Car of the Year

Criteria

The COTY is meant to award excellence in automotive design. Criteria vary, but the World Car of the Year are typical:

• eligible cars are all those that have been launched and gone on sale in the past year
• must be available on at least two continents
• juror can borrow the car in question from manufacturer fleet of test cars
• fitness for purpose
• real-world practicalities such as running costs, interior space and comfort, acceleration, handling, roadholding, ride comfort, noise levels, fit, finish, visual and tactile quality of the interior
• Innovation - advance of car design and engineering

The originator of the COTY award, Motor Trend, uses these criteria:

• Advancement in design
• Engineering excellence - integrity of the total vehicle concept and execution and use of technologies that benefit the consumer
• Efficiency - fuel economy and overall operating costs
• Safety - protect occupants from harm in a crash and avoid a crash
• Value - relative to competitors in the same market segment
• Performance of intended function

Global

• World Car of the Year selected by a jury of 102 international automotive journalists from 30 countries, beginning in 2003

Regional

• Arab Car of the Year (ARABCOTY) (Middle East) https://www.arabcoty.com/
• European Car of the Year selected by a collective of automobile magazines from different countries in Europe. The current organisers of the award are Auto (Italy), Autocar (United Kingdom), Autopista (Spain), Autovisie (Netherlands), L'Automobile Magazine (France), Stern (Germany) and Vi Bilägare (Sweden). The voting jury consists of motoring journalists from publications throughout Europe.
• Middle East Car of the Year (MECOTY) https://www.mecoty.com/
• North American Car of the Year - 60 automotive journalists from the US and Canada

National

• Drive Car of the Year (Australia)
• Wheels magazine's Car of the Year (Australia)
• Canadian Car of the Year
• China Car of the Year
• German Car of the Year
• Das Goldene Lenkrad (Germany)
• Indian Car of the Year
• Irish Car of the Year
• Japan Car of the Year
• RJC Car of the Year (Japan)
• Korea Car of the Year (KAJA, AWAK)
• Lithuanian Car of the Year
• Qatar Car of the Year - Maqina Magazine (QCOTY) (Qatar)
• Russian Car of the Year
• South African Car of the Year
• UK Car of the Year
• The Car Expert UK Combined Car of the Year Awards (UK)
• Auto Express magazine's Car of the Year Awards (UK)
• Parker's Car Guides Car of the Year Awards (UK)
• What Car? Car of the Year (UK)
• Car and Driver magazine's Ten Best (USA)
• Motor Trend magazine's Motor Trend Car of the Year The magazine continues its COTY award begun in 1949, and has also expanded to separate trophies for pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) (USA)
• MotorWeeks Driver's Choice Awards (USA)
• Green Car of the Year selected by Green Car Journal (USA)

Sample Results

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