Nearly 200,000 votes have been cast, and preliminary results are in for eBay Motors People’s Picks enthusiast survey. Voting closes on September 19th, so there’s still time to push your favorites to the top – and be eligible for cash prizes and a trip to the SEMA show in Vegas in November.
Tuners
For most tunable brand, Honda’s edging Subaru, Nissan and Mitsubishi, with Pirelli barely leading the performance tire question.
Modern
Corvette is the favorite convertible, and surprisingly the Mazda Miata is tied with the Porsche Boxster in this category.
For dead brand you’d most like to see resurrected, Pontiac is beating DeLorean, AMC and Hummer. However, the DeLorean makes up for it by leading in favorite movie car with Doc’s Back to the Future time machine.
Most affordable 4-door sports car
Subaru WRX (20%)
BMW 335i (20%)
Pontiac G8 (18%)
Mitsubishi EVO (13%)
Classic European
Favorite brand
Porsche (23%)
Ferrari (20%)
BMW (17%)
Mercedes-Benz (7%)
Ferrari 250 GT SWB is the ‘untouchable’ car people would most like to add to their collection
Muscle
All time favorite:
Ford Mustang – 39%
Chevy Camaro – 24%
Pontiac GTO – 14%
Dodge Charger – 9%
There’s a heated battle in favorite muscle car engine, as well:
Chevy 427 ZL1 – 34%
Chrysler 426 HEMI – 32%
Ford SOHC 427 Cammer – 27%
Boss is winning in favorite muscle car name, and Edelbrock is beating Hurst, Holley and Hooker for best muscle car bolt on brand, and is dominating the favorite intake manifold question.
Trucks
Toughest full size pickup
Ford F150 (48%)
Chevrolet Silverado (26%)
Dodge Ram (14%)
Classic Truck
1948-1952 Ford F-Series Truck (33%)
1955-57 Chevy Truck (31%)
1930-31 Ford Model A Truck (14%)
Ford Powerstroke is leading best diesel engine, ahead of Dodge Cummins.
4x4/Off Road
Best 4x4 Brand
Jeep (50%)
Land Rover (25%)
Rubicon Trail in California leads most challenging off road course, ahead of Mosquito Pass and Chokecherry Canyon.
Warn is dominating the winch category, and extra water beats sat phone in ‘what you’d like to have during your next desert run.’
Project/Hot Rod
Best foundation for late model street rod
Ford Mustang (48%)
Chevrolet Camaro (26%)
Pontiac GTO (15%)
Pontiac Solstice (4%)
Favorite V8 small block for engine swap
Chevrolet (57%)
Ford (35%)
Dodge (6%)
2 post lift is far and away the favorite dream garage tool.
Bikes
Sport is leading favorite type, over cruiser, touring and dirt bikes. Daytona Biker Week is the favorite biker gathering, and Ducati is leading most innovative brand.
Culture
Top Gear is dominating favorite show, Bullit’s up in best car chase movie, Doc’s time machine is best movie car, and Wartburg is leading worst car name.