after the rebate is taken into consideration, it’s basically the
same price. “Range is no longer the limiting factor, and price has
been taken out of the equation,” Ed Loh said. “The primary barriers
have fallen away, and it’s getting tougher to find use cases for
which the Bolt EV cannot work.”

Performance of Intended Function
A roomy, practical, quiet, and comfortable compact hatchback; an
energy-efficient small car; and a benchmark electric vehicle—all in
one. The marvelously accomplished and endlessly engaging Chevy Bolt
EV is all these things. “The important point is that the Bolt is not
just a great electric vehicle but also a great commuter vehicle in
every respect,” Theodore said. “Well done, GM. You are now the
leader.”

The Bolt EV is also a car for a world that’s increasingly urbanized
and that needs to reduce its dependency on fossil fuels—partly
because there’s only so much we can frack and partly because air
quality in our cities is again becoming a significant health issue.
But this isn’t some earnest, po-faced science project we should
endure to save the planet. The Bolt EV is fast, fun, and genuinely
entertaining to drive. It makes you smile.

American engineering ingenuity and manufacturing capability
kick-started automobility in the early 20th century. Now, a little
more than a century later, America is about to do it again. The
practical, affordable, fun-to-drive Chevrolet Bolt EV has made
electric-powered transport for the masses a reality. The 2017 Motor
Trend Car of the Year is the car of tomorrow, today.

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