Senior industry executives in the automotive industry will be on hand at the Jacob Javits Center in NYC on Thursday, March 28th to celebrate the winners of four coveted "World Car" awards in the following categories:
World Car of the Year
World Green Car
World Performance Car
World Car Design of the Year
WHO :
ASTON-MARTIN: Marek Reichman, Design Director
FERRARI: Marco Mattiacci, CEO Ferrari North America
JAGUAR: Ian Callum, Design Director
MAZDA: Ikuo Maeda, General Manager, Design Division, Mazda Motor Corporation; and Derek Jenkins, Design Director, Mazda North American Operations.
MERCEDES-BENZ: Christoph Horn, Director Global Communications Mercedes-Benz Cars
PORSCHE: Detlev von Platen, President and CEO, Porsche Cars North America
SCION: Doug Murtha, Scion North America
SUBARU: My Yoshinaga, President, Subaru North America
VOLKSWAGEN: Mr. Oliver Stefani, Lead Designer - Volkswagen AG, Alessandro d'Ambrosio (Head of Inter-Brand Projects in design), and Mr Andreas Mindt (Designer)
VOLVO: Hakan Samuelsson, President and CEO of Volvo Car Group.
WHEN: March 28, 2013, 9:00 am
WHERE: New York International Auto Show, Special Events Hall, Level 1, Jacob Javits Convention Center, 11th Ave & 39th Street, NYC.
The Top Three Finalists in each category are:
World Car of the Year for 2013:
Mercedes-Benz A-Class, Porsche Boxster/Cayman, Scion FR-S/Subaru BRZ/Toyota 86/GT 86
World Green Car for 2013:
Renault Zoe, Tesla Model S, Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid
World Performance Car for 2013:
Ferrari F12berlinetta, Porsche Boxster/Cayman, Scion FR-S/Subaru BRZ/Toyota 86/GT 86
World Car Design of the Year for 2013:
Aston Martin Vanquish, Jaguar F-Type, Mazda6
WHY? The World Car of the Year Awards were established in 2003 to reflect the truly global nature of the 21st-century automotive business and, at the same time, recognize and reward automotive excellence on a global scale.