Chevrolet Volt named as the North American Car of The Year – Ford Explorer takes the truck title

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Chevrolet Volt named as the North American Car of The Year – Ford Explorer takes the truck title

At the NAIAS, the Chevrolet Volt and Ford Explorer have been named as the 2011 North American Car and Truck of the Year respectively by a panel of 49 US and Canadian auto journalists.

The series plug-in hybrid Volt took the gong ahead of the Nissan Leaf EV and the Hyundai Sonata, with other semi-finalists being the Audi A8, Ford Fiesta, Mazda 2, Buick Regal, Volkswagen Jetta, Kia Optima, Nissan Juke, Chevrolet Cruze, Volvo S60, Infiniti M37/56 and the Jaguar XJ.

Chevrolet Volt named as the North American Car of The Year – Ford Explorer takes the truck title

Meanwhile, over in the truck category, the Explorer nudged ahead of the Jeep Grand Cherokee and the Dodge Durango SUVs, with other nominees including the Lincoln MKX, Mercedes-Benz R-Class, Kia Sorento and Sportage, Hyundai Tucson, Infiniti QX56, Honda Odyssey, Ford Edge, Volkswagen Touareg, Porsche Cayenne and Toyota Sienna. The award follows on Ford’s win last year with the Transit Connect.

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Anthony Lim believes that nothing is better than a good smoke and a car with character, with good handling aspects being top of the prize heap. Having spent more than a decade and a half with an English tabloid daily never being able to grasp the meaning of brevity or being succinct, he wags his tail furiously at the idea of waffling - in greater detail - about cars and all their intrinsic peculiarities here.

 

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  • vincent on Jan 11, 2011 at 10:13 am

    The Chevy Volt looks more macho and solid compare to Prius.

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    • Malik on Jan 11, 2011 at 2:29 pm

      Totally agree and spot on .

      Chevrolet Volt looks seems more of a Man’s driver car . Toyota Prius seems to be a female car in the making as it looks very feminine couple with a soft body ( to save weight).

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  • Black Dog on Jan 11, 2011 at 1:33 pm

    Hyundai Sonata, Kia Optima, Kia Sorento & Sportage is on the list, left the Japanese in smoke!

    Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

    Proven to those who like to condemn Korean cars!

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  • bala on Jan 16, 2011 at 3:44 pm

    chevy cars or any other cars for d matter.. when they reach our shores they r just bare metals with so many accessories and luxo items are taken out in order to be competitive in the pricing… i rather feel we hv been deprived of driving good cars

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