BMW and Porsche wins top honours at NYIAS

BMW and Porsche have both been awarded top honours at the New York International Auto Show that started last weekend on the 14th of April. The show played host to the second annual presentation of the World Car of the Year award. This award was created to recognize and honor excellence in the automotive market on an international scale.

A jury of 46 international automotive journalists considered a variety of parameters; then individually reviewed, evaluated, and voted on the World Car of the Year entrants by secret ballot. The international accounting firm KPMG tabulated the ballots to first determine the finalists, and finally the winner. In the second ever presentation of this award, the BMW 3-Series was announced as the overall winner. Meanwhile, the new Porsche Cayman S was named the World Performance Car of the Year.


Two other automobiles that won awards at the show includes the new Honda Civic Hybrid and the Citroen C4. Both these cars won the World Green Car of the Year and World Car Design of the Year respectively.