2020-2021 Japan Car of the Year – 10 finalists named

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The 10 finalists for this year’s edition of the annual Car of the Year Japan awards have been named. The selection has been whittled down from an initial 33 nominations, and the contenders will advance to the final round of evaluation at the end of this month at the Sodegaura Forest Raceway in Chiba Prefecture.

The final field will see five homegrown models taking on five Continental offerings for the coveted COTY gong. The 2020-2021 finalists are the:

Votes to decide the winner will be cast by a 60-member judging panel, with the results set to be announced on December 7 in an online broadcast of the awards ceremony. Last year’s winner was the Toyota RAV4.

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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.

 

Comments

  • ganni on Nov 09, 2020 at 6:24 pm

    My money is on the Toyota Yaris / Yaris Cross / GR Yaris. Or BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe… the only 2 car models hot selling here in bolehland..

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    • Avenger on Nov 09, 2020 at 9:47 pm

      Like those fanboys in the latest X50 tered said, when it is in their country nothing strange if their own car wins the award. Only when a foreign brand like 2018 Volvo XC40 won which showed they had absolutely bungled the selection process.

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      • Keiran on Nov 10, 2020 at 12:10 am

        You expect Japanese to buy only their own cars

        Mind you most japanese like owning a european cars compare to their Toyota and Honda.

        Only Malaysian who cannot afford most premium european cars only stick to cheaper Toyota and Honda

        Most Malaysian on budget end still prefer either Proton or perodua rather than japanese cars.

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        • Celup King on Nov 10, 2020 at 10:16 am

          If Jepunis don’t win this, for sure it would be kemaluan terbesar!

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  • Ahmad on Nov 09, 2020 at 7:03 pm

    Despite I am a Mazda fan/owner, i wont say MX30 will win this year. GR Yaris will have my vote, or Levorg

    Mazda, too late to introduce MPS to fight with GR.

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  • jc on Nov 09, 2020 at 8:47 pm

    so few sedans ^^

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  • sam123 on Nov 10, 2020 at 7:55 am

    wondering who will bring future 208 coming in, im guessing jazz coming at 2022 ?

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  • karam singh on Nov 10, 2020 at 10:07 am

    looking at past winner histories of Japan COTY, no way any foreign car makes will/could/can win China COTY. Not that its coveted though.

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  • Semi-Value (Member) on Nov 10, 2020 at 10:45 pm

    levorg please

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  • hazim on Dec 14, 2020 at 10:48 am

    its Levorg. no follow-up news?

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