• By Mike Spinelli
    Dec 31, 2005 9:00 AM 1,795
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    Top Gear's Awards for 2005: Bugatti Veyron Is "Best Car"

    Our pal Punkey zapped us the results of TopGear's awards for 2005, including runners-up. As most watchers figured, the Bugatti Veyron won for Best Car, beating the Jalopnik pick — the Ferrari F430 — and the BMW M5, which we won't get to drive until January (knock on wood). The Ferrari also lost to the Aston Martin V8 Vantage in the Best Noise category. Man, we really have to get across the pond more often. Click through for more results.

    Best Car:
    Ferrari F430
    BMW M5
    Bugatti Veyron (Winner)

    Biggest Surprise:
    Honda Civic
    Nissan Murano
    Audi RS4 (Winner)

    Ugliest Car:
    Ssangyong Kyron
    Ssangyong Rodius
    Ssangyong Musso
    BMW 3-series (Winner)

    Best Noise:
    Ferrari F430
    Mercedes-Benz CLS55 AMG
    Aston Martin V8 Vantage (Winner)

    Gas Guzzler:
    Range Rover Sport
    Bugatti Veyron
    Hemel Hempstead
    Ford GT (Winner)

    Coolest Car:
    Porsche 911 (Hammond and May's Winner)
    Aston Martin V8 Vantage (Clarkson's Winner)

    Related:
    TopGear Nominates Bugatti Veyron as Car of the Year [internal]


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