North American Car Truck of the Year (NACTOY)

Driving the Nation’s Lou Ann Hammond is a member of “North American Car of the Year” and “ North American Truck/Utility of the Year,” also known as NACTOY. NACTOY announces the winner for car of the year and truck of the year in January at the North American International Automobile Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, MI. The jury members are Jessica Anderson
Kiplingers
Frank Aukofer
Freelance
Kirk Bell
Chicago Tribune and New York Daily News
David Booth
Freelance
Karl Brauer
Freelance
Lindsay Brooke
Automotive Engineering International
Jason Cammisa
Road & Track
Sharon Silke Carty
Editor In Chief, Autoblog and AOL Autos
Dan Carney
Freelance
John Davis
MotorWeek – PBS Network
Matt DeLorenzo
Kelley Blue Book
Denis Duquet
Le Guide de lauto
Jacques Duval
Freelance – Le Guide de lauto, Autonet, Journal de Montreal, Mixte Magazine, Infrastructures, La Voix du Vrac, Roulez electrique.com
Ezra Dyer
Popular Mechanics
Paul Eisenstein
The Detroit Bureau
Lauren Fix
Car Coach Reports,Time Warner Cable News, Arise Global News, Parade Magazine, USA Radio – Day Break,NewsMax TV,The Car Coach
Jeff Gilbert
WWJ Newsradio 950 / CBS Radio Network
John Gilbert
Freelance: newcarpicks.com, KDAL AM radio
Aaron Gold
Freelance – About.com
Joni Gray
Autobytel
Ken Gross
Freelance: Playboy
Lou Ann Hammond
drivingthenation.com, carlist.com
James Healey
USA Today
John Pearley Huffman
Freelance – NY Times, Car and Driver
Cheryl Jensen
Freelance: Motor Matters, NY Times
Chris Jensen
Freelance: NY Times
Erik Johnson
Executive online editor, Car and Driver
Jim Kenzie
Toronto Star

Marc Lachapelle
Freelance MSN Autos US
John Lamm
Freelance
Anita Lienert
Freelance – Edmunds.com
Jim Mateja
Freelance – Chicago Tribune, Ward’s Auto Reports, Consumer’s Digest
International, Super Chevy
Mitch McCullough
New Car Test Drive
John McElroy
Autoline Detroit
Joann Muller
Forbes
Jack Nerad
Kelley Blue Book
Scott Oldham
Vice President of Editorial
Editor in Chief, Edmunds.com
Marty Padgett
TheCarConnection.com, High Gear Media
Chris Paukert
Autoblog
Henry Payne
Detroit News
Mark Phelan
Detroit Free Press
Mark Rechtin
Consumer Reports
Erin Riches
Edmunds.com
Aaron Robinson
Car and Driver
Jeremy Sinek
Autos.ca.msn.com
Steven Cole Smith
motorsport.com, AutoWeek
Ben Stewart
Freelance – Popular Mechanics, Road & Track
Alexandra Straub
Freelance – Black Newspaper Group, Postmedia, Auto123.com
Tony Swan
Freelance – swandrives.com, caranddriver.com, Kelley Blue Book, Popular Mechanics, New Car Test Drive
Alex Taylor
Fortune Magazine
Richard Truett
Automotive News
Lawrence Ulrich
Freelance – NY Times
David van Sickle
All About Autos
Larry Webster
Road & Track
Joe Wiesenfelder
cars.com
Drew Winter
Ward’s AutoWorld
Gary Witzenburg
Freelance – AutoMedia.com

Donald Trump, Joe Biden, NACTOY, NAIAS2017

By Lou Ann Hammond| 2017-03-22T07:59:22+00:00 January 16th, 2017|Categories: #carchat, North American Car Truck of the Year (NACTOY), Warren Brown, Washingtonpost.com|Tags: #NAIAS2017, carchat, Donald Trump, joe biden, nactoy, washingtonpost|

Good Morning Warren and Friends, Congratulations Chevy Bolt! NACTOY's Car of the Year to an electric car that gets 238 driving range. Another great week! The Detroit Auto show was packed with news. It was overshadowed by auto industry news (aka Trump and Volkswagen), but it's not the first autoshow that we've had to weed [...]

Car Truck SUV of the Year short list

By Lou Ann Hammond| 2017-03-22T07:59:24+00:00 November 15th, 2016|Categories: Automobiles and Energy, North American Car Truck of the Year (NACTOY)|Tags: car of the Year, nactoy, Utility Vehicle of the Year|

The list has been narrowed down to three in each category, SUV, Truck, and Car of the Year. The next round of voting will result in the Car, Truck and SUV of the Year, which will be announced at the North American International Automobile Show (NAIAS) The short list is the top three at the [...]

Magna’s Trailer Reverse Guidance on Ford Super Duty

By Lou Ann Hammond| 2017-03-22T07:59:24+00:00 October 26th, 2016|Categories: Ford, North American Car Truck of the Year (NACTOY), Technology|Tags: ford, magna, super duty trucks, technology|

Akinyele Ikuseru, Magna's system engineer shows off the 2017 Ford Super Duty with Trailer Reverse Guidance System. You can see the trailer through the NAV system as well as the trajectory of the trailer as the steering wheel is turned. The system is supported by Magna's multi-patented EYERIS driver-assistance technology developed jointly by [...]

John Mendel at #WAS16 – recalls, fuel cells and electric and hydrogen vehicles

By Lou Ann Hammond| 2017-03-22T07:59:42+00:00 January 25th, 2016|Categories: Alternative vehicles, Automobiles and Energy, Honda, Hydrogen, North American Car Truck of the Year (NACTOY)|Tags: #WAS16, blizzard16, DMV, electric cars, fuel cells, honda, hydrogen vehicles, John Mendel, recalls, takata airbags|

John Mendel was the keynote speaker at the Washington Auto Show (before the blizzard that shut down the entire city) #WAS16 on fuel cells and electric and hydrogen vehicles. Honda has had to recall many cars because one of its suppliers, Takata, made defective airbags. They have spent millions trying to find all [...]