Domestics versus foreign for the North American car and truck of the year NACTOY
The three finalists for the 2015 North American Car of the Year are the Ford Mustang, Hyundai Genesis, and Volkswagen Golf. The three finalists for the 2015 North American Truck/Utility of the Year are the Chevrolet Colorado, Ford F-150, and Lincoln MKC.
Ford’s Mustang was the only domestic vehicle in the car segment. In the last 21 years, domestic automakers have won the car category 12 times and foreign automakers have won nine times. Japanese automakers have three wins. European automakers have four wins. Korean automakers (Hyundai) have two wins.
Last year’s North American Car of the Year was the Chevrolet Corvette Stingray.
The 2015 North American Utility/truck of the Year was where Ford hit pay dirt, pulling in two of the nominations, one for the aluminum Ford F-150 and the other for the Lincoln MKC utility vehicle. The third nominee was the domestic Chevy Colorado.
Domestics have won the truck competition 14 times. Foreign automakers have won seven times. Of the seven wins, Japanese automakers have won four times and Europeans have won three times.
Last year’s North American Truck/Utility of the Year was the Chevrolet Silverado.
The North American Car Truck of the Year (NACTOY) jurors have been accessing vehicles for 22 years, honoring new benchmarks in the respective automotive segments. The benchmarks include areas ranging from design and safety to innovation and value for the dollar. The vehicles are not compared against each other, but against the segment of the industry, they belong in.
Fifty-seven jurors (see below) from newspapers, television and radio stations, magazines, and websites voted last week, sending their ballots to Deloitte, which kept the finalists secret until today.
The winners will be announced at the North American International Auto Show on Monday, January 12.
North American Car of the Year Jury, 2014-2015
Jessica Anderson
Kiplingers
Frank Aukofer
Freelance
Kirk Bell
Chicago Tribune and New York Daily News
David Booth
Freelance
Karl Brauer
Freelance
Lindsay Brooke
Automotive Engineering International
Jason Cammisa
Road & Track
Sharon Silke Carty
Editor In Chief, Autoblog and AOL Autos
Dan Carney
Freelance
John Davis
MotorWeek – PBS Network
Matt DeLorenzo
Kelley Blue Book
Denis Duquet
Le Guide de lauto
Jacques Duval
Freelance – Le Guide de lauto, Autonet, Journal de Montreal, Mixte Magazine, Infrastructures, La Voix du Vrac, Roulez electrique.com
Ezra Dyer
Popular Mechanics
Paul Eisenstein
The Detroit Bureau
Lauren Fix
Car Coach Reports, Time Warner Cable News, Arise Global News, Parade Magazine, USA Radio “ Day Break,NewsMax TV,The Car Coach
Jeff Gilbert
WWJ Newsradio 950 / CBS Radio Network
John Gilbert
Freelance: newcarpicks.com, KDAL AM radio
Aaron Gold
Freelance – About.com
Joni Gray
Autobytel
Ken Gross
Freelance: Playboy
Lou Ann Hammond
drivingthenation.com, carlist.com
James Healey
USA Today
John Pearley Huffman
Freelance – NY Times, Car and Driver
Cheryl Jensen
Freelance: Motor Matters, NY Times
Chris Jensen
Freelance: NY Times
Erik Johnson
Executive online editor, Car, and Driver
Jim Kenzie
Toronto Star
Michelle Krebs
Autotrader.com
Marc Lachapelle
Freelance – MSN Autos US
John Lamm
Freelance
Anita Lienert
Freelance – Edmunds.com
Jim Mateja
Freelance – Chicago Tribune, Wards Auto Reports, Consumers Digest
Jim McCraw
Freelance “ NY Times, Hot Rod, Vehicle Dynamics International, Engine Technology International, Super Chevy
Mitch McCullough
New Car Test Drive
Joann Muller
Forbes
Jack Nerad
Kelley Blue Book
Scott Oldham
Vice President of Editorial
Editor in Chief, Edmunds.com
Marty Padgett
TheCarConnection.com, High Gear Media
Chris Paukert
Autoblog
Henry Payne
Detroit News
Mark Phelan
Detroit Free Press
Mark Rechtin
Consumer Reports
Erin Riches
Edmunds.com
Aaron Robinson
Car and Driver
Jeremy Sinek
Autos.ca.msn.com
Steven Cole Smith
motorsport.com, AutoWeek
Ben Stewart
Freelance – Popular Mechanics, Road & Track
Alexandra Straub
Freelance – Black Newspaper Group, Postmedia, Auto123.com
Tony Swan
Freelance “ swandrives.com, caranddriver.com, Kelley Blue Book, Popular Mechanics, New Car Test Drive
Alex Taylor
Fortune Magazine
Richard Truett
Automotive News
Lawrence Ulrich
Freelance – NY Times
David van Sickle
All About Autos
Larry Webster
Road & Track
Joe Wiesenfelder
cars.com
Drew Winter
Wards AutoWorld
Gary Witzenburg
Freelance – AutoMedia.com
