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2013 European Car of the Year nominees announced

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By Tim Beissmann
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The nominees for the 2013 European Car of the Year award have been announced, with a diverse list of 34 new vehicles vying for the prestigious title.

To be eligible, the vehicles must have been launched in the past 12 months or be expected to go on sale before the end of 2012, be available in at least five European countries, and have a projected annual sales figure of no fewer than 5000 units.

The provisional list will be narrowed to a shortlist of seven vehicles in December after a jury of 58 journalists from 22 European countries vote for their favourites.

The overall winner of the 2013 European Car of the Year award will be announced early next year, when it will join recent winners including the Chevrolet Volt (2012), Nissan Leaf (2011), Volkswagen Polo (2010), Opel Insignia (2009) and the Fiat 500 (2008).

 

2013 European Car of the Year Nominees:

Meanwhile, the first cull has been made to the long list of nominees for the 2013 North American Car of the Year and 2013 North American Truck/Utility of the Year awards

In total, 19 cars and five trucks/utilities (what we call SUVs and light-commercial vehicles in Australia) have been cut to leave a shortlist of 11 cars and 10 SUVs and light-commercials.

Included in the list of vehicles that failed to make the cut are Chevrolet Spark (Holden Barina Spark), Ford Focus Electric, Honda Fit EV (Jazz EV), Lexus GS and LS, Porsche 911, SRT Viper, Subaru XV, Tesla Model S, and the Mercedes-Benz G-, GL- and GLK-Class SUVs.

The winners will be announced at the 2013 Detroit motor show in January. Last year’s prizes were awarded to the Hyundai Elantra and the Range Rover Evoque.

 

2013 North American Car of the Year shortlist: 

2013 North American Truck/Utility of the Year shortlist:


 

  • 80′s Robot

    I hope the BRZ/86 and the V40 both do well. 

  • Neil J Way

    You guys have the 2012 ECOTY as the Volt which isn’t even sold in Europe.

    Should be the VW Up! instead.

    • TimBeissmann

      Hi Neil

      Up! was named 2012 World Car of the Year. The Chevrolet Volt/Opel Ampera was the 2012 European Car of the Year.

      Hope that clarifies things.

      Cheers
      Tim Beissmann

    • nickdl

      The Volt is sold in Europe alongside the Vauxhall/Opel Ampera. Well in the UK at least.

  • Andrew Sherwood

    BMW 3 series should be North American and European car of the year for 2013. BMW should be winning this category every year without question. It’s German, well equipped, safe and the best handling and driving car amongst all other shortlisted. The gap between the BMW and the others is miles apart and it will stay that way for the next 50 years. Sadly judges have started focusing more on fuel economy and price while overlooking the most important factor of car ownership which is the driving experience. On that basis alone no other car comes close to the BMW 3 Series.

    • ABCDEFG

      I’d be the first one to award the BMW M5 Aus car of the year if it’s sold here for $85,000 instead of $240,000.

    • Popper

      “… and it will stay that way for the next 50 years”.

      Truly? You can’t know that. Cars have been with us for barely 100 years. So 50 years is ~50% of the entire history of cars.

      “… the most important factor of car ownership which is the driving experience …… no other car comes close to the BMW 3 Series.”
      Every driven a Nissan GT-R? :)

      • JJ

        Have you?

        I have… or should I say I was driven by the GT-R.

  • ABCDEFG

    The European car of the year award is irrelevant to Aus. Most of the people there drive manual micro cars while most of the heavy trucks there are automatics. The Mercs / BMWs / Audis there cost only a bit more than Mazdas, Toyotas and Mitsubishis. Porsches, AMGs and BMW M5 there are 1/3 of the price here. 

    • Fdghdfgh

       Ummm, they don’t give out awards based on what “most of the people there drive”. The fact that they’ve previously awarded the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt makes this pretty clear.

  • Zaccy16

    Golf, mazda 6, V40 will go well in my opinion

  • Daniel

    I’d like to see the Porsche Boxster win. The new one looks brilliant and basically drives flawlessly. It’s also brilliant quality and as much as anything, deserving though they are, it’s always a Golf or a Polo or a 3 Series…I want to sports car to win. The 86 is good of course, but we all know the Boxster is better and a complete package too. And I’m not even a massive Porsche fan! I just think they do a great job and I’m tired of passenger cars ALWAYS wining.

  • Dave W

    I bet some eco car is gonna win again.

  • F1orce

    There’s some good cars on those lists..

    • JooberJCW

      Lol where’s your beloved Veloster… :)

  • JamesB

    The 3 Series should win, but from a budget perspective, the Golf has the upper hand.

    • Legnab

      Spot on , the 3 should nail it .

  • gt86.com.au

    My BIG vote for the Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ!! :)
    Finally a refreshing car that has redefined and revived a segment that true car enthusiasts can enjoy!

  • Modern Man

    if you dont look at the interior then the 86/brz shoud win.

    looking at the complete package and actually moving the game on i think the bmax or in terms of fit for the target market it might be clio.

    it really depend on who is judging under what criteria but the 86/brz, although brilliant, has underdone tyres to acheive fuel consumption and a subaru let interior which is a bit too bitsy and not coherent enough for the euro’s or even long term in aus.

    • JJ

      If you don’t look at any of the 86/BRZ then they should win.

  • Luke Brinsmead

    Probably some affordable, practical, green and safe car will win, so that narrows it down a bit.

  • JooberJCW

    Interesting to see Toybaru having 6 nominees up there.. i’d thought the Europeans would keep the domestic marques flooded in the nominations.

  • MattW

    Is the list long enough? I’m sure there were a couple of new models that went on sale that they left off the list lol