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11-21-2006, 03:40 AM
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  | World car of the Year awards 2007 - the candidates The nominees: Overall World Car of the Year Audi A6 Allroad Audi Q7 Audi TT BMW Z4 Coupe / Roadster Cadillac STS Citroen C4 Picasso Citroen C6 Dodge Caliber Fiat Grande Punto Holden VE Commodore Honda CR-V Honda FIT Jaguar XK Jeep Commander Jeep Compass Lexus LS460 Mercedes CL Mercedes GL Mercedes R Class MINI Nissan Note Opel Corsa Renault Clio Suzuki SX4 / Fiat Sedici Toyota RAV4 Volkswagen EOS Volvo C70 Volvo S80 World Design of the Year Audi A6 Allroad Audi Q7 Audi TT BMW Z4 Coupe / Roadster Cadillac STS Citroen C4 Picasso Citroen C6 Dodge Caliber Fiat Grande Punto Holden VE Commodore Honda CR-V Honda FIT Jaguar XK Jeep Commander Jeep Compass Lexus LS460 Mercedes CL Mercedes GL Mercedes R Class MINI Nissan Note Opel Corsa Renault Clio Suzuki SX4 / Fiat Sedici Toyota RAV4 Volkswagen EOS Volvo C70 Volvo S80 World Performance Car Alfa Romeo Brera / Spider Audi RS4 Audi S6 Audi S8 BMW 335i BMW M / Z4 M Coupe/Roadster Cadillac XLR-V Cadillac- STS-V Ferrari 599 GTB Jaguar XKR Mazda 3 MPS / Mazdaspeed3 Mercedes-Benz CLK 63 AMG Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Porsche 911 GT3 Porsche 911 Turbo Renault Clio / Renault Sport World Green Car Eligibility Criteria 1. All-new or substantially revised production cars on sale between September 2004 and January 2006 are eligible. 2. Concept vehicles are not eligible. 3. To be eligible, cars must be available to consumers in at least one major market. 4. In addition, the cars must satisfy one of the following "green" criterion: a. Tailpipe emissions equal to or better than California SULEV or US EPA Tier 2, Bin2, or Euro V regulations, or equivalent. b. Fuel consumption equal to or lower than 5.0 L/100km (47.6 mpg US) combined (55% City + 45% Hiway) or equivalent. c. Use of an advanced powerplant technology aimed specifically at increasing the vehicle's environmental responsibility (e.g. - hybrid) |
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11-21-2006, 03:50 AM
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11-21-2006, 04:02 AM
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| Re: World car of the awards 2007 - the candidates Go Eos  Go Eos Go Eos Go Eos Go Eos Go Eos World Car of the Year winner & Design of the Year winner  |
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11-21-2006, 05:55 AM
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11-21-2006, 06:07 AM
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| Re: World car of the awards 2007 - the candidates My predictions: Overall World Car of the Year Volvo S80 World Design of the Year Audi TT World Performance Car Porsche 911 GT3 World Green Car VW Polo Bluemotion |
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11-21-2006, 06:11 AM
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| Re: World car of the awards 2007 - the candidates Thanks Yannis for mentioning Polo BlueMotion  I totally agree with Yannis minus TT, I think Eos for Design OTY due to its CSC roof design which is outstanding achievement for CC type cars. The Eos looks the part  |
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