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Old 10-22-2009, 05:43 PM   #1
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Toyota Prius Captures Japan's Car of the Year Award - Wide Open Throttle - Motor Trend Magazine

At one stage, in the closing minutes of vote counting with ballots from 54 jurors counted, the difference between the top two contenders was only six votes, as the Insight's 393 crept within a hair's breath of the Prius's 399 votes.

But when votes from the remaining seven jurors were tallied, and the Toyota picked up maximum votes of 10 points from four jurors, the Prius shot ahead to win by a comfortable margin...
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Old 10-22-2009, 05:58 PM   #2
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Toyota Prius Captures Japan's Car of the Year Award - Wide Open Throttle - Motor Trend Magazine

At one stage, in the closing minutes of vote counting with ballots from 54 jurors counted, the difference between the top two contenders was only six votes, as the Insight's 393 crept within a hair's breath of the Prius's 399 votes.

But when votes from the remaining seven jurors were tallied, and the Toyota picked up maximum votes of 10 points from four jurors, the Prius shot ahead to win by a comfortable margin...

The excitement was palpable! Whoo Hoo! Just like a microcosm of reality, the Insight appears to be a threat and then BOOM! NOT!

I say Prius vs. Iron Chef next!
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wow... good start for the Prius and a close race!
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