Welcome to the results of the 2019 End Of The Year Awards! I’m honored to be presenting the results for the 4th year in a row, and I hope that we all have grown and evolved not just in the game but as people too!
Without further ado, here are the results for this year’s awards!
Car Company Awards
Car Company of the Year (Overall)
Garnering 58.3% of our votes, everyone’s favorite car company this year is…
@yangx2 with Honghu Huangdou Automotive Co. (广州红湖 - 黄豆)!
Car Company of the Year (Standard)
Another rising star of the Automationverse, our Standard Car Company of the Year is…
@CorsicaUnknown with Corsica Motor Company!
Car Company of the Year (Luxury)
With over 75% of our votes, we almost unanimously voted this for our Luxury Car Company of the Year… That’s right, it’s
@ProfessorP3PP3R and Silver-York!
Car Company of the Year (Performance)
The undisputed champion continues to reign supreme.
@strop and Gryphon Gear!
Car Of The Year Awards
Car of the Year (Overall)
One of the closer battles between two supremely influential cars, these two cars fought to the death. The devil herself still came out on top… The winner is
@strop and the Gryphon Gear Lilith!
Car of the Year (Standard)
This is the first time that we’ve had electric cars in the poll. A bigger sign of the times is that they challenged each other head-to-head! The winner of this roundup is…
@titleguy1 (ya boy) and the shocking Rigore Vulnair!
Continuing streaks of dominating the polls, yangx2 and ProfessorP3PP3R fought it out with their creations. Only one could come out on top; the winner here was…
@yangx2 with the aptly named Guangzhou Honghu 88888888!
Car of the Year (Performance)
A tighter fight than many of us had expected, but alas the king preserves his seat on the throne!
@strop and the Gryphon Gear Lilith!
Retro Car Of The Year (1970’s-2000’s)
A new category for this year helps showcase some of the hidden talents of the forum. A beloved member deservedly wins this trophy!
@ProfessorP3PP3R with the Silver-York Sovereign!
Classic Car Of The Year (Pre-1970’s)
Snatching the prize again with over 75% of the votes, please give a hand to…
@ProfessorP3PP3R and the 1935 Silver-York Rouge-Teleiótita!
In a landslide victory, our favorite truck this year was…
@mat1476 and the Warren XLT!
SUV/Crossover of the Year
Another tight race, the results prove that the future is here to stay. Congratulations to…
@CorsicaUnknown and the Corsica Summit!
With only 1 vote separating the winner from the loser in this highly contested category, please congratulate…
@MrChips and the absolutely insane Scagliati La Tempesta!
Superlative Vehicle Awards
One of the forum’s most, well, impressive efforts has a pretty awesome result! Give it up to…
@Maxbombe and the Spander FA!!
Most Dedicated Car Company
Yet another victory from a crowd favorite, 56.1% of us voted for…
@yangx2 with Guangzhou Honghu Automotive Co!
Our forums fell in love with this person as soon as they landed here! Let’s applaud…
@ProfessorP3PP3R and Silver-York!
Most Realistic Car Company
This company not only has a realistically fleshed out lore, but creates jaw-droppingly realistic cars. Give a hand to…
@CorsicaUnknown with Corsica Motor Company!
Our first tie of the competition, but one that is very well-deserved. Please give a hand to our two winners…
@Rk38 with the 1985 Maesima Celento and @ProfessorP3PP3R with the 1935 Silver-York Rouge-Teleiótita!
Watch the Maesima ad here.
Community Awards
Best Car Designer (Individual)
With a 3-vote advantage, the year’s best car designer is @yangx2!
Most Improved Designer (Individual)
Over half of our votes went to this year’s winner in a tight three-way fight. Let’s have a round of applause for @On3CherryShake!
Best Car Creator/Engineer (Individual)
56.1% votes went to one of the greatest of the great forum veterans. Congratulations to @strop!
Friendliest/Most Helpful Member
Nearly half of us all chose this person as the friendliest or most helpful member this year. The winner is @Chickenbiscuit!
Best New Member (Must have joined in 2019)
Despite having only joined this year, this person has made quite a name for themselves. Let us salute @ProfessorP3PP3R!
He might be doing work officially now, but it’s hard to doubt the winner’s contribution to the scene - congratulations @Chickenbiscuit!
Governing with a truly effective sleight of hand, we should all applaud this year’s most influential member - @MrChips!
Best Community Member Vehicle
Another tie, let’s congratulate @Lordred for his 1999 Ford SVT Contour and @adamd for his 2007 Toyota Blade Master G!
Best Challenge/Competition
Finally breaking from tradition, the winner of the Best Challenge/Competition goes to @MrChips with the The Summer 2019 Automation Collector Car Auction!
Best Automation Photo (Photoshopped or not)
With a very pretty, very 80’s advertisement, the winner for this category is @ProfessorP3PP3R’s 1984 Silver-York Sovereign Ad!
There was definitely a few different options here - but whey, someone had to win, and that someone is @Human89845524 with his British Leyland fetish!
Even though last year was a fairly prolific year, we’ve seen the community balloon like crazy in the past year. We hope that next year will be bigger and better. As always, happy holidays and have a happy new year!