Nissan, Mazda and Porsche Winners of the First ASEAN Car of the Year (ACOTY)
Kuala Lumpur: Nissan, Mazda and Porsche were the leaders of the inaugural 2015 ASEAN Car of the Year (ACOTY) award in held in Kuala Lumpur yesterday evening. ACOTY is first of its kind non-profit event in the ASEAN region, which was organized for the first time in joint efforts of motoring journalists hailing from Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.
The German engineered Porsche Macan was declared as the overall winner of the inaugural award ceremony. Whereas, the Japanese car Mazda 2 scored the second position at the event and Nissan's X-Trail rounded up at the third position.
The performance of the vehicles was judged under the supervision of 9 motoring journalists from Malaysia, 6 from Thailand, and another 7 from Indonesia who evaluated the vehicle's product appeal. Besides that, Opal Auto Mart, an aftermarket warranty service provider evaluated the brand's reliability on the grounds of its huge database of servicing and customer experience data. Liberty Insurance company provided scores to the vehicles on the depreciation values. Apart from all this, public voting was also conducted on the basis of their user experience, sales satisfaction and after sales experiences.
Mr. Bobby Ang , Secretary, 2015 ACOTY said at the award presentation ceremony, “With ASEAN’s growing importance in the global automotive industry landscape, it is important to create a bridge of acknowledgement for this region in the form of an automotive awards program to translate market needs towards the effort of car makers operating in this region.
ACOTY is striving hard to make the awards distribution as transparent as possible, as a part of which the organisers have made additional efforts to provide complete details of the score breakdown for finalists of each award category. These scores can be viewed by the public on caroftheyear.asia website from next week.
Winners of 2015 ASEAN Car of the Year Awards (Overall Category)
Position | Vehicle |
First place | Porsche Macan |
Second place | Mazda 2 |
Third place | Nissan X-Trail |
Winners of 2015 ASEAN Car of the Year Awards (Malaysia Category)
Award Title | Vehicle |
Budget Car of the Year | Kia Picanto |
Compact Car of the Year | Mazda2 |
Family Car of the Year | Mazda3 |
Executive Car of the Year | Honda Accord |
Family MPV of the Year | Mazda Biante |
Premium MPV of the Year | Honda Odyssey |
Crossover of the Year | Honda HR-V |
Compact SUV of the Year | Mazda CX-5 |
Family SUV of the Year | Nissan X-Trail |
Pick-up Truck of the Year | Ford Ranger |
Coupe of the Year | BMW 2-Series |
Premium Compact of the Year | Volvo V40 |
Premium Family Car of the Year | Mercedes-Benz C-Class |
Premium Executive Car of the Year | BMW 5-Series |
Premium Flagship of the Year | Mercedes-Benz S-Class |
Premium Compact SUV of the Year | Land Rover Range Rover Evoque |
Premium Mid-size SUV of the Year | Porsche Macan |
Premium SUV of the Year | Porsche Cayenne |
Premium Coupe of the Year | Audi TT |
Performance Car of the Year | Mercedes-Benz AMG GT |
Grand Tourer of the Year | Porsche Panamera |
Driver’s Car of the Year | Volkswagen Golf R |
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