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WCOTY Winners Announced

Mar 29, 2016 WCOTY, World Car Of The Year, New York International Auto Show,


The winners of the 2016 World Car Awards have been announced during the late March press conference hosted by the New York International Auto Show, Bridgestone Corporation and Autoneum.

The five winners announced were:



The World Car Awards programme celebrated its 12th year in 2016 and, as always, vehicles are selected and voted on by an international jury panel comprised of 73 top-level automotive journalists from 23 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.  Through their respective outlets they collectively reach an audience of many millions world-wide and votes are tabulates by KPMG.

The Road to World Car began in Frankfurt on 15 September last year and was followed by a four and a half day stop in Los Angeles for test-drives of the North American, Japanese and Swedish contenders in November. It then continued in Geneva with the Top Three in the World announcement, and finally ended today with the declaration of the winners in five categories at the New York International Auto Show.

2016 marks the 10th anniversary of the partnership between World Car and the New York show, and the third consecutive year that the World Car Awards have retained their ranking as the number one automotive awards programme in the world in terms of media reach.



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