Canadian Car and Truck of the Year Category Winners Announced
These are the best new cars in each category segment as named by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC).
While none of these cars can be named Canadian Car or Truck of the Year just yet, they are all eligible to win the prestigious award. Those winners will be announced at the 2016 Toronto Auto Show, in February. In order to pick the category and final winners, AJAC journalists spent a week testing the new cars back-to-back in their respective categories. Each vehicle was scored and compared to its rivals in the segment. Here are the winners of each category:
Small Car:
Honda Civic
Family Car:
Volkswagen Golf Sportwagon 1.8 TSI
Sports – Performance (under $50,000)
Volkswagen Golf R
Sports – Performance (over $50,000)
Mercedes-AMG C 63 S
Prestige – Performance (Over $75,000)
Mercedes-AMG GT S
SUV – CUV (under $35,000)
Mazda CX-3
SUV – CUV (over $35,000)
Kia Sorento
SUV – CUV (Over $60,000)
Volvo XC90
Pickup
Chevrolet Silverado
Sami has an unquenchable thirst for car knowledge and has been at AutoGuide for the past six years. He has a degree in journalism and media studies from the University of Guelph-Humber in Toronto and has won multiple journalism awards from the Automotive Journalist Association of Canada. Sami is also on the jury for the World Car Awards.
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