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DETROIT chan luu sale, Dec lululemon sale. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ A group of 49 automotive journalists from Canada and the United States has selected the Cadillac ATS tiffany blue nikes, the Ford Fusion and the Honda Accord as the finalists for the 2013 North American Car of the Year.
The Ford CMax, Mazda CX5 and Ram 1500 are the finalists for the 2013 North American Truck/Utility of the Year.
This year, to reflect the growing numbers of crossover vehicles in the North American market oakley military, jurors voted to change the name of North American Truck of the Year to North American Truck/Utility of the Year lululemon sale.
The six finalists were announced today at an Automotive Press Association luncheon in Detroit.
This is the 20(th) year of the awards, which are unique in the United States because instead of being given by a single media outlet they are awarded by a coalition of automotive journalists from the United States and Canada representing magazines casque beats, television, radio lululemon online outlet, newspapers and websites monster beats.
The awards are financed by the jurors' dues and the organization does not accept advertising or fees from automakers true religion outlet.
To be eligible, a vehicle must be all new or substantially changed. After considering dozens of vehicles this year toms shoes, the jurors finally narrowed the field to the 11 cars and 10 trucks on which they voted pandora style beads.
The jurors voted early in December ティファニー, sending their ballots directly to Deloitte Touche in Detroit.
Today Diane DeFrancis, a partner at Deloitte Touche, provided envelopes with the names of the finalists in alphabetical order to Lindsay Brooke, a member of the awards' organizing committee, who made the announcement.
This begins a second round of voting on the three car and three truck/utility finalists. Those ballots also go to Deloitte.
The winners will be announced at a news conference on Monday, January 14(th) at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
While the news conference has always been held at the North American International Auto Show, the show does not give the awards.
Here are the vehicles on which the jurors voted:
North American Car of the YearBMW 3 SeriesCadillac ATSChevrolet MalibuDodge DartFord FusionHonda AccordLincoln MKZ Nissan Altima Scion FRSSubaru BRZToyota Avalon
North American Truck/Utility of the Year:Acura RDXAudi allroadBMW X1Ford CMaxFord EscapeHyundai Santa FeInfiniti JX 35Mazda CX5Nissan PathfinderRam 1500
This is the 20th year of the awards. During the past 19 years:
Domestic automakers have won North American Car of the Year ten times. European automakers have won four times burberry outlet. Japanese automakers have won three times vanessa bruno. A Korean automaker Hyundai has won twice.
Domestic automakers have won North American Truck of the Year 12 times. Japanese automakers have won four times. European automakers have won three times. (The name of the award to North American Truck/Utility of the Year has been changed starting with the 2013 award.)