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Finalists Announced For SA's Car Of The Year 2010 Competition

Eight cars will contest the South African Guild of Motoring Journalists Car of the Year 2010 competition with the final ...

Finalists Announced For SA’s Car Of The Year 2010 Competition

Posted on 24 November 2009 by Colin Windell

Eight cars will contest the South African Guild of Motoring Journalists Car of the Year 2010 competition with the final result and announcement of the winner taking place in March next year.

At a function in Johannesburg this morning the eight finalists were revealed to executives from all the motor companies operating in the country.

The eight nominees are:

Alfa Romeo MiTo 1.4 Turbo Audi Q5 2.0T S tronic
Chevrolet Cruze 1.8 LS Hyundai i20 1.6 GLS
Suzuki Alto 1.0 GLS Toyota Prius 1.8 ECVT Advanced
Volkswagen Golf VI 1.4 TSI Comfortline (90 kW) Volvo XC60 3.0T Geartronic

Alfa Romeo MiTo 1.4 Turbo

Audi Q5 2.0T S tronic

Chevrolet Cruze 1.8 LS

Hyundai i20 1.6 GLS

Suzuki Alto 1.0 GLS

Toyota Prius 1.8 ECVT Advanced

Volkswagen Golf VI 1.4 TSI Comfortline (90 kW)

Volvo XC60 3.0T Geartronic

The process of deciding the finalists for the WesBank-sponsored competition involves a general poll of all members of the Guild following which the Jury makes its final selection on a vote based on the results of the member poll. The Jury consists of Guild members who are all directly involved in road testing vehicles during the year.

In February next year the eight finalists will be put through their paces by the Jury members in a two-day back-to-back testing session on public roads and at Gerotek, near Pretoria. Vehicles will be minutely examined and scores on both static and dynamic evaluations tallied to find the ultimate winner.

Colin Windell is the editor of Fleet magazine and contributor to SACarFan.

4 Comments For This Post

i recently drove about 550km with the i20, it drove like a dream, once you in 5th gear all you have to do is concerntrate on staying awake! MUST WIN!!!!!!!!!

The Hyundai i20 is simply AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey the I20 deserves to be the winner!!! Look how far Hyundai has come!!!

Just bought a new Hyundai i20 and its awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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