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WORLD CAR OF THE YEAR AWARDS Prix mondial de la Voiture de l’année

“World Car of the Year Awards Reflect Global Reality of Today’s Automotive Industry”

American Pontiac G8s built in Australia, Mercedes-Benz MLs made in the U.S., Honda Civics produced in Britain, MGs created in China. Globalization is the reality of today’s automotive world. In fact, some carmakers now build more vehicles off-shore than they do at home in the struggle to remain competitive. But whether a car is called Jazz in Europe, or Fit in Japan, it is still the same car, and as such, appeals to a worldwide audience for the same reasons.

The World Car of the Year (WCOTY) awards were inaugurated to reflect that trend, to recognize and reward automotive excellence on a global scale, and to create consumer awareness of that recognition. This award is intended to complement, not compete with existing national and regional Car of the Year programs.

The World Car of the Year program is initiated by, organized by, and judged by automotive journalists located on all six continents. It is administered by a non-profit organisation, under the guidance of a Steering Committee of automotive journalists from Asia, Europe, and North America. It is in no way influenced by any publication, auto show, automaker, or other commercial enterprise. From the outset, our one over-riding priority has been to ensure that the award process is carried out with the utmost objectivity, credibility, and integrity.

The award winners are determined by an international jury panel of forty-seven leading automotive journalists from twenty-four countries, all of whom participate on their own time and without remuneration from the WCOTY program. Each juror typically test drives over one hundred new vehicles every year, and collectively, their drive stories and evaluations reach many millions of potential vehicle buyers. World Car of the Year award while the BMW 3-Series claimed the 2006 Audi’s A6 captured our inaugural 2005 honours. Then, in 2007, the jury panel chose the Lexus LS460 as that year’s best car. World Car of the Year award. To be eligible, vehicles must For 2008, thirty-nine vehicles were eligible for the overall have been in production and available for purchase in at least five countries on at least two continents, prior to January 1, 2008. For that reason, the program includes some vehicles that may be unavailable in individual regions, and excludes others whose availability may be limited to those regions.

The jurors individually reviewed, evaluated, and voted on those entrants by secret ballot in two separateWorld rounds of voting. Details of the voting process, as well as eligibility requirements and voting procedures for the World Car Design of the Year awards are addressed in detail on the following pages. Performance Car, World Green Car, and All ballots were tabulated by the international accounting firm KPMG, and the results remained confidential, even from jurors, until the actual awards ceremony in New York City. program, we extend our thanks to our fellow Steering Committee directors As co-chairs of the World Car of the Year and jurors for their dedication to this challenging endeavour, to our Executive Manager, Beth Rhind, for her diligence in administering the program, to the New York International Auto Show for hosting the awards presentation, toWorld the Midway Group for their continued support of the press conference, and to Mobil 1 for its sponsorship of the Performance Car of the Year award.

Congratulations to the winners, and to all the fine cars, trucks and environmentally-conscious vehicles that made our diverse list of finalists. Gerry Malloy Peter Lyon Co-chair Co-chair Canada Japan

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a measure of safety the and features car’s performance, including active and passive safety features a measure of both value, the shortcar’s and long term; in essence, how much do you get for what you – a measure of how good the car is in all its characteristics, such consumer-relevant as performance, Merit manufacturer. (10% of manufacturer. the total score.) Emotional Appeal – you feel? (10% of the total score.) Significance – emissions, recyclability, and innovative technologies applied and emissions, innovative to recyclability, address those issues. (10% of the total score.) Environment Environment Safety and crash test technologies and applied results, innovative to address those issues. (10% of the total score.) pay? pay? (20% of the total score.) should not be a factor just here, absolute merit. (40% of the total score.) – Value ride, handling, ride, comfort, handling, styling, NVH, quality, etc – most of the factors on the initial rating sheets. Price Merit –

our objective was to ensure that the the that ensure to was objective our Audi A5 Coupé / Audi S5 Coupé Audi R8 Cadillac CTS Mondeo Ford S-MaxFord Mazda2 / Mazda Demio Mercedes-Benz C-Class Qashqai/Dualis Nissan Nissan Skyline Coupe/Infiniti G37 Coupe C30 Volvo consumers the world over – not just the winner of a subjective popularity contest. of wants and needs the considered that process assessment thorough popularity and fair a of product subjective a of winner the just not – over world the consumers as they candidates, the rating and evaluating voters individual with began process The drove help them standardize during that the To rating year. process, they were provided safety. with to 20 and WCOTY parameters Rating Forms, be delineating separate – considered performance to quality and styling from everything Each parameter was rated from Subjective Rating Scale, Adoption 1-10, to of promote this consistency. scale was not intended in 1/2-point increments, using to remove a individual subjectivity standardizedfrom the ratings. the To contrary, different journalists may have different opinions, for example, of what constitutes “good” performance for a parameter. particular of the a to short-list was submit asked juror each assessments, personal on those Based selected. be ten eligible vehicles ultimately he or she would rated most Those time, highly. winners individual short-lists last were overall then one compiled the list for to of establish which each the Top-Ten on from vote to finalists and assessment final a top-ten the give to asked were jurors the as again, work to back then was It rating them from six perspectives, different using the same rating scale. Each of those ratings would count for a portion of the final follows: as score,

2008 World Car 2008 World Ballot From the outset, outset, the From

JOHN MCCORMICK Director Detroit News, Contributor: Digest, Bloomberg Consumers Gear, Top magazine, Markets Produktion Automobil Welt, Die UNITED STATES and Auto and Express Auto MIKE RUTHERFORD Telegraph Daily The - Columnist and Express Auto Spiegel Spiegel (on-line) (on-line) GREECE MICHAEL STAVROPOULOS (4TROXOI) 4Wheels Editor: Chief magazine FRANCE BAZIZIN LUC ReporterTV 2 - France GERMANY GERMANY THOMAS THOMAS GEIGER GEIGER am am Sonntag, Sonntag, Welt Welt Contributor, Contributor, Frankfurter Frankfurter Allgmeine Allgmeine Zeitung, Zeitung, DerDer DeutscheDeutsche Agentur, Agentur, Presse Presse Spiegel (on-line) GREG KABLE USA, UK, AutoWeek AutoCar Motor - Morning Sydney Australia, Herald Melbourne Australia, Japan, Top Age Car Australia, Taiwan Car Motoring Singapore, JUERGEN ZOELLTER Autobild, Contributor: am Welt Focus, Autozeitung, Sonntag plus 30 international outlets

MATT DAVIS MATT Director (U.S.); Car Road, European Winding UK International Express, Auto (Japan); Genroq (U.K.); Press (Sweden);Expressen Gente Motori (Italy); et al. ITALY

BRAZILBRAZIL VOGEL VOGEL JASON JASON O O GloboGlobo Newspaper Newspaper Editor, Editor, PETERPETER BURGESS BURGESS ENGLANDENGLAND BARNES BARNES NAT NAT Sunday Sunday and and Daily Daily Editor, Editor, Motoring Motoring Express Express PETER BURGESS CHINA XIA DONG BELGIUM BELGIUM DAFFE DAFFE XAVIER XAVIER Moniteur Moniteur Le Le Editor-in-Chief, Editor-in-Chief, Automobile Automobile Motor and of Chief Editor Auto, Sport SEAN X.H.QIU Editor-in-chief of "Autoworld" Editor-in-chief: World Car Car World Editor-in-chief: Car; Express Guide;Auto Editor: MSN Contributor: Editor-in-chief: World Car Car World Editor-in-chief: Car; Express Guide;Auto Editor: MSN Contributor: DAN DAN CARNEY Director Street Wall The MSNBC.com, Inside Edmunds Journal.com, Engineering Line, Automotive Sports International, Car Trend, Truck International, UNITED STATES

PETER LYON Co-Chair Japan-based to contributor Insideline, Edmunds Auto Herald Sun, Bild, Express, Auto Motor magazine, Quattroruote, Best Car, Holiday Auto, Evo, Testing Automotive JAPAN www.wcoty.com

FERNANDO FERNANDO MIRANDA MIRANDA Editor-in-chief:Editor-in-chief: Autoplus, Autoplus, Mundial, Mundial, La La Moto, Moto, Transporte Transporte and and Maxituning Maxituning magazines magazines Contributor: Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Contributor: Wheels magazine AUSTRIA DR. HORST BAUER Kurier Motoring Editor, AUSTRALIA BILL MCKINNON Morning AustralianSydney Herald, Buyer 4WD Buyer, Car SAMANTHA SAMANTHA STEVENSSTEVENS Telegraph, Sunday Contributor: Wheels magazine ARGENTINA ALBERTO CARLOS ANGIÓ Mega Director: Magazine,Autos MegaNews

GERRY GERRY MALLOY Co-Chair Star Toronto Contributor: MSN (Canada), Autos DealerAuto Canadian EDITOR: CANADA 2008 Steering Committee Steering 2008 Awards Car World of 2008 Year the THE Jurors 6 THE Jurors 7

AutoMundo MIKE MIKE ALLEN Gear (UK) - US Top Editor; Magazine Automobile - New Chief Bureau York JORGE KOECHLIN Contributor: JOHN RETTIE Test New Car Contributor: (US), Trend Drive (US), Motor Car The (US), Car European Connection (US), Express Auto (UK). JIM SCOUTTEN MSN Autos Editor, UNITED UNITED STATES editor:automotive Associate Mechanics Popular magazine EZRA DYER Automobile, Contributor: Times York New Esquire, JAMIE KITMAN and Car Driver Radio Contributor: PERRY STERN www.wcoty.com Awards Car World of 2008 Year the

SWEDEN ROBERT COLLIN Staff writer: Aftonblade POLAND MACIEJ PERTYNSKI Motor Auto-Moto, Contributor: ROBERT PRZYBYLSKI Rzeczpospolita Contributor: RUSSIA GOLOVANOV LEONID Deputy Autoreview Editor: SOUTH AFRICA HANNES OOSTHUIZEN CAR Deputy Editor, JOOSIK JOOSIK CHOI in Editor Chief: Carlife MEXICO BARRANCO JAVIER Panamericano Automovil Editor: TV magazine and Automovil ALEJANDRO GUILBERT PASTRANA and Founder Editor-in-Chief, 4Ruedas Magazine NEW ZEALAND BRIAN COWAN Autocar Editor-at-large: KOREA

and Top Gear. Top and MARCO MARELLI MARELLI MARCO MARCO Gente Motori Gente Motori and and &&Auto Auto Fuoristrada Fuoristrada ITALY ITALY JAPAN MASATSUGU ARIMOTO Car Tipo, J's Rosso, Axis, Contrbutor: & Driver Japan, StylingCar YASUHIKO KAWAMURA and Car Driver Contributor: (Japan), Autobytel-japan.com, Motor Magazine, Motor Fan, Graphic Car Web Rosso, HIDESHI MATSUDA Holiday Best Car, Contributor: Motor Magazine, Navi, J's Auto, Genroq, Xacar, Sensor, Car Tipo, Response PETER NUNN Automobile Contributor: Magazine, Graphic, Car Motor Auto Und Wheels, Sport, Automobile Globalautonet.com, News La JAMA, from Auto, Year, Repubblica plus to contributions CAR, Evo OZAWA KOJI PADRAIC DEANE PADRAIC Publisher/ Managing Editor, Publications Automotive Engine, Best Car, Contributor: Smart, Lapita, webCarGraphic, nik- Form, Takarajima, Begin, keibp.jp KENICHI SAKURAI Rosso Magazine INDIA HORMAZD SORABJEE India Autocar magazineEditor: IRELAND Volvo C30C30 Volvo Volvo Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz C-ClassC-Class Nissan Nissan SkylineSkyline Coupe/Infiniti Coupe/Infiniti G37 G37 Coupe Coupe Nissan Nissan Qashqai/DualisQashqai/Dualis Mazda2 Mazda2 Mazda2 / / Mazda Mazda DemioDemio www.wcoty.com Ford S-MaxS-MaxFord Ford Audi Audi R8R8 Ford MondeoMondeo Ford Ford CadillacCadillac CTSCTS Audi Audi A5 A5 Coupé Coupé / / Audi Audi S5 S5 Coupé Coupé Awards Car World of 2008 Year the finalists - World Car 8 top three - World Car 9 www.wcoty.com Awards Car World of 2008 Year the After 2007’s semi-new After Focus 2007’s and the eagerly expected new Fiesta world car as (called Verve a the concept), primarily the on Ford for player a big is Mondeo family-hauling Euro the at concept Iosis the as shown first was This stage. global start- first the been Smith. has it and 2005 in Show Motor Frankfurt Martin boss design Europe’s Ford for project to-finish and Design” “Kinetic called is look global Ford all-new The it brings a lot of premium feel to this quasi-premium Incar. due fact, to the on start early hype over this new Mondeo, it hasn’t exactly caused a big uproar of enthusiasm. Be that as it may, the third-generation Mondeo – as sedan, station wagon, or hatchback – is sure to be deemed over a the sleeper next hit few years, offering a truly quality packaging that has drive been luring buyers away from far costlier and cars such as the BMW 3 Series, Audi A4, C-class, and Lexus IS. Mercedes-Benz Ford Mondeo Ford Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz C-Class For some reason, some car Mercedes’ strategy people with the have new commented vigorously C-class We of off. – a is bit thatSport or – Luxury offering two faces separate disagree with this since the two looks offer buyers a new sort start. the from off take sales helped really has that of choice More important, however, is a like totally and feels looks what to made create the Mercedes overall wise investment new car. Driving the fourth-generation C-class is a more pre- cise and upmarket experience now due to the re-engineered front axle and standard Agility Control suspension. than a Rathertraditional “baby Benz” of yore, this “W204” While C-class people. car for mature a like mature and looks drives the S-class profile of the sedan body is good work, the star for many judges has been the station wagon. Soon these two will well. as coupe two-door CLC the by joined be This fresh The time. Mazda of mists the sub-compact into fade makes the Mazda2/Demio first-generation one-box-ish on new new the is version particularly outside. completely car now that true This it people’s is has Mazda’s the more useful two-box design of a four-door Motor hatchback. Geneva the at unveiled recently The was look sportier door two- Show and reviews around the world have been primarily one big thumbs up. From the start, the Mazda2/Demio has been meant for economical driving, hence to At the just this. geared the same is literally onboard mechanical strategy Mazdanew the to drawn are customers wealthier many time, compact because of the very appealing looks and high levels of standard equipment for the price. Mazda2 Mazda2 / Mazda Demio OFFICIAL SPONSOR:

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World World Car of the Year awards at the NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW AUTO NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL New New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) is a finale fitting to the auto show season that either the begins Paris each or Frankfurt fall motor with shows. Next, years. it’s in on alternating to Tokyo Announcing Announcing the annual March. in spotlight the claims Geneva while January in stage climax exciting its reaches season the spring, early in Finally, at New York. When selecting a suitable venue for the the Year (WCOTY) awards Committee members presentation, were the unanimous in Steering their choice of the New York International Auto Show as the most appropriate site. Firstly, the NYIAS’ status auto as a international major to year grow continues show by year. An increasing number of manufacturers, both domestic and foreign, target New as York a venue to reveal new This makes the and high product concepts. level of media exposure an alluring prospect for our WCOTY awards. With several, significant new vehicle launches, the New York International Auto Show also gives jurors an early Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz CLK63 CLK63 AMG AMG Black Black SeriesSeries Renault Renault R27R27 ClioClio F1 F1 Team Team Honda Honda Honda CivicCivic R R (Japanese(Japanese & & European European spec)spec) Maserati Maserati GranTurismo GranTurismo www.wcoty.com AMG AMG Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz S S 6363 AstonAston MartinMartin V8 V8 Roadster Roadster Vantage Vantage Audi Audi R8R8 BMW BMW M3M3 Audi Audi S5 S5 Coupé Coupé Awards Car World of 2008 Year the Finalists - perFormance car 14 Top Three - performance car 15 www.wcoty.com Awards Car World of 2008 Year the With With its 8,400 rpm redline, the 420-horsepower V8 pro- responsive, is version newest the M3, an from expected As But the hardworking team in Ingolstadt did more than The R8’s raptor-like visage and dramatic visible carbon BMW M3 theirbuilt have sedan sport M3 iconic its and BMW the While inline signature company’s the of strength the on the that reputations decided mechanics Munich the engines, six-cylinder the in competitive remain to power V8 need would M3 new dome power war. A bulging horsepower spiraling industry’s engine, new big the for clearance provides hood M3’s the on trumpeting its presence to onlookers. to needed and performance sound the racing-inspired duces win over the six-cylinder traditionalists while perhaps attract- ing new V8 fans to the BMW marque. Stirring the traditional six-speed manual transmission should keep enthusiast drivers of all backgrounds engaged and happy. with accurate steering and effective brakes that make the car feel at home both on the road and track. The muscular new M car accelerates to 100 km/h (62 mph) (155 in just 4.8 km/h seconds 250 of en speed top limited electronically an to route mph). This most-powerful M3 yet seems certain more buyers than ever. to attract “A warmed-over Lamborghini Gallardo,” groused skeptics, skeptics, groused Gallardo,” Lamborghini “A warmed-over supercar. its own mid-engine building proposed Audi when As if that were a bad thing. rebadge the Lambo; they produced a car with advanced surprising agility and poise its reminiscent capabilities of and the Acura/Honda NSX. Like that car, the credentials R8 on has paper solid thanks to its mid-mounted 420-horsepower, 4.2-liter V8 engine and aluminum construction. But where it excels is in the exceptional balance, refinement and that control grant the to the driver push confidence to the limit without fear of unintended consequences. That limit seconds4.4 of acceleration mph) (62 km/h 0-100 with high, is and a top speed of 187 mph. one statement, visual traffic-stopping a make panels side fiber that it backs up on the test track with astonishing precision for a car of its size That category. Audi is able to offer such - capa bility for a price that undercuts the Porsche 911 is incredible. Audi Audi R8 For the S5, Audi made significant changes under the skin to to skin the under changes significant made Audi S5, the For to more tuned been also has system The all-wheel-drive V8, which has been detuned from R8 specs to 354 horsepower, horsepower, 354 to its specs familiar R8 front-drive-based quattro from architecture. The 4.2-literdetuned car. been has which rear-drive V8, a of of the ahead out that to of cantilevered instead similar rearward moved was balance to car the accelerates giving S5 the axle, front handicap, horsepower seeming electronically an its reaches Despite and seconds 4.9 in mph) (62 km/h 100 limited top speed of 250 km/h (155 mph). granting car, rear-drive a of performance the resemble closely enthusiastic drivers the response and feel of they the all-wheel-drive security providing while crave a rear-driver from grip. 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Volkswagen Passat 1.9 1.9 TDI TDI Passat Passat BlueMotionBlueMotion Volkswagen Volkswagen SaturnSaturn Vue Vue Green Green LineLine cdicdi SmartForTwo SmartForTwo Nissan Nissan Altima Altima Hybrid Hybrid SaturnSaturn Aura Aura Green Green LineLine BMW BMW 118d 118d with with Efficient Efficient DynamicsDynamics Chevrolet Equinox Chevrolet Chevrolet Fuel Fuel Equinox Equinox Cell Cell ElectricElectric Vehicle Vehicle Chevrolet Tahoe/GMC Yukon Hybrids Hybrids Yukon Yukon Chevrolet Tahoe/GMC Chevrolet Tahoe/GMC Lexus Lexus Lexus LS LS 600h 600h LL Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet MalibuMalibu Hybrid Hybrid www.wcoty.com Awards Car World of 2008 Year the finalists - Green Car 16 Top Three - Green Car 17 - - www.wcoty.com Awards Car World of 2008 Year the Correspondingly, Correspondingly, CO2 emissions are reduced by 15 g/ Those low and fuel values were emission consumption Other contributions Other to contributions fuel savings come from Brake The cumulative effect is a 21-percent reduction in fuel ing, its top speed has increased by five km/h. km/h. five by increased has speed top its ing, Volkswagen Passat 1.9 TDI Passat BlueMotion Volkswagen The Passat BlueMotion represents the BlueMotion diesel first technology to application Volkswagen’s a of mid-size by car. Powered a TDI rated engine diesel 1.9-litre at 105 hp, it achieves a combined fuel consumption rating of just 5.1L/100 km – an improvement of 0.6 conventional L/100 counterpart km – giving from it a its range of 1350 km on a tank of fuel. km to just 136 g/km and 137 g/km. Equipped with a diesel particulate filter, the Passat BlueMotion satisfies Euro 4 standards. emissions by achieved a of chassis and combination drivetrain, body optimization, which included aerodynamic fine tuning that The the body and underskirting. lowering adding involved resultant coefficient of drag is reduced by 12.2 percent. As a side benefit of the aero car’s improvements and longer gear ing emissions. Its 143-hp, 2.0-litre turbo-diesel engine, piezo-injectors, fuel with injection, common-rail third-generation and up to 2,000 bar injection pressure percent. is eight to said up by to reduce fuelconsumption Function, Stop Start Auto 3 %), to (up Regeneration Energy which shuts the car off at stops and automatically restarts it (up to 3 %), and Electric Steering (up to 3 %). In addition, air engine the when only opened are car the of front the at flaps units such as and air, ancillary the cooling requires actually coolant pump and a/c compressor are switched off when not needed. really consumption, to 4.5 L/100 km (combined) and a CO2 output g/L. 119 just of BMW’s EfficientDynamics technology, as BMW’s technology, EfficientDynamics applied to the 118d, comprises a range of features and improvements with the specific purpose of reducing fuel consumption and lower BMW BMW 118d with Efficient Dynamics Engine improvements, including a boost in fuel-injection in boost a including improvements, Engine pressure from 1350 to 1600 bar, cylinder, make while common-rail the percent, 10 diesel up 800-cc, both even are three- torque more and Power efficient predecessor. than its fuel consumption is reduced by 13 percent. Depending on the driving situation and engine load, up chambers. to to combustion the 60 returned are gases exhaust its percent of And thanks to a compact but highly efficient turbocharger ofthree-quarters than more manifold, exhaust the in housed the engine’s maximum torque output is available from just rpm. 1500 Smart For Two Smartcdi Two For Powered by what is said to be the diesel engine, the injection world's Smart For cdi smallest Two claims the direct- distinction of being its most economical combustion-driven production car. The 45-hp two-seater consumes just 3.3 L/100 km and can travel approximately 1000 refuelling. Emitting just 88 g/km km of CO2, it is the withoutchampion for low CO2 emissions in a production car. Tom Matano Tom Director, Executive School of Industrial Design, of Academy Art San Francisco University, Matano Matano has thirty years of - experi ence in the automotive design industry. ence in design the industry.automotive He began his design career at General Motors Design in the USA, then GM's Holden in Australia, followed by BMW Chief a became he 1983, In Germany. in Designer at Mazda North America. He eventually moved up to Executive Studio in Advance the Global Designer and the General Manager of Mazda when Design he for in Mazda worked Japan from 1999 to 2002. His - accom plishments at Mazda include the MPV, MX 5, RX 7, Miata "M-Coupe" concept car, Miata "M-Speedster" concept car along with many other projects. 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