The World Car of The Year finalists have been announced. The competition will see 59 international automotive journalists judge the cars based on their experience. The jury members come from all over the world, and South Africa is happy to have Car Magazine’s Hannes Oosthuizen as their representative. The 10 Car of the Year finalists include: Chevrolet Cruze Audi...

Green Car Journal has named the Audi A3 TDi the 2010 Green Car Of The Year. The media company said that the A3 TDI was awarded with the title after it beat down the Honda Insight, Mercury Milan Hybrid, Toyota Prius and Volkswagen Golf TDI. This compact luxury car features an impressive EPA estimated 42 mpg on the highway – a 50 percent highway fuel efficiency improvement...

Volkswagen’s fifth-generation Polo has won the European Car of the Year award for 2010. The VW Polo scored 347 points compared to the 337 for the Toyota iQ mini-car. The Opel Astra was considered a favourite to many, however it only finished in third place with 221 points. Other finalists included cars like the Skoda Yeti, Mercedes-Benz E-Class, Peugeot 3008 and...

The South African WesBank Car of the Year finalists have been announced. The eight cars to take part in the 2010 Car of the Year competition include: Alfa Romeo MiTo 1.4i Turbo Petrol Audi Q5 2.0 T S tronic Chevrolet Cruze 1.8 LS Hyundai i20 1.6 GLS Suzuki Alto 1.0 Litre GLS Toyota Prius 1.8 ECVT Advanced Volkswagen Golf VI 1.4 TSI 90 kW Comfortline Volvo XC60 3.0T Geartronic The...