World Car of the Year 2014: these are the finalists

On 17 April, the awards will be revealed for World Car of the Year, across the different categories competing for the accolade. The awards ceremony will take place at the New York International Auto Show. Besides World Car of the Year, we will also learn who will be Luxury Car of the Year (the first year this award is given), the best sports car, the green car and the best design of 2014.

From the final selection of models given below, only three will remain, and these will be announced at the next Geneva Motor Show. The reason this award is being presented in New York is that an agreement has been reached between the NYIAS organisation and World Car Awards to make New York the venue for this award until at least 2018.

A jury of 69 motoring experts has already selected its finalists, which are the following:

• Audi A3
• BMW 4 Series
• BMW i3
• Cadillac CTS
• Citroen C4 Picasso
• Ford Fusion / Mondeo
• Infiniti Q50
• Jeep Cherokee
• Lexus IS
• Mazda3
• Peugeot 308
• Skoda Octavia

The finalists for Luxury Car of the Year are the following:

• Bentley Flying Spur
• BMW X5
• Cadillac ELR
• Cadillac Escalade
• Maserati Ghibli
• Maserati Quattroporte
• Mercedes-Benz S-Class
• Porsche Macan
• Range Rover Sport
• Rolls-Royce Wraith

The finalists for Green Car of the Year:

• Audi A3 Sportback e-tron (+ Audi e-gas)
• BMW i3
• Honda Accord Hybrid
• Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV
• Volkswagen XL1

And the finalists for the best design award are the following:

• BMW i3
• Cadillac CTS
• Citroen C4 Picasso
• Mazda3
• Lexus IS
• Mercedes-Benz C-Class
• Volkswagen XL1

Source: World Car of the Year