{"id":229947,"date":"2018-03-07T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=229947"},"modified":"2018-03-07T12:00:04","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T10:00:04","slug":"these-are-the-cars-in-the-running-for-world-car-of-the-year-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/229947\/these-are-the-cars-in-the-running-for-world-car-of-the-year-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"These are the cars in the running for World Car of the Year 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2018 World Car of the Year award has been narrowed to just three finalists as has been announced at the ongoing Geneva auto show in Switzerland.<\/p>\n

The World Car Awards (WCA) is a program initiated by automotive journalists from all over the world, including South Africa.<\/p>\n

A jury of more than 80 journalists and writers, including Hannes Oosthuisen from Cars.co.za, have selected the following three finalists for World Car of the year 2018: Mazda CX-5, Range Rover Velar and Volvo XC60<\/strong> – all of which are available locally.<\/p>\n

The winner will be announced at the New York auto show on March 28.<\/p>\n

The Jaguar F-Pace was crowned the World Car of the year and World Car Design in 2017. The Mercedes-Benz E-Class won World Luxury Car of the year, and the Porsche Boxster\/Cayman was chosen as World Performance Car of the year for 2017.<\/p>\n

Volvo XC60<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Range Rover Velar<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mazda CX-5<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The panel of judges also announced the three finalists for several other categories, including: World Urban Car, World Luxury Car, World Performance Car, and World Green Car awards.<\/p>\n

2018 World Urban Car<\/strong><\/p>\n