The top three finalists for the World Car of the Year, World Performance Car, World Green Car and World Car Design of the Year awards were announced this week at the Geneva auto show.
The winners will be declared at the New York International Auto Show on Thursday, April 1, 2010.
World Car of the Year top three
From an initial entry list of 30 new vehicles from all over the world, then a short list of ten finalists, the final three contenders for the overall 2010 World Car of the Year title are:
• Mercedes-Benz E-Class
• Toyota Prius
• Volkswagen Polo
To be eligible for the overall World Car award, a vehicle had to be in production, and sold in multiple markets, on at least two continents during 2009.
Vehicles were selected and voted on by an international jury panel comprised of 59 top-level automotive journalists from 25 countries around the world. Each juror was appointed by the World Car Steering Committee on the basis of his or her expertise, experience, credibility, and influence.
Each juror typically drives and evaluates new vehicles on a regular basis as part of their professional work. All hold significant stature within their own regions and countries. More details about the jurors and their outlets can be found at www.wcoty.com; select Juror Details.
World Performance Car top three
While the winner of the overall World Car award must excel in a broad range of attributes, the winner of the World Performance Car award must demonstrate a specific and overt sports/performance orientation while satisfying the same availability criteria as for the overall World Car of the Year award.
Entrants may be chosen from the list of new vehicles eligible for the overall World Car of the Year or they may be newly-introduced variants that satisfy the same criteria, but are derived from existing rather than brand-new models. In all cases, they must have a minimum annual production rate of five-hundred (500) vehicles.
The top three finalists for the 2010 World Performance Car award are:
• Audi R8 V10
• Ferrari California
• Porsche 911 GT3.
World Green Car top three
A short list of contenders for the World Green Car* award, presented by Bridgestone, was developed by an international panel of experts in environmental technologies who extensively reviewed all documentation and specifications associated with each candidate. Their assessments were then reviewed by the 59-member jury panel who voted to select the finalists and the winner.
The top three finalists for the 2010 World Green Car* award are:
• Honda Insight
• Toyota Prius
• Volkswagen BlueMotion vehicles (Golf, Passat, Polo)
Ryoji Yamada, general manager of Brand Management for Bridgestone said: “We are very pleased and honoured to sponsor the 2010 World Green Car… We hope that this sponsorship will help underscore to those in the automotive industry as well as to consumers that tires can help vehicles be more fuel efficient.”
2010 World Car Design of the Year
Cars eligible for the 2010 World Car Design of the Year award, presented by BASF SE, were drawn from the list of World Car candidates. A design panel consisting of five highly respected world design experts was asked to first review each candidate, and then establish a short-list of recommendations for the jurors.
The top three design finalists as chosen by the jurors are:
• Chevrolet Camaro
• Citroën C3 Picasso
• Kia Soul.
This is the fourth time that a Citroen design has been in the top finalists' position for the World Car Design of the Year Award. Citroen also won the overall title in 2006 for its C4 design.
Now in their seventh year, the annual World Car awards have become one of the world’s most prestigious, credible and significant programs of its kind.
The awards were inaugurated in 2003, in Canada, and officially launched in January 2004, to reflect the reality of the global marketplace, as well as to recognize and reward automotive excellence on an international scale. They are intended to complement, not compete with, existing national and regional Car of the Year programs.
The awards are administered by a non-profit association, under the guidance of a Steering Committee of pre-eminent automotive journalists from Asia, Europe, and North America. Peter Lyon (Japan) and Matt Davis (Italy / USA) are the co-chairs; John McCormick (USA), Jens Meiners (Germany) and Gerry Malloy (Canada) are the directors. There is no affiliation with, nor are the awards in any way influenced by any publication, auto show, automaker, or other commercial enterprise.
Additional information about the World Car Awards is available at www.wcoty.com.
*The World Green Car award was established in 2004 and is part of the overall World Car of the Year Awards program that is international in scope. It should not be confused with the Green Car of the Year® award handed out in the United States by Green Car Journal.
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