Honda’s FCX Clarity has earned numerous accolades from the world’s motoring press, but now it’s got a new feather to add to its cap.

Fifty-nine jurors from the 2009 World Car of The Year judging panel have voted the fuel cell-powered Honda the 2009 World Green car, an award that lends the Japanese automaker some significant [...]

• 
• Comment
• Read More

The nostalgically funky Fiat 500 has taken home the 2009 World Car Design of the Year award, while the monstrous Nissan GT-R has stormed to victory for the 2009 World Performance Car of the Year award.

Now – and perhaps of little surprise - the 2009 Volkswagen Golf has been crowned World Car of the Year.

Panelists [...]

• 
• Comment
• Read More

While the Fiat 500 has scooped the 2009 World Car Design of the Year award, the giant-killing Nissan GT-R – affectionately known in the past as ‘Godzilla’ – has beaten all-comers to take the crown as 2009 World Performance Car of the Year.

Making it to the top three finalists – whittled from the top ten [...]

• 
• Comment
• Read More

If you’re looking for a good time-waster over lunch, then we’ve got just the thing. The top ten finalists competing for World Car of the Year have been announced. Trying to pick a clear winner from the list will be about as easy as convincing the government to drop just one of the taxes on fuel.

There [...]

• 
• Comment
• Read More

The Mazda2 has bagged another trophy for Mazda’s cabinet, this time taking out the prestigious 2008 World Car of the Year award (WCOTY) .

The WCOTY award was announced a few days ago at the 2008 New York Auto Show. The little Mazda did well to trump the likes of Ford’s Mondeo and the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, [...]

• 
• Comment
• Read More

I have to admit that this broad shouldered hunk of Bavarian beefcake is one of my all-time favourite performance sedans. It’s generally considered to be a better machine than the soon to be superceded BMW M3 and we all know that Audi used the M3 as its benchmark when screwing the RS4 together.

Audi RS4 - [...]

• 
• Comment
• Read More

It seems you just can’t escape Toyota these days. Australians are buying more Toyotas than any other single brand with sales continuing to reach record levels.

So its probably fitting that their luxury brand Lexus has been awarded World Car of the Year. Thats not ‘Australian’ Car of the Year but WORLD car of the year.

The [...]

• 
• Comment
• Read More