THE beautiful Volvo XC60 has been named the 2018 World Car of the Year! This announcement happened at last week’s New York Motor Show and the XC60 was chosen from an initial entry list of 34 vehicles from all over the world.
The vehicles were then cut down to a short list of 10 and then reduced to 3 finalists announced in Geneva earlier this month: the Mazda CX-5, the Range Rover Velar and the Volvo XC60.
The new XC60 is due to be launched in South Africa in the next few months to take on the midsize SUVs such as the Lexus NX and Volkswagen Tiguan.
This year, vehicles were selected and voted on by an international jury panel made up off 82 motoring journalists from 24 countries, including one from South Africa, Cars.co.za’s Hannes Oosthuizen.
Previous World Car of the Year winners were the Jaguar F-PACE (2017), Mazda MX-5 (2016), Mercedes-Benz C-Class (2015), the Audi A3 (2014), the Volkswagen Golf (2013), the Volkswagen Up! (2012), the Nissan Leaf (2011), the Volkswagen Polo (2010, the Volkswagen Golf (2009), the Mazda2 / Mazda Demio (2008), the Lexus LS460 (2007), the BMW 3-Series (2006), and the Audi A6 (2005).
