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MOTORING

AUTOTRADER SOUTH AFRICAN

CAR OF THE YEAR

FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

The top 14 finalists for the 2020 French manufacturer has just re-entered the
South African market. Suzuki did exceptionally
AutoTrader South African Car of well in the 2019 AutoTrader South African Car
of the Year, with its Swift and Jimny winning
the Year have been announced their categories (Urban Compact and Lifestyle
Utility respectively). However, Suzuki has never
– one of these cars will win the notched up an overall win. An electric car and a
bakkie have never won the competition either,
sought-after crown! meaning an I-PACE or Raptor victory will be truly
momentous.
he finalists for the 2020 AutoTrader Toyota is the only company with three finalists in
South African Car of the Year awards can the 2020 competition. The brand notched up two
Twin in one of seven categories: Family, overall wins in the 1980s – the Toyota Corolla
Leisure, Lifestyle, Premium Car, Premium SUV, Twin Cam won in 1986 and the Toyota Corolla
Sport/Performance or Urban. The most hotly GLi Executive took the title in 1989. However, an
contested category is Leisure, with four finalists: overall win has proven elusive for the company
the Peugeot 5008, Toyota RAV4, Citroën C3 since then.
Aircross and Volkswagen T-Cross. The Premium
SUV category is also well populated, with three The finalists were named at an event in
finalists: the BMW X5, Jaguar I-PACE and Johannesburg on 4 December 2019. The next
Mercedes-Benz GLE. The Hyundai Atos and step in the 2020 AutoTrader South African Car of
Suzuki Swift Sport are fighting it out for laurels in the Year journey is the track and road testing in
the Urban category, while the Mazda3 and Toyota March 2020 by 27 of South Africa’s top motoring
Corolla Hatch are going tooth and nail for top journalists. The category and overall winners will
honours in the Family category. be announced at an event hosted by AutoTrader
in April 2020.
There is one finalist in each of the remaining three
categories: the BMW 3 Series is the finalist in the For more information visit:
Premium Car category, the Sports/Performance www.autotradercoty.co.za
category has the Toyota GR Supra as its finalist
and the Ford Ranger Raptor is the sole finalist in
the Lifestyle category. 2020 AUTOTRADER SOUTH
AFRICAN CAR OF THE YEAR
A win in the prestigious 2020 AutoTrader South FINALISTS BY CATEGORY
African Car of the Year competition will be
significant for all of the brands involved in the FAMILY
contest. For some of the finalists, to win would Mazda3
really be one for the history books. Citroën, for Toyota Corolla Hatch
instance, has yet to win South Africa’s most
sought-after motoring accolade – and the timing LEISURE
could not be better, given the fact that the Citroën C3 Aircross
Peugeot 5008
Toyota RAV4
Volkswagen T-Cross
LIFESTYLE
Ford Ranger Raptor
PREMIUM CAR
BMW 3 Series

PREMIUM SUV
BMW X5
Jaguar I-PACE
Mercedes-Benz GLE
SPORTS/PERFORMANCE
Toyota GR Supra

URBAN
Hyundai Atos
Suzuki Swift Sport

BMW 3-series BMW X5 Citroen C3 Aircross
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