Tesla’s Roadster wins Autopia’s Car of the Year award http://auto-news-blog.com/in-the-news/tesla-s-r... In a something wonderful move (especially given this), Wired.com’s Autopia blog has chosen the Tesla pad like their Car of the Year. The runner-up was the Fiat 500. Many people are fed-up hearing all of the hype about the Tesla, yet that is part of the sense that the tool won this particular award.