{"id":277653,"date":"2010-02-04T16:33:30","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T21:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2010\/02\/04\/2010-world-car-of-the-year-finalists-announced-is-your-favorite-represented\/"},"modified":"2010-02-04T16:33:30","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T21:33:30","slug":"2010-world-car-of-the-year-finalists-announced%e2%80%a6-is-your-favorite-represented","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/277653","title":{"rendered":"2010 World Car of the Year finalists announced\u2026 is your favorite represented?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/new-york-auto-show\/\" rel=\"tag\">New York Auto Show<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/etc\/\" rel=\"tag\">Etc.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wcoty.com\/2010\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"4\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/c05d2_wcoty-logo-250x.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>We couldn&#8217;t blame you for thinking that all of the &#8216;Of the Year&#8221; awards were finished for the 2010, but there&#8217;s still at least a few key bits of shiny hardware that have yet to be handed out &#8211; the World Car of the Year and World Performance Car of the Year. And while we&#8217;re not yet sure who will take home the big prizes, we do have a short(er)list of nominees for both accolades.<\/p>\n<p> The field has been whittled down by 59 jurors to 10 possible winners in each category, and the top three finalists will be announced next month at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/geneva-motor-show\/\">Geneva Motor Show<\/a> ahead of the actual award ceremony at April&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/new-york-auto-show\/\">New York Auto Show<\/a>. The nominees are&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <strong>2010 World Car of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/q5\">Audi Q5<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/07\/01\/officially-official-bmw-reveals-2011-x1-confirms-sales-in-the\/\">BMW X1<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/tag\/cruze\">Chevrolet Cruze<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/soul\">Kia Soul<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/mazda3\">Mazda3<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/e-class\">Mercedes-Benz E-Class<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2008\/04\/17\/officially-official-opel-insignia-revealed\/\">Opel\/Vauxhall Insignia<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/regal\">Buick Regal<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/panamera\">Porsche Panamera<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/prius\">Toyota Prius <\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/26\/2010-volkswagen-polo-tsi-1-2-quick-spin\/\">Volkswagen Polo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Given the company it&#8217;s in, we&#8217;re not altogether sure why the Panamera isn&#8217;t in the World Performance Car running instead, but we digress. Speaking of which&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <strong>2010 World Performance Car of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/09\/22\/report-aston-martin-v12-vantage-bound-for-u-s\/\">Aston Martin V12 Vantage<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/r8\">Audi R8 V10<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/03\/03\/geneva-2009-2010-audi-tt-rs\/\">Audi TT RS Coup&eacute; \/ Roadster<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/z4\">BMW Z4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/california\">Ferrari California<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/xfr\">Jaguar XFR<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/tag\/evora\">Lotus Evora<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/04\/08\/new-york-mercedes-benz-e63-amg-says-ich-bin-ein-monster\/\">Mercedes-Benz E 63 AMG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/370z\">Nissan 370Z<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/01\/29\/officially-official-all-the-details-on-the-2010-porsche-911-gt\/\">Porsche 911 GT3<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Porsche <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/boxster\">Boxster<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/cayman\">Cayman<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lest we forget, there&#8217;s also the 2010 World Green Car of the Year award to be handed out, and you can <a href=\"http:\/\/green.autoblog.com\/2010\/02\/02\/hybrids-dominate-2010-world-green-car-of-the-year-shortlist\/\">check out that verdant bunch of shortlisters over at Autobloggreen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For 2009, t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/04\/09\/new-york-2009-and-the-world-car-of-the-year-is\/\">he Volkswagen Golf and Nissan GT-R brought home the bacon<\/a> in their respective categories. Which cars would make the best picks for both awards? Have your say in Comments.<\/p>\n<p>[Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wcoty.com\/2010\/\">World Car of the Year<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/02\/04\/2010-world-car-of-the-year-finalists-announced-is-your-favori\/\">2010 World Car of the Year finalists announced&#8230; is your favorite represented?<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:58:00 EST.  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