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The
International Car of the Year Awards
How Cars Reflect Our Lifestyle
Presented
with the flair of a true Hollywood production,
the ICOTY Awards honor four vehicles
in four different categories in each new model year.
Nominees include vehicles that are manufactured
by American, British, German, Japanese,
Korean and Swedish automakers but are
sold in the U.S.
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"The
ICOTY Awards are about the emotional
relationship people have with
their cars; a reflection about
who and where we are in life and
how our cars make us feel."
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Launched
in 1997 at the North American International
Auto Show, the ICOTY Awards became the
first auto awards to honor new vehicles
based on the emotional connection between
car and consumer. Today, the ICOTY Awards have evolved and honor vehicles based lifestyle compatibility and how well automakers achieve that goal.
"The ICOTY
Awards are not about power and performance,
but rather about personality and passion," said ICOTY executive producer Courtney
Caldwell.
Categories being honored at the 2009 Awards include International Car of the Year and Truck of the Year, and the inagural EARTH, WIND & POWER Awards which will honor the Most Environmentally-Friendly Car of the Year and Truck of the Year.
In
order to achieve a balanced perspective
that reflects all consumers, ICOTY engages
a diverse group of renowned automotive
journalists and editors in the voting
process. The ICOTY Jury consists of
a 17 reputable writers and editors
who represent respected publications
such as MSN Autos, Forbesautos.com, Edmunds.com, Consumer Guide Automotive,
Yahoo! Autos, Auto Week, and Autoline
Detroit, to name a few. Voting ballots
are then sent to J.D. Power and Associates
for final tabulation to ensure accuracy and credibility.
The
ICOTY Awards attract more than 700
industry executives, political figures,
business leaders, and media, garnering
significant press coverage. Today, ICOTY
is the largest, most professionally
produced auto awards show in the industry,
an event which has been coined by industry
leaders as the Academy Awards of Cars.
The
criteria on which votes are cast can
be found in the ICOTY AWARDS archive
section under 'Awards Criteria.' Each
vehicle must be of in-production models of the new year.
Other
awards presented during the ICOTY show
include a Lifetime Achievement Award
presented to a veteran automotive journalist, the EARTH
ANGEL Award which is presented
to the most environmentally friendly
automaker of the year, debuting in 2008 the award was an industry
first.
2008
ICOTY Award Winner's
Sponsorship
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