2013 International Engine of the Year Awards Results Brings Old and New Entries

The results are in for the 2013 edition of the coveted International Engine of the Year Awards. We know what you're waiting for so let the drumbeat roll…and the big winner of the International Engine of the Year Award goes too…Ford and its frugal 1.0-liter turbocharged three-cylinder gasoline unit for the second year in a row.

Besides the overall champion, there are eleven more categories, in which we see some changes over the previous year's awards, but before we go there, let's see which segment winners remained the same in 2013.

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VW Golf Mk7 Wins 2013 World Car of the Year Award at the New York Auto Show

Less than a month after being declared the 2013 European Car of the Year, the seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf bagged another prestigious award, the 2013 World Car of the Year, the results of which were announced during a press conference at the New York Auto Show. Read more »

COTY 2013: VW Golf Mk7 Wins this Year's Competition to No One's Surprise [w/Video]

The VW Golf is something like the Daniel Day Lewis of the automotive awards: when it's nominated, there's a good chance it will win. A few days after the Irish actor bagged his third Oscar for his performance in Lincoln, the seventh iteration of VW’s C-Segment model won the 2013 European Car of the Year award for the second time in its history, becoming only the second model after the Renault Clio to have done so.

Perhaps the analogy is not exactly fair: DDL hasn’t been nominated for each and every movie he has starred in while all seven generations of the Golf have been on the CoTY podium.

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Hyundai in Shock as Toyota Camry Wins 2013 "Korea Car of the Year" Award

Until recently, South Korea had a taxing policy that made importing cars nigh impossible. It was a means to protect its homegrown automakers, of course, i.e. Hyundai and Kia, from foreign competition. Now, though, it has opened its doors to foreigners, which is fair, as the Koreans face no such restrictions in regions such as North America, Europe or Asia.

Toyota, for one, only entered the South Korean market in 2010. In 2011, it managed to shift 5,020 vehicles. Last year, it more than doubled that number, to 10,795 and, despite the strong competition from German rivals, increased its market share from 4.78 to 8.25 percent.

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Cadillac ATS, RAM 1500 Win 2013 North American Car & Truck/Utility of the Year Awards

A panel of 49 motoring journalists has chosen the Cadillac ATS and Chrysler’s RAM 1500 as the 2013 North American Car and Truck/Utility of the Year respectively, with the results being announced during the opening day of the 25th Detroit Motor Show. Read more »

European Car of the Year Short List with the 8 Finalists Revealed, Think You Can Pick the Winner?

After announcing the 34 nominees (38 if you include re-badged models like the Seat Toledo and Subaru BRZ) in late September, the organizing committee of the European edition of the Car of the Year award has now released the short list with the 8 finalists.

Normally, the short list includes 7 models, but due to the fact that two cars tied in the same position during the voting process, the committee increased the number of finalists to eight, just as it did in the 2007 edition of the award.

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Mazda CX-5 Beats Toyota GT86/Subaru BRZ, Wins Japan Car of the Year Award

With less than a month remaining until the end of the year, all kinds of “Car of the Year” awards will inadvertently start to pop up. Some, of course, are much more important than others are; and the Japan COTY title belongs to the former category. In 2011, the winner was the Nissan Leaf, which had also been awarded the World and European COTY titles.

This year, Mazda won the crown with its CX-5 compact crossover getting 363 votes, 45 more than the second-placed Toyota GT86/Subaru BRZ “twins”. BMW’s 3-Series was third, while it’s interesting to note that the top 10 was evenly split between Japanese and European models.

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The 34 Nominees for the 2013 European Car of the Year Award – Which One do You Think will Win?

The process of electing the 2013 Car of the Year (COTY) for Europe has officially commenced with the release of the provisional list of candidates.

In order to be eligible, a car must have been released during the past 12 months; is available in at least five European countries; has a projected annual sales figure of no less than 5,000 units and is a new model and not just a new edition.

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Ford's 1.0-liter EcoBoost Scoops 2012 International Engine of the Year Award

The big winner of the 2012 International Engine of the Year awards is Ford and it's 1.0-liter EcoBoost powerplant, which beat last year's winner, the Fiat 0.9-liter TwinAir, while also achieving the highest score ever with 401 points.

This is the first time that the Blue Oval has won International Engine of the Year in the 13-year history of the awards. And that's not all as the Detroit carmaker's small displacement petrol engine also received two other awards, namely “Best New Engine” and “Best Engine Under 1.0-litre”.

Dean Slavnich, chairman of the International Engine of the Year awards and editor of Engine Technology International magazine, commented:

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