No matter who wins, I think BYD is the tenth out of ten.
Because BYD is in the finalists of 2024 WCOTY but not in the finalists of a subcategory 2024 World Electric Vehicle (which seems easier for BYD to win). I think it is a joke to put BYD in 2024 WCOTY finalist instead of 2024 WEV (WEVOTY) finalist.
And, in this case, I still go for Toyota, as same as about sixty or seventy million Thai anti-EV people.
Other reason is Toyota Prius is a finalist for both the 2024 World Car of the Year and the subcategory 2024 World Car Design of the Year, which makes sense for Prius to win the 2024 World Car of the Year.
Gran Turismo : Use a Kia car when recording snow tire sounds.
also Gran Turismo : In the GT games/universe, still NOT recognize Kia as an automaker, as same as all BRICS countries' cars (all Chinese cars, all Indian cars, all Russian cars).
(h0ngcom personally believes that the Polyphony Digital Company, the creator of the Gran Turismo games, is not neutral, it chose the First World side in the world politics.)
h0ngcom guessed that the 2024 Geneva Motor Show, that have only few car brands on display, would be a great chance for Polyphony Digital or Gran Turismo to know about Lucid, BYD and SAIC-MG, but no, it doesn't enough to make the Gran Turismo game universe know them as automakers.
In contrast to GT games, Orlando Bloom, also know as his Danny Moore character from the Gran Turismo 2023 movie, definitely knows Lucid because he once bought a Lucid car. ( https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10553691/Orlando-Bloom-overjoyed-picks-new-Lucid-Air-luxury-electric-sedan-Beverly-Hills.html ) Maybe he remembers BYD, because he drove a BYD car in a Chinese movie The Shanghai Job / S.M.A.R.T. Chase. (Coincidentally, he was the Danny Stratton character, of course, another "Danny", in a BYD car in that Chinese movie. Another Danny, of course, in the GT 2023 movie, is working for Nissan.)
I've seen the news. The picture of Akio Toyoda passed BYD booth. I think Akio's face shows "he ignores BYD" or "he hates BYD" rather than "he is having stress".
According to an other news, Akio Toyoda said to the media that “Japanese automakers must win.” I think Akio is no need to said that, since I never see
and never think Japanese automakers can lose (at least, in Japan, its
"home stadium", and Thailand, its "home stadium" too!).
I seen anti-EV and anti-Chinese-product sentiments are still very high among the most of Thai people.
