Volkswagen Up! wins 2012 World Car of the Year
The Volkswagen Up! small city car won 2012 World Car of the Year, defeating the 2012 BMW 3-Series and the 2012 Porsche 911.
The diesel-powered Mercedes-Benz S 250 CDI BlueEfficiency won World Green Car of the Year over the Ford Focus EV and Peugeot 3008 Hybrid 4.
The redesigned Porsche 911 was named World Performance Car of the Year, beating out its over-hyped rivals, the Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 and the McLaren MP4-12C.
Vehicles are selected and voted on by an international jury comprised of sixty-four top-level automotive journalists from 25 countries, although there seems to be a heavy tilt towards Europe-only vehicle models. Two of the three winners are not currently sold in the GCC, and in all likelihood, never will.
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Shibu Daniel
Why is it that the ‘World Car of the year’ is always an European market car and the ‘International car of the year’ is always an American market car??