Tuesday, April 2, 2013

The car of the year 2013 is...

On March 28 at a press conference hosted by the New York International Auto and Bridgestone Corporation, another car emerged as the current holder of the car of the year trophy.
Three of the previous four editions before the latest edition have been won by Volkswagen. This year has made it four in five years for Volkswagen as Mark VII Volkswagen Golf car has won the award of the car of the year 2013.

The Volkswagen Up! has won previously in 2012, Volkswagen Polo in 2010, and Volkswagen Golf VI in 2009.


The Volkswagen golf was chosen from an initial entry list of 42 new vehicles from all over the world, then a shortlist of 10, then 4 finalists: the Mercedes-Benz A-Class, the Porsche Boxster/Cayman, the combined entry Scion FR-S/Subaru BRZ/Toyota 86/GT 86, and the Volkswagen Golf.
In other categories, the Porsche Boxster/Cayman won the award of the world performance car of the year. This is the second consecutive year that Porsche has won the award after Porsche 911 won the award in 2012.

The Porsche Boxster/Cayman was chosen from an initial entry of 20 new cars from all over the world, then a short list of 10, then 3 finalists: the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta, the Porsche Boxster/Cayman and the combined entry Scion FR-S/Subaru BRZ/Toyota 86/GT 86.
In the third category, the award of the world car design of the year went to 2014 Jaguar F-Type car. The car won out of 3 finalists: the Jaguar F-Type, the Mazda6, and the Aston Martin Vanquish.
In the last category, Tesla Model S was declared the 2013 world green car. It beat two other finalists to win the award: the Renault Zoe and the Volvo V60 Plug in Hybrid. It must also be noted that the Tesla Model S is an electric car.
[Credit: World Car of the year award]

2 comments:

  1. Automobile industry is very much growing in the market and each of them has made fabulous as well as beautiful looking model of cars.Jaguar is my one of the most favourite car making company.

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  2. I agree with you.Tesla and Elon Musk
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrzMdoKPPaA

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