What Car? Car of the Year 2015--The List of Contenders is Revealed
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What Car? has announced the nominees for its annual Car of the Year Awards 2015.
UNITED KINGDOM -- November 20, 2014: The What Car? Awards are the most sought-after prizes for both car manufacturers and the car-buying public alike. What Car? experts ensure that only the cars that deliver exceptionally against stringent criteria are shortlisted, while the Reader Award is a useful indication of sentiment towards cars being brought to market in the next 12 months.
Leading the way for cars built in Britain, 13% of more than 100 vehicles nominated this year for the What Car? Awards are made in the UK.*
In the first three quarters of this year Britain produced1.13 million** cars and over 1.3 million*** engines to date.
Five British-built Land Rover vehicles have received nominations across four categories: Small SUV (Range Rover Evoque), Large SUV (Land Rover Discovery, Range Rover Sport), Luxury Car (Range Rover) and also the Reader Award (Range Rover Evoque Cabrio).
Meanwhile Jaguar, which builds the F-type Coupe (Coupe Award), Jaguar XE (Executive Car Award) and Jaguar XF (Reader Award) in the UK, has also received nominations across three categories respectively.
What Car? editor Jim Holder said: “It is an exciting time of the year releasing the challengers for the What Car? Car of the Year Awards. The build-up really starts now.
“Our panel of experts has a job on its hands to choose the best car in each category and then the overall What Car? Car of the Year for 2015, which has to be exceptional.
“A welcome fact about our list of contenders is that one in eight of them are built right here in the UK – a reality the manufacturing sector should be very proud of.”
Awards are only given to the cars that set the highest standards in their class and only the best of the best is named What Car? Car of the Year. Last year, the Sunderland-built Nissan Qashqai was crowned the overall winner.
This year’s event takes place on 7 January 2015 at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane.
WHAT CAR? AWARDS 2015 LONG LIST
CITY CAR (sponsored by Warranty Direct)
Hyundai i10
Renault Twingo
Seat Mii
Skoda Citigo
Smart Forfour
Smart Fortwo
Volkswagen Up
SMALL CAR
Dacia Sandero
Ford Fiesta
Hyundai i20
Mazda 2
Mini 5dr – BRITISH BUILT
Skoda Fabia
Vauxhall Corsa
Volkswagen Polo
FAMILY CAR (sponsored by Reevoo)
Audi A3 Sportback
Ford Focus
Ford Mondeo
Kia Cee’d
Nissan Pulsar
Skoda Octavia
ELECTRIC CAR (sponsored by Hankook)
Audi A3 e-tron
BMW i8
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV
Renault Zoe Expression
Tesla Model S
Volkswagen e-Golf
Volkswagen Golf GTE
COUPE
Audi TT
BMW 2 Series
Jaguar F-type Coupe – BRITISH BUILT
Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe
Peugeot RCZ R
Seat Leon SC
Volkswagen Scirocco
ESTATE CAR
Audi A6 Avant
BMW 5 Series Touring
Ford Mondeo Estat
Kia Cee'd Sportswagon
Volkswagen Golf Estate
Volkswagen Passat Estate
MPV
BMW 2 Series Active Toure
Citroen C3 Picasso
Citroen Grand C4 Picasso
Fiat 500L MPW
Seat Alhambra
Volkswagen Golf SV
HOT HATCH
BMW M135i
Ford Fiesta ST
Suzuki Swift Sport
Volkswagen Golf GTI
Volkswagen Polo GTI
CONVERTIBLE
Audi A3 Cabriolet
Citroen DS3 Cabriolet
Fiat 500C
Mercedes-Benz E-Class Cabriolet
Mercedes-Benz SL
Volkswagen Beetle Cabriolet
SMALL SUV
Audi Q3
Citroen C4 Cactus
Kia Soul
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque: BRITISH BUILT
Nissan Qashqai: BRITISH BUILT
Renault Captur
LARGE SUV
BMW X3
Land Rover Discovery Sport: BRITISH BUILT
Land Rover Range Rover Sport: BRITISH BUILT
Lexus NX
Mazda CX-5
Nissan X-Trail
Porsche Cayenne
Porsche Macan
Volvo XC90
EXECUTIVE CAR (sponsored by Allianz Global Assistance)
Audi A3 Saloon
Audi A6
Audi A7 Sportback
BMW 3 Series
BMW 5 Series
Jaguar XE: BRITISH BUILT
Mercedes-Benz CLS
Porsche Panamera
Volkswagen Passat
SPORTS CAR
BMW M3
Ferrari 458 Speciale
Lamborghini Huracan
Porsche 911 Carrera
Porsche 911 GT3
Porsche Boxster
Porsche Cayman GTS
McLaren 650S Spider: BRITISH BUILT
Mercedes-Benz AMG GT
LUXURY CAR
Bentley Flying Spur – BRITISH BUILT
Land Rover Range Rover: BRITISH BUILT
Mercedes-Benz S-Class
Rolls-Royce Ghost II: BRITISH BUILT
Rolls-Royce Phantom: BRITISH BUILT
READER AWARD (sponsored by HPI)
Audi A4
Bentley SUV
Fiat 500X
Ford S-Max
Honda HR-V
Jaguar XF: BRITISH BUILT
Kia Sorento
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque Cabrio BRITISH BUILT
Mazda MX-5
Mercedes-Benz MLC
Nissan Murano
Skoda Superb
Suzuki Vitara
Toyota FCV
Vauxhall Viva
Volvo XC90
