2019 Car of the decade - dailycarblog.com
And The Best Car of The Decade is…
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We here at the Daily Car Blog are often accused of being the world’s most negative car blog. An accolade is an accolade whether negative or positive and we’ll happily accept the negativity because you can always turn a negative into a positive. But as the year 2019 closes out the entire decade, we surprised ourselves by asking the question “what is best car of the decade”. Over the last 10 years the car, in general, has improved considerably. Except for Nissan. Except for Renault. Except for Ford.

At the start of the decade, multi-stack cd players were the height of technology. Today in 2019 we have Bluetooth, Wifi, lane assist, blind spot, semi-autonomous cruise control, USB and wireless charging. The advancement of technology and the amount that is stuffed into the average car has progressed significantly over the last three years alone. As the case for electric cars grows stronger the era of petrol and diesel cars will slowly draw to an end. But it will be a couple of decades before petrol and diesel cars are gone for good.


Whatever the powertrain the car over the next 10 years will take us in a very different path. We are at the very beginning of a new era of automation. It hasn’t begun just yet but fully autonomous cars is the next big step. More powerful computing technology has fueled the growth of a once out-of-reach technology. AI. Artificial Intelligence has progressed to a level never before seen nor even imagined even by software engineers and scientists.

A device as capable as Alexa or the Siri voice assist was seen as sci-fi fantasy 10 years ago. Now advanced voice assist technologies will augment the driving experience and combined with AI one can only imagine where this path takes all of us.

So what the hell is the best car of the decade?

The best car of the decade isn’t Autocar telling you the BMW 3 Series is the best car of the year or the decade. They’ve been repeating that particular talking point for 20-30 years. And 20-30 years from now some young kid will be repeating the exact same bullet-to-the-head talking point.

Don’t listen to motoring journalists telling what is a good car and what is a bad car. Often their motivations are primarily driven to please the press departments who loan them the cars.

The best car of the decade is… your car. It doesn’t have to be expensive or a BMW 3 series. It’s what you can afford. Your car whatever it is, however much it cost, your car is the best car of the year and of the decade. As it always has been. Just as long as it is roadworthy and it gets you to where you want to go reliably, your car is the best car of the decade.

But even for us there are exceptions and they are Nissan, Renault, Ford and let’s not forget Jaguar and Land Rover.


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