For the past 16 years, a group of North American jurors has convened yearly to vote on the North American Car of the Year and North American Truck of the Year. The panel of some 50 automotive journalists has selected the Ford Flex, Hyundai Genesis and Volkswagen Jetta TDI as finalists for the 2009 North American Car of the Year- while the truck of the year finalists included the Dodge Ram, Ford F-150 and Mercedes-Benz ML320 BlueTEC.
Vehicles are voted upon by the group of North American automotive journalists, who narrow down a selection of the market's newest models into a short-list of several finalists.
From that list of finalists, the overall winners are chosen and announced at the North American International Auto Show.
The results are in. Earlier today, a press conference announced that the 2009 Hyundai Genesis was named as North America's 2009 CAR OF THE YEAR, with the 2009 Ford F-150 taking the gold as the 2009 North American Truck of the Year.
Factors like value for the dollar, innovation, handling, performance, safety and driver satisfaction were taken into consideration to put the winners on top of their categories.
Congratulations, Hyundai and Ford!
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| 2009 Hyundai Genesis |
Vehicles are voted upon by the group of North American automotive journalists, who narrow down a selection of the market's newest models into a short-list of several finalists.
From that list of finalists, the overall winners are chosen and announced at the North American International Auto Show.
The results are in. Earlier today, a press conference announced that the 2009 Hyundai Genesis was named as North America's 2009 CAR OF THE YEAR, with the 2009 Ford F-150 taking the gold as the 2009 North American Truck of the Year.
Factors like value for the dollar, innovation, handling, performance, safety and driver satisfaction were taken into consideration to put the winners on top of their categories.
Congratulations, Hyundai and Ford!
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| 2009 Ford F-150 |
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