The bunny wranglers over at Playboy are no strangers to fine automobiles, as high-end exotics often grace the glossy pages of America's favorite gentleman's magazine. The Playboy empire even
goes racing, sponsoring no fewer than six cars in the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series and the Grand-Am Cup Series. So when the magazine wants to throw its own COTY list into the mix, despite the fact that we're utterly sick of COTY lists, we'll give it a glance. Rather than your boring old categories of Best Sports Coupe and Best SUV, Playboy also threw a few extra categories in that aren't your typical COTY fare, like Best Cross-Dresser and the Al Gore Special. The overall winner and Playboy's 2007 Car of the Year is the BMW Z4M Coupe. You can check out all the winners below. We hope we didn't spoil it for you, because we know you read Playboy for the articles.
- BEST TWO-WAY PLAYER: VW Eos
- BEST SPORTS COUPE: Porsche 911 Turbo
- BEST SUV: Cadillac Escalade
- BEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK: Ford Shelby GT500
- BEST PICKUP: 2007 Toyota Tundra
- BEST ROADSTER: Saturn Sky Red Line
- BEST CROSS-DRESSER: Mazda CX-7
- THE AL GORE SPECIAL: Lexus GS 450h
- PLAYBOY'S 2007 CAR OF THE YEAR: BMW Z4M Coupe
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
da truth 4:13PM (12/08/2006)
Playboy needs to stick to talking about "sticking it" than driving one.
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ramsport47 4:22PM (12/08/2006)
and this matters why?
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Mitsu 4:27PM (12/08/2006)
BEST CROSS-DRESSER: Mazda CX-7
(Vomit)
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Jake B 4:42PM (12/08/2006)
I just love it when some misinformed magazine company nominates a new truck based simply off of it being new. I can guarantee that the playboy people probably did not do a side by side comparision of the Tundra and the new GMT900 trucks. Oh well, I guess the ridgeline one motor trends new truck award last time around, even though its not really a truck. What is the world coming to?
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rwdmtparkingonly 4:53PM (12/08/2006)
That they didn't include an El Camino with astroturf in the back is why I have to read Hustler instead. On a more serious note, the Cayman should have beat the Z4 Coupe, and the cute category names have to go.
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RJ 6:06PM (12/08/2006)
Jake B, don't get you're playboy panties in a bunch. The fact that diehard Chevy fans are this threatened and emotional when it comes to the Tundra makes me think that Toyota might actually have a winner this time around.
As for the Ridgeline......probably 90 percent of the people driving pickup trucks here in Maine don't even need a pickup truck for anything other then carrying their redneck children around, or hauling the "trophy" deer they bagged during hunting season. (don't even get me started on hunting) Maybe Motortrend was right to choose the Ridgeline since at least it's comfortable to drive, gets somewhat decent gas mileage and has Honda Reliability engrained in it's DNA, besides the fact that it's more than suitable for most people's needs when it comes to a pickup truck.
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Erik 5:13PM (12/08/2006)
Tundra?!?!?? Huh???
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Aaron Bluestone 5:25PM (12/08/2006)
remember people - this is in playboy's perspective so obviously their criteria is going to be different than your one. Don't like it, make your own list, nobody's stopping you.
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bad blooooood 5:28PM (12/08/2006)
# 4 AutoBlog does absolutly the same..........the only thing autoblog wants to know if it is made by Ford, GM, DCX------which according to Autoblog and the Kerish fella are the best cars in the world, Consumer Report is owned by Japanese Communists, CAFE standards make USA more dependant, only women buy Honda's and Toyota's and the reason sales are down at GM and Fraud is because of the lies perpetrated by the liberal media, and my favorite accusing every government of giving Toyota's subsidies while absolutly refusing to admit that USA has a 25% tax on ALL imported Pick Up trucks.
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Roepke 11:19PM (12/13/2006)
#8. Settle down, dude. It's okay. By the way, not everyone is a commie or a fraud. Geez, it's a car list by PLAYBOY. Last time I checked, their forte wasn't cars.
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Steve 5:54PM (12/08/2006)
How do you rate a Truck that no one has driven? I bet that Playboy runs more ads from Toyota then from GM and that was their reasoning. Or the silicon stains clean up in a Toyota faster then in domestics. I own both Imports an American so don't say I am pro one way or another. This was just Dumb......
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$0.02 6:11PM (12/08/2006)
Hef and this organization is a joke...just like this list. Stick to spreak porn propoganda and not your idiotic ideas about automobiles.
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Sam 9:07PM (12/10/2006)
"Maybe Motortrend was right to choose the Ridgeline since at least it's comfortable to drive, gets somewhat decent gas mileage and has Honda Reliability engrained in it's DNA,"
Wow, RJ- it's not any more comfortable to drive, it's mileage is NOT as good as the mainstream trucks and as for reliable-well all the pickups are rocksolid-with the exception of Nissan.
The Ridgelines don't conquer-they give Honda a truck for Honda owners-to keep them in the company-that's all.
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WillTheThrill 4:25AM (12/09/2006)
Oh my God! Old white men and young white chicks love the Escalade? Reading the posts here I assumed only rappers, basketball players and minority degenerates liked the car!!!!
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zetha 8:26PM (12/08/2006)
BEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK: Ford Shelby GT500?
err no, that would be the z06. stop asking non car people about cars
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big jimmy 1:00AM (12/09/2006)
isn't the GS450h to expensive for most tree huggers
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XJ 11:19AM (12/09/2006)
Best bang for the buck wouldn't be the GT500 nor the Z06. They simply cost too much to even be mentioned in this category. Seriously, if you're going to get a car that best suits most people's needs for the least amount of money it would be a Fit or Versa. You can get 5 of those for the price of a Z06. And if you want pure performance, look no further than an Evo IX RS. It starts at under $30k; goes 0-60 in 4.4secs; does the slalom in OVER 70mph (Z06 can't even beat that); and has AWD, 4 doors and rear seats you can actually use. No it won't any awards in the looks dept, but we're talking best bang for the buck here.
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Don't 6:32AM (12/09/2006)
Never mention japanese car as a sexiest car. Dumbest thing I've heard all day.
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JarryHames 11:13AM (12/09/2006)
Ummm, ok!
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JON C 12:14PM (12/09/2006)
That photo reminds me of what my mom used to say,"There's no fool like an old fool".
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