{"id":164705,"date":"2017-03-16T08:34:08","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T06:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=164705"},"modified":"2017-03-16T08:50:48","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T06:50:48","slug":"meet-south-africas-2017-car-of-the-year-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/164705\/meet-south-africas-2017-car-of-the-year-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet South Africa&#8217;s 2017 car of the year winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa&#8217;s 2017 Wesbank Car of the Year (CoTY) was announced at a gala dinner in Gauteng on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The competition comprised 10 finalists, following a vote by members of the South African Guild of Motoring Journalists (SAGMJ).<\/p>\n<p>The<strong> Opel Astra<\/strong> was crowned the 2017 winner, with the <strong>Audi A4<\/strong> placing second, and the <strong>Volkswagen Passat<\/strong> third.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of the 2016 competition was the <strong>Volvo XC90<\/strong> SUV, followed by the <strong>Ford Fusion<\/strong>, while the <strong>Mazda2<\/strong> took third place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/151629\/here-are-south-africas-best-cars-across-13-major-categories\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here are South Africa\u2019s best cars across 13 major categories<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Porsche Macan S Diesel<\/strong> won the 2015 prize for best car in SA.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Opel-e1489645450904.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-164707\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Opel-e1489645450904.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Astra beat off competition from the following nine other finalists:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Renault Kadjar<\/li>\n<li>Mazda CX-3<\/li>\n<li>Jaguar F-Pace<\/li>\n<li>Hyundai Tucson<\/li>\n<li>Honda Civic<\/li>\n<li>Audi A4<\/li>\n<li>Toyota Fortuner<\/li>\n<li>Volkswagen Passat<\/li>\n<li>Volkswagen Tiguan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/COTY-2017.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-138231\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/COTY-2017.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/COTY-2017.png 600w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/COTY-2017-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/138205\/here-are-the-10-finalists-for-south-african-car-of-the-year-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here are the 10 finalists for South African Car of the Year 2017<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa&#8217;s 2017 Wesbank Car of the Year (CoTY) was announced at a gala dinner in Gauteng on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":138221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11119],"tags":[26,6619],"class_list":["post-164705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motoring","tag-headline","tag-wesbank"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164705"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":164717,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164705\/revisions\/164717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}