Question of the Week

WINNER’S ANNOUNCEMENT:

We’re back to announce the winner for our Question of the Week, where our victor will accept a $25 credit for a hat or T-shirt from the BaT Gear Store and the acclaim of their peers.

Our question this week was: What 2001 car would you import in 2026?

Thanks to everyone who participated! You showed plenty of enthusiasm for a wide variety of cars from around the globe. In the end, the Renault Sport Clio V6 and Avantime, along with the VW New Beetle RSi, were tied in nominations. So we turned to the thumbs to determine our winner. With a cumulative 18 likes as of this writing, the Sport Clio V6 is this week’s winning nomination, and BaT member @wh400 was the first to it right out of the gate:

“2001 Renault Clio V6 Sport”

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We’re back to announce the winner for our Question of the Week, where our victor will accept a $25 credit for a hat or T-shirt from the BaT Gear Store and the acclaim of their peers.

Our question this week was: What’s the coolest art car?

Thanks to everyone who chimed in! These kinds of questions typically invite perspectives from across the BaT community, and your responses certainly ran the gamut. Of course, we’re not the kind of art snobs who tell you what you should like, so this week’s winner goes to the nomination with the most likes—our People’s Choice! And that was from @IsAlwaystheAnswer, who nominated Janis Joplin’s hand-painted Porsche 356:

“Janis Joplin’s 1964 Porsche 356C her roadie, Dave Richards, painted it with a psychedelic mural called “The History of the Universe,” it is a rolling symbol of 1960s counterculture and individuality. It is art and a car. https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/ny15/lots/r105-1964-porsche-356-c-1600-sc-cabriolet-by-reutter/“

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We’re back to announce the winner for our Question of the Week, where our victor will accept a $25 credit for a hat or T-shirt from the BaT Gear Store and the acclaim of their peers.

Our question this week was: What’s the one vehicle that best describes your taste in autos?

Thanks to everyone who participated! Even in the midst of the holiday season, you still managed to rack up more than 100 comments. Narrowing your automotive taste down to a definitive example is tough work, so there’s really no wrong answer here. That said, this is a contest at the end of the day, and the 240-Series Volvo earned the most mentions this week. BaT member @PWSchuh was first to nominate a 245 Turbo specifically, but since he’s still coming off an early 2025 win, we’re passing the award to the runner-up—@Sjalabais!

“You guys at BaT always pick so pitch perfect lead images. I’m baffled by how well you keep answering your own questions of the week, visually.
Yes, I am a Volvo guy. Everything cubist that looks like a five year old lead the design team goes straight into my heart. Volvo 140, 240, GAZ 24, Toyota Century or, my current only collectible, a 2003 Centennial JS350. Looks like a peak-’80s product, hit the market in 1998.”

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Happy New Year! We’re back to announce the winner for our Question of the Week, where our victor will accept a $25 credit for a hat or T-shirt from the BaT Gear Store and the acclaim of their peers.

Our question this week was: What’s your best temporary fix that turned permanent?

Thanks to everyone who participated! We brushed the dust off our idle laptops—asleep from the holidays—and got right to work reading your responses, which featured various amounts of JB Weld, baling wire, food and beverage cans, and other random objects for perfectly cromulent fixes. This week, we’re leaning on the most-liked comment (our People’s Choice!), and awarding the prize to BaT member @sinclair:

WINNER’S ANNOUNCEMENT:

We’re back to announce the winner for our Question of the Week, where our victor will accept a $25 credit for a hat or T-shirt from the BaT Gear Store and the acclaim of their peers.

Our question this week was: What car wore quad headlamps best?

This week’s discussion was full of variety, as over 130 unique nominations were thrown into the ring—kudos to all of you!

After taking a long hard look at all of your four-eyed picks, the most-mentioned nominee is this week’s winner. The first-generation Pontiac GTO, specifically the stacked headlight cars of 1965-67, won the popular vote. BaT member @SingleClutch was the first to nominate it:

“1966/1967 Pontiac GTO with stacked headlights, of course!”

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Our question this week was: What’s one automotive myth you wish were true?

You put your best myth forward, and after reading through all of your responses, we’re ready to announce our winner! This week, we’re awarding the prize to @bodhi1601, who left the most-liked comment:

“Now this myth I’m pretty sure is in fact a myth. But you never know. British Leyland engineers deliberately made their engines leak oil to keep the frames from rusting.”

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We’re back to announce the winner for our Question of the Week, where our victor will accept a $25 credit for a hat or T-shirt from the BaT Gear Store and the acclaim of their peers.

Our question this week was: What’s your favorite sub-liter-powered vehicle of all time?

Thanks to everyone who chimed in! After tallying up the nominations, the Fiat 850 Spider and Mini tied at the line with five nominations each. So this week, we’re exercising our Editorial Privilege and handing the prize to our favorite of the two—the Fiat 850 Spider! BaT member @mr_smee was the first to mention it, along with the Pontiac Firefly Turbo:

“Fiat 850 Spider, but if we allow 1cubic cm to 1.0L then the Pontiac Fireflfy Turbo.”

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We’re back to announce the winner for our Question of the Week, where our victor will accept a $25 credit for a hat or T-shirt from the BaT Gear Store and the acclaim of their peers.

We mentioned that if you could justify it, going for a contrarian pick was a viable choice for our question this week, which was: What’s your favorite “city car?”

You staked your claim for a nice variety of “city cars.” The iconic Fiat 500 received the highest number of mentions, though it was used as an example in our original post. That means that this week, we’re exercising our Editorial Privilege and awarding the prize to the nomination that stood out to us the most. And that came from @mr3000, who put forward the Honda City Turbo II and Motocompo combo:

“Honda City Turbo II. It’s in the name and they are frequently paired with a motocompo”

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WINNER’S ANNOUNCEMENT:

We’re back to announce the winner for our Question of the Week, where our victor will accept a $25 credit for a hat or T-shirt from the BaT Gear Store and the acclaim of their peers.

Our question this week was: What’s the best car to come out of the 2000s?

Thanks to everyone who participated! It’s hard to believe that the year 2000 was 26 years ago, but then again, the 1990s were only ten years ago. Right? RIGHT?! Anyways, the S197 Mustang, the Honda S2K, the Ford GT, and the Carrera GT finished in a dead heat this week, so we turned to the thumbs to break the tie. With a cumulative 25 likes as of this writing, the Ford GT is this week’s winning nomination. BaT member @Ranchero65‘s comment nominating it was also the most liked by the community, but @2caddiesandaMach1 was the first to it:

“Simple: Ford GT. I do believe many shall agree.”

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