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17 January 2011 - 13:00

TGA Car of the Year

There's car awards, and then there are car awards. And then, some way down the list from that are TopGear Australia's Best Ever Car of the Entire Previous Twelve Months or So, or TGABECOTEPTMOS for short.

The staff of the magazine, the crew from the website, one of the TV blokes and someone that no one really knew got together, drove a few cars that they liked from 2010 and decided - eventually - which one was the best. Then they all went to the pub.

It'll be a long, sometimes exciting, occasionally confusing journey over the next couple of weeks, but eventually we'll reach the Car of The Year. Or you could just go and buy the latest copy of TopGear Australia magazine, but where's the fun in that?

Hot Hatch of the Year 5 - RenaultSport Megane

Hot Hatch of the Year 4 - Ford Focus RS

Hot Hatch of the Year 3 - VW Golf R

Hot Hatch of the Year 2 - Audi TT-RS

Hot Hatch of the Year 1 - VW Polo GTI