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Wesbank COTY finalists named

Sep 27, 2016 COTY, SAGMJ, CarOfTheYear, Wesbank, AutoTrader


The South African Guild of Motoring Journalists (SAGMJ) has announced the finalist vehicle ranges for the 2017 WesBank South African Car of the Year (COTY) competition.
 
Announced during an interactive reveal event at The Country Club Johannesburg, Woodmead, hosted by WesBank, the competition’s headline sponsor, and the South African Guild of Motoring Journalists (SAGMJ), the finalist reveal follows a vote cast by a 28-member Jury, elected by their peers, of an original list of 35 eligible vehicle ranges.
 
The finalists for the 2017 WesBank South African Car of the Year competition, South Africa’s premier motoring event, are (in alphabetical order):
 
  • AUDI A4 SEDAN
  • HONDA CIVIC
  • HYUNDAI TUCSON
  • JAGUAR F-PACE
  • MAZDA CX-3
  • OPEL ASTRA
  • RENAULT KADJAR
  • TOYOTA FORTUNER
  • VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT
  • VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN
 
The next stage of the competition will take place over two days in February where the finalists will be evaluated – the most critical of which will be the scheduled procedures at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit. The COTY Jury will also assess the cars independently, with routes and modules designed to test the vehicles in a similar way in which the average consumer would use them. The Jury will also have access to performance test data, comparative pricing and specification data, as well as comparative parts pricing data, compiled by the Guild’s digital partner, MAPO.
 
The winner will be revealed at a gala banquet on 15 March 2017.
 


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