The 2014 World Car of the Year-nominees [updated]

Posted on 13-02-2014 at 16:56 by ricardo – 41 Comments”

BMW i3
Every year bend a club for journalists, this year, 69 male (m/v) significantly, the question: what is according to us, persgajes, the best car for you, the consumer? These are their findings for 2014.

The World Car of the Year-election, not to be confused with the regular Car of the Year-the election or the fraudulent weggooiprijzen of the ADAC, traditionally in april to a dénouement at the New York International Auto Show. The jury has the shortlists now announced, with logical and some less logical contender.

In the general category are the following cars nominated:

Audi A3

BMW 4 Series
BMW i3
Cadillac CTS
Citroen C4 Picasso
Ford Fusion / Mondeo
Infiniti Q50
Jeep Cherokee
Lexus IS
Mazda3
Peugeot 308
Skoda Octavia

Notable absentee here is Volkswagen, last year with the Golf, the price is still in the wait dragged on, and the year before, the Up saw win. The 2011 edition was attributed to the Nissan Leaf, but the year before that it was the Polo that won, and in 2009 the Golf. The Mazda2 won in 2008, the Lexus LS460 took the prize in 2007, BMW’s 3 Series did in 2006 to the jury to convince, and the year before that took Audi the title with the A6.

In the premium segment, a category which this year for the first time, a separate listing, compete the following cars for the honor.

Bentley Flying Spur
BMW X5
Cadillac ELR
Cadillac Escalade
Maserati Ghibli
Maserati Quattroporte

Mercedes-Benz S-Class

Porsche Macan
Range Rover Sport
Rolls-Royce Wraith

Then there is the Performance category, where the Alfa Romeo 4C this year the ranked top picks. For the form, we put the other candidates there also more.

Alfa Romeo 4C
Audi RS6 Avant
BMW M6 Gran Coupe
Chevrolet Corvette Stingray
Ferrari 458 Special
Ford Fiesta ST
Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 Roadster
Mercedes-Benz A/CLA45 AMG

Porsche 911 GT3

Porsche 911 Turbo
Volkswagen Golf GTI

Who put you in the first place, the strongly represented BMW or an outsider as the Mazda3?

Fotocredit: Autojunk.nl

Update 18-04: the winners are known. We have them in bold. The BMW i3 won also two other categories, the 2014 World Car Design of the Year and 2014 World Green Car.