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Sony Announces Winners of Gran Turismo Awards

The godly hand of Polyphony Digital's Kazunori Yamauchi has once again touched mere mortals in PlayStation's fifth annual Gran Turismo Awards at the 2007 SEMA. "Best In Show" went to the badass 2007 Audi TT, which will be featured in the upcoming Gran Turismo Prologue. Winning designer Marcel Horn walks away with a sweet custom-lasered PS3...and eternal pride.

"Best European Import" - Marcel Horn; 2007 Audi TT
"Best Domestic Automobile" - Gary Cheney; 2007 Factory Five GTM
"Best Hot Rod" - Jim and Mike Ring; 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback
"Best Japanese Import" - Michael Chung; 2007 Nissan 350Z
"Best Truck / SUV" - Mike DeFord; 2007 Dodge Ram

While Horn was checking out the new PS3, a couple of Polyphony guys hopped in his Audi and were never seen again.

12:45 PM on Fri Nov 2 2007
By Mark Wilson
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derrickgott007 at 01:09 PM on 11/02/07
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What the hell?? No picture of said TT??? That sucks...wasted my time reading this post.
Huxle at 01:09 PM on 11/02/07
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Damn, that is one sexy Playstation 3
skrame ☆ at 01:19 PM on 11/02/07
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The winner's names seem to connect to their respective categories.

European - Marcel
Domestic - Cheney
Japanese Import - Chung
Truck - DeFord
Hot Rod - A couple of dudes.

It just struck me as weird or coincidental or something. I don't know.
DigitalHero at 01:21 PM on 11/02/07
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@huxle:

I can't see the custom PS3 in the picture too well.
Garo at 01:35 PM on 11/02/07
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@derrickgott007:
A small one:
[www.gamesindustry.biz]
kickass solo just got... at 01:46 PM on 11/02/07
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the 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback is not a hot rod, its a muscle car(theres a pretty big difference)
tehFluffz at 02:43 PM on 11/02/07
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@wasasaw1113:
Do you even know what a hot rod is?, remember that these are all modded cars.
Z-Word at 04:08 PM on 11/02/07
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A sweet custom-lasered PS3, eternal pride and some wicked-ass pit stains.
ViolenceMan at 05:06 PM on 11/02/07
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@skrame:
lol nice glad I wasn't the only one who caught this
LobselVith at 05:37 PM on 11/02/07
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@skrame:

I don't get the connection with "Japanese Import"... Chung is a Chinese name.
denki at 08:51 PM on 11/02/07
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Yeah, what's up Kotaku? Don't you have the pass for the Playstation presscenter? Hell, even I have it. There are two HQ pics of the Audi there...it's bright orange, swivel doors, 5 spoke rims, other tuner stuff. It's more technical than flashy, as Marcel is the go-to guy for HPA tuning, apparently.

I'm more impressed by the Factory Five, mostly because I'd rather have that in GT5 than the tuned Audi.
leviathan3k at 02:35 AM on 11/03/07
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3 guys named Michael. Sounds like Symphony X.
OliverFIN at 08:54 AM on 11/03/07
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Pics of all the winners: [www.konsolifin.net]
x23 at 12:36 AM on 11/05/07
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@wasasaw1113: actually the Mustang is not a muscle car ... it is a pony car. and yes ... there is a pretty big difference.

[en.wikipedia.org]
skrame ☆ at 07:49 AM on 11/09/07
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@LobselVith:Chung is not just a Chinese name. It is also a common Korean name. About 5% of the population share the family name Chung (alternate spelling of Jeong).

That said, I'm well aware a Japanese Import vehicle is not a Kia or a Chery Automobile. I was merely going for the fact that it is an Asian name. And no, that's not racist or stereotyping or a hasty generalization.