The North American Car & Truck Of The Year Awards: A Brief Account and Exclusive Gallery

Kuala Lumpur: 2016 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) is running with all bliss and blaze and along with it, there was one more event that grabbed a lot of attention across the globe. The North American Car&Truck of the Year Awards, hence we have decided to give you a brief account on these awards to clear all the doubts around it. These unique awards are given by a group of 53 international automotive journalists. The major reason behind its uniqueness is because it is given by pro-bono automotive journalists from the USA and Canada. The award is being given every year at the opening day of North American International Auto Show in Detroit. These awards can be considered as the most outstanding awards because of the parameters like design, innovation, safety performance, driver satisfaction, handling and value. These awards are currently running in their 22nd year and are inspired from the “Car of the Year” awards in Europe.

This year the North American Car & Truck Of The Year Awards were given to the Honda Civic for the ' North American Car of the Year' and the all-new Volvo XC90 was chosen as the 'North American Truck of the Year'. Among the finalists in the Car of the Year category, there was Civic beat, the Chevrolet Malibu, and Mazda MX-5 while among the Truck of the Year category Honda Pilot and Nissan Titan XD were the finalists. Volvo keep on investing on its key models and recently the company introduced R-Design in of XC90 in UK

Here are some general facts about the North American Car & Truck Of The Year Awards:

• First of all, the awards called as “North American Car of the Year” and “North American Truck/Utility of the Year,” not “Car of the Year” or “Truck of the Year”.
• The winners of these awards are announced at the North American International Auto Show, however, the Auto Show is not responsible for giving the awards.
• The Vehicles which are “substantially changed” over the year are eligible for the awards. This year the jurors considered more than 50 vehicles. However, the voting was conducted only for 10 cars and 12 truck/utilities on the ballot.
• The selection process is completely fair and is conducted under the supervision of Deloitte LLP Detroit. Jurors are given 25 points to distribute among their cars and trucks of choice and no more than 10 points may be given to a single vehicle. After this, all the scores are sent to Deloitte, which reveals the results at the opening day of Detroit Auto Show.
• In the last 21 years, domestic automakers have been awarded the North American Car of the Year 12 times while foreign automakers have won only nine times. Japanese automakers have totally bagged three wins while Europeans received four awards.

Following is the list of all the Previous Winners of these awards:

Year	Winners
2015	Volkswagen Golf 7 | Ford F-150
2014	Chevrolet Corvette Stingray | Chevrolet Silverado
2013	Cadillac ATS | Dodge Ram
2012	Hyundai Elantra | Range Rover Evoque
2011	Chevrolet Volt | Ford Explorer
2010	Ford Fusion Hybrid | Ford Transit Connect
2009	Hyundai Genesis | Ford F-150.
2008	Chevrolet Malibu | Mazda CX-9
2007	Saturn Aura | Chevrolet Silverado

 

2006	Honda Civic | Honda Ridgeline
2005	Chrysler 300/300C | Ford Escape Hybrid
2004	Toyota Prius | Ford F-150
2003	Mini Cooper | Volvo XC90.
2002	Nissan Altima | Chevrolet Trailblazer
2001	Chrysler PT Cruiser | Acura MDX
2000	Ford Focus | Nissan Xterra
1999	Volkswagen Beetle | Jeep Grand Cherokee
1998	Chevrolet Corvette | Mercedes-Benz ML320
1997	Mercedes-Benz SLK | Ford Expedition

 

1996	Chrysler Minivan | Ford F-150
1995	Chrysler Cirrus | Chevrolet Blazer
1994	Mercedes-Benz C-Class | Dodge Ram

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