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2008 World Car of the Year finalists announced

2008 World Car of the Year finalists announced

Alex Kaufmann January 30th, 2008 Alex Kaufmann By Alex Kaufmann Author January 30th, 2008
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December 31st, 1969 Not to be outdone by the North American Car and Truck of the Year awards held at this month’s Detroit Auto Show, the organizers of April’s New York Auto Show have started to pool together the finalists for its annual World Car of the Year awards. This is only the third time the event is being run and just like last year and the one that preceded it some of the choices for the finalists are a little dubious. Once again the vehicles are divided up into ‘Best Car’ and ‘Best Performance Car’ segments, with each category containing ten vehicles picked from an original list of 39 entrants. Judging the event in April will be a team comprised of 47 automotive journalists from across 23 countries, and to be eligible cars must be in production and sold in at least five countries on two continents. Follow the jump to see the list of finalists for this year’s awards. World Car - Top Ten Finalists in alphabetical order: Audi A5/S5 Audi R8 Cadillac CTS Ford Mondeo Ford S-Max Mazda2 Demio Mercedes-Benz C-Class Nissan Qashqai/Dualis Nissan Skyline Coupe/Infiniti G37 Coupe Volvo C30 World Performance Car - Top Ten Finalists in alphabetical order: Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster Audi R8 Audi S5 BMW M3 Honda Civic Type R Maserati GranTurismo Mercedes-Benz CL63 AMG Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG Mercedes-Benz CLK63 AMG Black Series Renault Clio F1 Team R27
2008 World Car of the Year finalists announced

2008 World Car of the Year finalists announced

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Not to be outdone by the North American Car and Truck of the Year awards held at this month’s Detroit Auto Show, the organizers of April’s New York Auto Show have started to pool together the finalists for its annual World Car of the Year awards. This is only the third time the event is being run and just like last year and the one that preceded it some of the choices for the finalists are a little dubious.

Once again the vehicles are divided up into ‘Best Car’ and ‘Best Performance Car’ segments, with each category containing ten vehicles picked from an original list of 39 entrants. Judging the event in April will be a team comprised of 47 automotive journalists from across 23 countries, and to be eligible cars must be in production and sold in at least five countries on two continents. Follow the jump to see the list of finalists for this year’s awards.

World Car - Top Ten Finalists in alphabetical order:

Audi A5/S5

Audi R8

Cadillac CTS

Ford Mondeo

Ford S-Max

Mazda2 Demio

Mercedes-Benz C-Class

Nissan Qashqai/Dualis

Nissan Skyline Coupe/Infiniti G37 Coupe

Volvo C30

World Performance Car - Top Ten Finalists in alphabetical order:

Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster

Audi R8

Audi S5

BMW M3

Honda Civic Type R

Maserati GranTurismo

Mercedes-Benz CL63 AMG

Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG

Mercedes-Benz CLK63 AMG Black Series

Renault Clio F1 Team R27

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  1. By chris #1, Posted: 1/30/2008

    does that mean that new york doesnt think the skyline is a performance car? and the R8 is just barely but still not really a performance car?

    id like to see the voters purposely screw things up by giving the R8 top honours.... both times.

  2. By SuperSkyline89 #2, Posted: 1/30/2008

    That would be funny.

    But the Nissan Skyline in the World Car list isn't the new GT-R. It's what the Infiniti G37 is called in Japan. It doesn't really fit into World Performance Car territory. But then again, the Civic Type R really doesn't either.

  3. By Alan #3, Posted: 1/30/2008

    S63? Not sure if that's a performance car, it's a fast limo that's for sure

  4. By chris #4, Posted: 1/30/2008

    skyline, thanks for pointing that out.... missed that one.

  5. By NaBUru38 #5, Posted: 1/30/2008

    Six Germans in the performance car list... They could have swapped one Audi or Mercedes for a second Italian or Japanese car to make it fair.

    And only two cars of the regular car list are designed for the North American market: the Skyline/G and the CTS. Those got no chances, as well as the Audis (not mainstream). I'd pick the Mazda 2, the Volvo C30 or the Ford S-Max.

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