MINI is among the top ten finalists for the World Car of the Year award, to be announced April 5, 2007 during the NY International Auto Show. Other finalists are: Audi Q7, Audi TT, Citroen C4 Picasso, Citroen C6, Fiat Grande Punto, Jaguar XK, Lexus LS 460, Mercedes CL, and Suzuki SX4/Fiat Sedici. Voting will be conducted by 48 auto journalists from around the world.

Quite a wide range of vehicles, in terms of cost, function and purpose. Well, I know which one I prefer

 

I will be rooting for it too. !!

 

Were it not for the Suzuki, I would have thought you misunderstood and this was for European Car of the Year. Wow... who picked this list, the EU ?

 

C''mon MINI, you can do it!!!

 

I guess they mean World minus USA. Fiat and Citroen aren't exactly big sellers here

And nothing from Toyota, Ford, Honda, or Mitsubishi? Hmmmmmmmm

 

Did you really expect a ford to be on the list?

 

Ford................ Mustang???

nah............................

or the Ford GT, which is extremely unreliable according to Jeremy Clarkson

 

fix or rebuild daily, fin old rebuilt dodge, backwards.... driver returns on foot... I doubt we would see a ford i that bunch.

 

Here is the link to coty website for any questions that may arise. Interesting lineup of voting journalists. Also, there will be awards given for the categories World Design of the Year, World Performance Car of the Year, and World Green Car. MINI is also among 28 candidates for World Design of the Year award. http://www.wcoty.com/2007/

 

Wow that's great! Way to go MINI!

I know that the choosen models might be specific for the latest production year but, it is nice to know that WCOTY choose both cars I own kewl. World Car AND World Performance Car of the year!

My stable
2006 MINI Cooper S
1995 Audi //S6

ps the Audi //S6 has only been produced in 1995 (5cyl 20v turbo), 2002 (only as an Avant with 4.2 litre V8) and now recently with the V10 lurking under the hood.
[flame suit on...]

 

Go Mini!

 

How cool would it be to drive a car that is named World Car of the Year??!

 

MINI on stage:

http://www.jalopnik.com/assets/image...6e06e5eb_o.jpg

 

so who won?

 

I was just listing the car manufacturers with a large international presence that didn't make the list.

I wouldn't expect any car made explicitly for the american market to make the list, but Ford makes a lot of cars for the rest of the world that we don't see here.


And it's great to see the MINI up on the podium, but I wish they had picked a color that was brighter. With two silver cars and a red car up there, my bet would be on the red one

 

Out of that list, only 4 of them are sold worldwide. The Audi TT, Jaguar XK, Lexus, and Mini. I am not sure, but I do not believe the Mercedes CL is available worldwide.

And none of these are their own parent company (the Mercedes is, if it is actually sold worlwide). Audi is owned by Volkswagon, Jaguar is owned by Ford, Lexus is owned by Toyota, and Mini is owned by BMW.

Yes, I can be **** too!

 

The Lexus won. Yawn...

 

2nd 3rd? or a link? whats going on?

 

They didn't list the order.

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/st...4560507&EDATE=


From the WCOTY site, it appears MINI was #2

http://www.wcoty.com/2007/results.asp

Based on the rankings, it appears that they had a strong weighting on safety, which would explain why a 4-door familymobile would beat out the two zippy cars



And whatta know, it was the red car that won

 

thanks terry. we can still say we are runner up.