More Accolades for the Camaro!

So, the Camaro love just does not stop coming in. A couple more awards/accolades are official for the Camaro now, and I'm fairly certain over the next few months even more will come rolling in.

Most recently, the Camaro SS was rated the best resale value Sports Car on the market by Kiplinger's. This most obviously comes from the fact that Kiplinger's assumes the Camaro to have continued appeal and desirability to large markets down the road. From Kiplinger's, who also gave the Camaro SS their Best New Car award.

"Also capturing the nod for Best New Car, the highly anticipated Camaro SS features a growling V8 that puts out 426 horses and a retro design inside and out. Not surprisingly, this beast is expected to be in demand on the used market as well, with resale values of 62% after three years and 44% after five.

To win best-resale plaudits, the model must first be selected as one of the top 25 vehicles in its category. Then we pick the vehicle with the highest three-year resale value."

Moving on from the Kiplinger's awards, it also seems that the Camaro made the very short list for the 2010 World Car Design of the Year. 30 vehicles were intially nominated, and the Camaro made it down to the final 4. The other 3 are:
Citroën C3 Picasso
Kia Soul
Toyota Prius

Tough competition? Well, I don't think so, but we'll see how that award committee feels about it. A little bit directly from the article:

"The World Car Design of the Year award is meant to highlight new vehicles with innovation and style that push established boundaries. A design panel consisting of five highly respected world design experts asked to first review each candidate, and then establish a short-list of recommendations for the jurors. The original list consisted of 30 different cars.

This top three design finalists will be announced at the Geneva International Motor Show on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 and the winner will be revealed at the New York International Auto Show on Thursday, April 1, 2010."