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01-31-2007, 01:53 PM
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  | World Car and World Performance Car of the Year finalists announced.  World Car and World Performance Car of the Year finalists announced From an initial entry list of twenty-eight (28) new vehicles from all over the world, a short list of ten finalists for the third annual World Car of the Year (WCOTY) awards were announced by the international accounting firm KPMG. The winners of the 2007 WCOTY will be unveiled during Press Preview at the upcoming New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) on Thursday, April 5, 2007. Vehicles are selected and voted on by an international jury panel comprised of 45 top-level automotive journalists from around the world. To be eligible, the car must be in production, and sold in at least five countries on two continents. World Car - Top Ten Finalists: The following Top Ten World Car finalists are listed below in alphabetical order: * Audi Q7 Audi TT * Citroen C4 Picasso * Citroen C6 * Fiat Grande Punto * Jaguar XK * Lexus LS 460 * Mercedes CL * MINI * Suzuki SX4 / Fiat Sedici World Performance Car - Top Ten Finalists In addition, the following Top Ten World Performance Car finalists are: * Audi RS4 * Audi S6 * BMW 335i * BMW M / Z4 M Coupe/Roadster * Ferrari 599 GTB * Jaguar XKR * Mazda 3 MPS / Mazdaspeed3 * Porsche 911 GT3 * Porsche 911 Turbo * Renault Clio Renault Sport The jurors' next steps are to re-evaluate the "Top Ten" cars in the above categories in preparation for a final round of voting on March 1st. Jury members will specifically rate each vehicle in terms of overall merit, value, safety, environmental responsibility, emotional appeal, and significance. KPMG will tabulate the vote results and the top three finalists will be announced no later than Thursday, March 8th, 2007. There are no Top Ten finalists for World Green Car or for World Design of the Year. Instead, jurors will vote in those categories on March 1st. The Top Three finalists in all awards categories will then be announced on Thursday, March 8th. The 2007 World Car of the Year, as well as the winners of the World Performance Car, World Green Car and World Car Design of the Year titles will all be declared on Thursday, April 5, 2007 during a press conference to be held at the New York International Auto Show. "Announcing the annual World Car of the Year awards at the New York show is a fitting finale to the auto show season that begins each fall with either the Paris or Frankfurt motor shows," said Gerry Malloy, co-chair, WCOTY. "Next, it's on to Tokyo in alternating years. The Detroit show takes centre stage in January while Geneva claims the spotlight in March. Finally, in April, the season reaches its exciting climax at the New York International Auto Show." Source: - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER |
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02-01-2007, 12:17 PM
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| Re: World Car and World Performance Car of the Year finalists announced. Despite not having the new M3 yet, the RS4 should get the world performance award. As for the world car award, the Jag XK deserves to win. I'm also wondering why the new X5 isn't listed. Maybe it's just too new or something. In my opinion, I wouldn't nominate the new Q7. Audi is just playing catch-up in the SUV segment, and really hasn't done anything better that Mercedes or BMW is doing right now. I'm also kind of irritate that no GM cars were listed. |
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02-01-2007, 12:23 PM
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| Re: World Car and World Performance Car of the Year finalists announced. I think that Mini has a chance of winning but Lexus LS might also be a tough contender. |
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02-01-2007, 04:18 PM
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| Re: World Car and World Performance Car of the Year finalists announced. I can easily see the new CL as new world car of the year and 335i as the new performance car of the year! |
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02-01-2007, 04:32 PM
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| Re: World Car and World Performance Car of the Year finalists announced. How the hell did Jaguar XK make it on that list...not to mention XKR as a top performing car? I don't think so. |
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02-01-2007, 05:07 PM
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| Re: World Car and World Performance Car of the Year finalists announced. With WCOTY there's not much history... there are only two previous winners, A6 in 2005 and 3er last year. I suppose the Germans have an advantage because they are available on most markets.  My money's on the Audis, they've been well-received by most motoring journalists and don't cost an arm and a leg. |
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no LP640?!