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Eleven Finalists for World Car of the Year Are Announced
The results of the fifth annual World Car of the Year (WCOTY) competition will be announced at the2009 New-York Auto Show in April, but the journalists have already made the list of the 11 finalists. It is interesting that only European and Japanese autos are participating this year leaving American, Asian (Chinese, Korean and Indian) and Australian manufacturers behind.
The majority of candidates for WCOTY Award come from Europe. They are German Audi A4, Volkswagen Golf VI and BMW 7 Series, French Citroën C5, Italian Fiat 500, British Jaguar XF and Ford Fiesta designed and built by Ford of Europe. The other four are the Japanese Nissan GT-R, Honda Fit/Jazz, Toyota iQ and Mazda Atenza/Mazda 6.
By the beginning of March the auto experts from all over the world will announce the list of only three finalists.
At the WCOTY competition the vehicles also try for World Green Car of the Year, World Performance Car and World Car Design of the Year.
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