THE ROAD TO WORLD CAR & THE ROAD AHEAD

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1 THE ROAD TO WORLD CAR & THE ROAD AHEAD OCTOBER 2017 Introduction Peter Lyon - Chairman, World Car Awards Representatives from Jaguar Land Rover and World Car Awards at the IAA in Frankfurt The Road to World Car s 2018 program started in earnest inside the Jaguar Land Rover stand at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. JLR s CEO Dr Ralf Speth, New York Auto Show s president Mark Scheinberg and British TV personality Ginny Buckley joined me on stage to celebrate the Jaguar F-Pace s World Car of the Year victory after which we initiated the jury evaluation process for the coming year and announced our list of eligible vehicles for This important ceremony was another outstanding success as over 120 media and OEM representatives joined World Car jurors and JLR staff for a champagne reception to kick off a new year of testing and judging. After a reshuffle of jurors, World Car enters its new voting season with 83 jurors from 24 countries and welcomes back presenting partners in Bridgestone and Autoneum. We will also continue our ongoing relationships with the New York International Auto Show, PRIME Research, KPMG and Newspress - our official media partner.

2 Jaguar F-PACE is awarded the World Car of the Year award at the New York International Auto Show A milestone was reached in April this year when World Car was invited by NYIAS to open the auto show on the first press day with its prize-giving ceremony in front of over 600 media and automotive industry representatives including seven CEOs. We expect to open the show again in Always aiming to evolve and grow, World Car took advantage of juror visits to the Tokyo Motor Show in late October to introduce its first-ever Tokyo test drive session for jurors based at the state-of-the-art BMW Group Tokyo Bay, a unique complex with its very own proving ground. Some ten jurors evaluated eight eligible vehicles from Toyota, Lexus, Honda, Mazda, Subaru, Suzuki and BMW. The purpose of the Tokyo test-drives is to offer test drives of vehicles that are not readily available in certain juror s countries. In November, World Car will for the fourth time stage its annual L.A. TestDrives based at the Westin Pasadena Hotel. We expect at least 25 jurors from over a dozen countries to test drive over 20 eligible vehicles as they decide which cars will receive their highest votes for the coming season. Like Tokyo, this session is aimed at providing test driving opportunities to jurors who are unable to test certain vehicles in their home markets, or just want a chance to reconfirm previous evaluations. Luxury Car, World Green Car, World Car Design, World Urban Car and the prestigious World Car of the Year. After the finalists have been tallied and presented to jurors by WCA partner KPMG, jurors will vote a second time online to select the winners for Our top 3 finalists in each category will be announced at Bridgestone s stand inside the Geneva Motor Show in early March before we reveal the six category winners on March 28 at a high profile World Car prize-giving event which is now the highlight for the New York International Auto Show s opening ceremony. To complete a busy yearly schedule, World Car will display up to three category winners at a special World Car stand inside the London Motor Show in May. It was great to see you in Tokyo last week. We look forward to seeing you again in L.A. in November. Safe travels. Then, in mid-january, all jurors will vote in a secret ballot online to select our top 10 and top 5 finalists in six categories. These include World Performance Car, World World Car Awards Chairman Peter Lyon speaks at the IAA

3 2018 NOMINATIONS BY MIKE RUTHERFORD, DIRECTOR & VICE-CHAIR OF THE WORLD CAR AWARDS If there was a prize for the most nominated company in the 2018 World Car Awards, a highly unlikely manufacturer - Kia - would win it. It s nothing short of astonishing that the comparatively small and modest marque from South Korea has beaten German giants BMW and Volkswagen into joint second place. And even more remarkable is that Kia has forced its own big sister brand, Hyundai, into fourth position. This wasn t in the script. But the fact that Kia proudly sits on top of the WCA pile at the minute is no guarantee that its Niro, Picanto, Stinger and Stonic contenders will win the World Car of the Year and World Urban Car trophies the company has its sights on. The competition is fiercer than ever this time around. Some countries, companies and cars previously thought of as underdogs on the global stage are now in with a real chance of picking up World Car honours at our New York Auto Show prize-giving ceremony next March. In this respect, Italy deserves a special mention as does Alfa Romeo with its three nominations - the same number that far larger, wealthier Audi has secured. Japan s highly competitive Suzuki also has three - the same as Toyota and Lexus combined! It s good to see France s Renault, Peugeot and Citroen going for World Car glory, too - along with other relative newcomers such as Dacia of Romania, SEAT (Spain), Skoda (Czech Republic) and SsangYong (South Korea). And while our Top 5 Nations table (below) shows that German, Japanese and South Korean firms are by far the most prolific makers of all-new cars for the world at this time, don t rule out dark horse candidate countries like the UK with its Land Rover Discovery and Range Rover Velar. Japan s highly competitive Suzuki has three nominations - the same as Toyota and Lexus combined! It has to be said that for a car-producing land of its magnitude and importance, the USA isn t currently producing nearly as many globally significant all-new cars as might be expected. This explains why there are so few Cadillacs, Chevrolets, Fords, Chryslers and Jeeps in contention this year.

4 TOTAL NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS IN 2018 WORLD CAR AWARDS SEAT (Spain) is one of many relative newcomers in this year s lineup, with its new Ibiza hatchback Coming back to Kia, on its own it has more nominations than all those legendary American brands put together. That s something that nobody could have or would have predicted a decade or two ago. If you re wondering why some all-new cars - the McLaren 720S Coupe, for example - have somehow failed to make it onto our provisional lists of eligible vehicles it s almost certainly because they will not be on sale in sufficient numbers on at least two continents by Spring Our rules on this are tough but fair - unless a model is ready to be delivered to paying customers across large parts of the globe by the early-mid part of next year, it can t even be considered to be a 2018 World Car contender. And this, we believe, is the way it should be. Kia 6 (South Korea) BMW 5 (Germany) Volkswagen 5 (Germany) Hyundai 4 (South Korea) Nissan 4 (Japan) Audi 3 (Germany) Alfa Romeo 3 (Italy) Suzuki 3 (Japan) Ford 2 (USA) Honda 2 (Japan) Land Rover 2 (UK) Lexus 2 (Japan) Porsche 2 (Germany) Renault 2 (France) SEAT 2 (Spain) Volvo 2 (Sweden) Buick/Opel/Vauxhall 1 (USA/Germany/UK) Chevrolet 1 (USA) Chrysler 1 (USA) Citroen 1 (France) Dacia 1 (Romania) Ferrari 1 (Italy) Genesis 1 (South Korea) Jeep 1 (USA) Lamborghini 1 (Italy) Mazda 1 (Japan) Mitsubishi 1 (Japan) Opel/Vauxhall 1 (Germany/UK) Peugeot 1 (France) Skoda 1 (Czech Republic) SsangYong 1 (South Korea) Subaru 1 (Japan) Toyota 1 (Japan) TOP 5 NOMINATIONS BY NATION Don t rule out dark horse candidate countries like the UK with its Land Rover Discovery and Range Rover Velar. Germany 17 Japan 14 South Korea 12 Italy 5 USA 5

5 2018 WORLD CAR AWARDS THE CONTENDERS PROVISIONAL LIST OF ELIGIBLE VEHICLES WORLD CAR OF THE YEAR Alfa Romeo Giulia Alfa Romeo Stelvio BMW X3 Buick Regal / Opel/Vauxhall Insignia Citroën C3 Aircross Dacia Duster Ford Fiesta Genesis G70 Honda Accord Hyundai Kona Jeep Compass Kia Niro Kia Picanto Kia Stinger Kia Stonic Land Rover Discovery Range Rover Velar Mazda CX-5 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Nissan LEAF Nissan Micra Opel/Vauxhall Crossland X Peugeot 3008 Renault Koléos SEAT Ibiza Skoda Karoq SsangYong Rexton G4 Subaru XV/Crosstrek Suzuki Swift Toyota Camry Volkswagen Polo Volkswagen T-Roc Volkswagen Arteon Volvo XC60 Volvo XC40 WORLD URBAN CAR Ford Fiesta Hyundai Kona Kia Picanto Kia Stonic Nissan Micra SEAT Ibiza Suzuki Swift Volkswagen Polo WORLD LUXURY CAR Audi A8 BMW 6 Series Gran Turismo Lexus LS Porsche Cayenne Porsche Panamera WORLD PERFORMANCE CAR Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio Audi RS 3 Sedan Audi RS 5 Coupé BMW M5 Ferrari Portofino Honda Civic Type R Hyundai i30n Lexus LC 500 Renault Alpine A110 Suzuki Swift Sport Volkswagen Polo GTI WORLD GREEN CAR BMW 530e iperformance Chevrolet Cruze Diesel Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid Hyundai FE Nissan LEAF WORLD CAR DESIGN All vehicles above are automatically entered, plus the following: BMW i8 Roadster Lamborghini Urus

6 2018 WORLD CAR AWARDS JURORS BY COUNTRY AUSTRALIA RICHARD AUCOCK ITALY RUSSIA JOSHUA DOWLING NAT BARNES CLAIRE BEL DMITRY BARINOV PAUL GOVER RICHARD BREMNER ALESSANDRO LAGO VLADIMIR SOLOVIEV AUSTRIA STEPHAN SCHÄTZL KYLE FORTUNE STEVE FOWLER CHARLIE TURNER MICHAEL TAYLOR ALESSANDRO MARCHETTI TRICAMO VITALY TISHCHENKO SLOVENIA BRAZIL JASON VOGEL FRANCE SYLVAIN REISSER JAPAN PETER LYON MILOS MILAC SOUTH AFRICA LUIZ GUERRERO LIONEL ROBERT CHAIRMAN, WORLD HANNES OOSTHUIZEN CANADA GERMANY CAR AWARDS STEERING COMMITTEE SOUTH KOREA MICHEL DESLAURIERS JENS MEINERS VICE- CHARLEY CHAE SAMI HAJ-ASSAAD CHAIR, WORLD CAR SHINICHI KATSURA JOOSIK CHOI MARK RICHARDSON CHINA AWARDS STEERING COMMITTEE YASUHIKO KAWAMURA HIDESHI MATSUDA GORO OKAZAKI SPAIN FERNANDO GÓMEZ XIA DONG CHRISTIAN BRINKMANN KOJI OZAWA BLANCO LI GENG THOMAS GEIGER KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI MANUEL GÓMEZ BLANCO LUI HONGCANG CUI JUN MIAO JUN GREG KABLE YOSHIHIRO KIMURA PETER SCHWERDTMANN MOTOHIRO YAMAZAKI MEXICO USA TIM STEVENS WILLIAM WANG KUN DES SELLMEIJER HERNAN ACEVES DIRECTOR, WORLD CAR XIONGHUI (SEAN) QIU YUNQING WANG INDIA CRISTIAN MORENO CARLOS SANDOVAL AWARDS STEERING COMMITTEE SVEN XU LIANG ZHAOHUI COLOMBIA SIDDHARTH VINAYAK PATANKAR DIRECTOR, WORLD CAR AWARDS STEERING COMMITTEE MIDDLE EAST/U.A.E/ EGYPT MOHAMED SHETA ERIC ADAMS MATT ASKARI ROBERTO BALDWIN JOSÉ CLOPATOFSKY ZAC ESTRADA LONDOÑO DHRUV BEHL NETHERLANDS STEVEN EWING UNITED KINGDOM SIRISH CHANDRAN GIRISH KARKERA YOGENDRA PRATAP HENNY HEMMES POLAND JONATHAN GITLIN RICHARD HOMAN JOE LORIO MIKE RUTHERFORD HORMAZD SORABJEE MACIEJ PERTYNSKI JOHN MCCORMICK VICE-CHAIR, WORLD CAR AWARDS STEERING IRELAND PORTUGAL JASON STEIN JACLYN TROP COMMITTEE EDDIE CUNNINGHAM GUILHERME COSTA TAMARA WARREN

7 PLUGGED-IN FOR THE FUTURE BY SIDDHARTH VINAYAK PATANKAR, DIRECTOR OF THE WORLD CAR AWARDS The world is going electric, whether you like it or not. The electric car has taken the exit off the peripheral road, on to the mainstream one, and is here to stay is already being called the year of the big shift; as companies, countries and consumers start to mass-adopt the electric vehicle (EV). In the past year we have seen massive announcements from not just governments but also automakers to completely revolutionise the way they do their business and run their production today. I will get into specifics of those announcements but first it is important to understand where this electric push is coming from. It starts with pollution and governments like China s have quickly understood how this is a hot button topic for this day and age. Which is why China wants to lead the world in electric car production. China wants to lead the world in electric car production. Photo by Linuxthink: CC BY-SA But staying with pollution, study after study shows how particulate matter is the chief culprit of bad air quality, followed by toxic gases and fumes. In any case, the internal combustion is a minority contributor to the problem sometimes with an impact as low as 5-10%. But still we find a crusade against the fossil-fuel engine and a sentiment shift to electric gripping the world. Cities like Paris, Athens, Madrid and Mexico City have declared that they will ban the entry of diesel driven vehicles into city limits after Paris will go electric from 2040, largely driven by fears over air quality. Photo by Falcon Photography: CC BY-SA Countries are announcing electric switchover deadlines. India says it wants to go electric by 2030, China, Britain and France have announced 2040, and Germany is also looking at a timeline. But as the debates rage on where the electricity will come from to charge these cars, for instance automakers have seen the shift in the tide and are now making huge plans and investments to be future ready and protect their businesses from the tsunami that is coming.

8 Mercedes-Benz recently declared that it would have its first all-electric car by 2020 under its new EQ branded range. Two years later it will offer electric versions of every single car model it makes. The Smart brand is likely to go all-electric by Porsche says that by 2023, half of the cars rolling off its production will be electric. Volvo has announced that every car it unveils from 2019 onwards will have an electric motor, either as an all-electric EV, plug-in hybrid or hybrid. Jaguar has the same target for Audi has already gone big with its e-trons and now the AI badging its future cars will get. It will have an all-electric range by And BMW will have a staggering 25 electric cars by 2025, with the X3 set to become its first electric SUV in Big announcements? Indeed yes, but what we still do not know is where all of this takes us politically and economically as well in environmental terms. Experts predict that a massive shift to electric vehicles and the subsequent drop in demand for oil, will lead to major instability in the middle-east and other oil producing regions. This could have repercussions of a geo-political nature we cannot predict at this time. There is still the question of artificial intelligence and autonomy that is yet unanswered, and what impact that will have on the automobile industry. In the middle of all these investments that motown is having to make, we must not forget that the world is also debating a shift to autonomous vehicles. It is largely agreed that it will take time to fix regulations and infrastructure needed for autonomous vehicles, rather than worry about the technology itself as the latter is almost ready today! Nissan is already showing off its second generation Nissan LEAF that has doubled its range to 240 km on a single charge The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance will have 12 new electric cars by 2022 and is already showing off its second generation Nissan LEAF that has doubled its range to 240 km on a single charge (set to go to 320 km by 2019). Toyota, Suzuki and Denso have announced a battery making joint venture in India. Toyota is also working with Denso to bring out fast charging EVs by With autonomous cars the expectation is there will be a dramatic drop in accidents and fatalities, a huge increase in efficiency achieved by these vehicles meaning longer range of travel, and incremental benefits to the GDP of countries worldwide (from the efficiencies, savings from reduced accidents, and lesser expense on budgets due to the depleted relevance of fossil fuels). And then there is the rising trend of ride sharing that begs the question will car makers of tomorrow be manufacturers or service providers to the consumer of the future? Lots to grapple with, and hence one of the most exciting eras to live through for sure, isn t it? Volkswagen will begin deliveries of its first electric model by VW also says 50 electric cars will get added to its portfolio by 2025 by which time it hopes to overtake Tesla as the largest seller of EVs. The VW Group will see 300 EV models across its 9 brands by 2030! Former world number one GM also aims to launch two electric cars by 2019, and 20 all-electrics by VW says 50 electric cars will be added to its portfolio by 2025

9 IAA 2017: AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE BY JENS MEINERS, VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE WORLD CAR AWARDS Another auto show with few surprises: Virtually every carmaker sent out so much information prior to the show that the press day visitor felt like he had seen everything already. Unless the goal was to meet colleagues or industry representatives in person, most writers might as well have covered it from home. But there were a few exceptions - notably, the AMG Project One: This hypercar is not only extremely fast but also extremely efficient. A possible downside: Its technology comes straight from Formula One, but this racing series is not exactly on the rise, and the rules leading to the current pack of contenders have actually been strongly criticized. Another hypercar, the Bugatti Chiron, has taken a different approach, betting on sheer engine size and power. Bugatti s subsequent mistake: Aligning their communication along the km/h narrative. They could have expected it would be broken by someone else shortly. It doesn t matter that the Chiron is infinitely more refined than a Koenigsegg. The Audi Aicon was another surprise (although I have seen it before), a fully autonomous concept car which does away entirely with pedals and a steering wheel. The opportunities this architecture allowed were only partially harnessed, with a starkly reduced exterior, diffuse lighting, and a lounge-type interior without headrests and air bags: They are not needed anymore in a fully autonomous car. BMW explored the same genre with the ivision Dynamics, a concept that seemed somewhat unfinished and did not even allow a look inside. Outside, the Hofmeister kink is gone, the kidney grille has grown, but it s not a grille anymore. BMW chief Harald Krüger says the car will provide a sporty feel. Unlike the Audi, it is designed to still let you take the wheel if you so desire. The fully electric VW I.D. Crozz and the Skoda Vision E are variations of the same MEB platform, and the styling is surprisingly honest about it; I would have expected more differentiation. Economies of scale, quite obviously, still apply in the world of electrics. Cars for customers While we are vocally ascertained that the world of electrified pods and lounges may be just around the corner and that we will all love it, since it relieves us from the dreadful task of driving (that s the narrative, believe it or not), there were plenty of cars that we d rather drive without any assistance, thank you very much. Extremely fast and extremely efficient: The AMG Project One at the IAA. Photo by Matti Blume: CC BY-SA One of them is the 115-horsepower Volkswagen Up GTI. It will deliver a direct and unfiltered driving experience, light-

10 weight design, and clean shapes. No wonder VW likens it to the original Golf GTI. Crossover SUVs are still the rage: The Volkswagen T-Roc may be the brand s most important model in Europe and China, and the Audi Q2 is doing extremely well for the brand. Virtually every brand is moving into the compact crossover segment, and the Chinese brands, which have a head start, are unable to use it outside of their home market. Their move into Europe is beginning right now. Great Wall is launching with their luxury brand Wey: The two SUV models, VV5s and VV7s, are beautifully executed, just like the plug-in hybrid called P8. If the technology delivers what the design promises, they could work quite well in Europe. By contrast, Chery has chosen to launch their mainstream brand in Europe, even though they could have opted to use the more upmarket Qoros brand, which already has some recognition - and vastly superior design. A wasted opportunity. Then there s Borgward, the long-forgotten German brand resurrected by the Chinese. The European market launches of the current BX5, BX6 and BX7 models, designed before the mother company Foton even decided to go for the Borgward name, are just around the corner. But the Isabella Concept is stunning - and indicative of the brand s future design language. It does without retro elements, which we found curious, given chief designer Anders Warming s history with Mini. Land Rover Discovery SVX: Several established brands, including some of the most vocal on electrification, are shooting for the segment of large and powerful SUVs. Several established brands, including some of the most vocal on electrification, are shooting for the segment of large and powerful SUVs. Witness the awesome Land Rover Discovery SVX - with a supercharged 525-horsepower V-8. Every one of their new cars from 2020 onwards will be electrified, but this one isn t. Then there s the new BMW X7, shown in the form of a concept car. Sure, there s a plug-in hybrid under the hood - with a mere 6 cylinders. You can bet that BMW will offer a V-8 in the production car, and it will be wildly popular. Meanwhile, Porsche is launching the new Cayenne with a top-of-the-line Turbo version that makes a full 550 horsepower. But the brand is so shaken by the diesel scandal that they are not yet ready to commit to the new Cayenne V6 and V8 diesel, even though they are ready for the market. If Porsche believes that they can move these customers into their upcoming hybrids and that the customers will actually love the experience, they may be in for a rude awakening. Many paths are open in the automotive world these days, and Frankfurt showcased a lot of them, but a true sense of direction was absent. Tesla, the great disruptor, was missing, as were a number of mainstream brands such as Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Peugeot and Nissan. At least Chancellor Merkel didn t fail to appear before the industry - and deliver another variation of her ceaseless admonishment. Stunning: Borgward s Isabella concept does without retro styling elements In other words, this year s Frankfurt auto show was as fun and entertaining as ever. Enlightening, it wasn t.

11 WORLD CAR STAGES ITS FIRST- EVER TOKYO TEST DRIVE BY PETER LYON, WORLD CAR AWARDS CHAIRMAN 12 jurors, 8 cars gather at BMW Group Tokyo Bay Always evolving, always pushing the limits of what s possible -- that s the nature of the world s No 1 car awards program. So it was this year that World Car decided to make the most of our juror visits to Japan for the biannual Tokyo Motor Show by staging our first-ever Tokyo Test Drive event. At the outset, a very special thanks must go to BMW Japan for allowing World Car to use their massive, state-of-theart BMW Group Tokyo Bay showroom theme park as a base. A dozen jurors from Australia, Canada, Italy, Germany, Korea and the U.K. gathered before the first press day hours after a powerful typhoon passed through the city, to test drive eight eligible vehicles on the firm s unique test track as well as public roads around the facility. A dozen jurors from Australia, Canada, Italy, Germany, Korea and the U.K. gathered before the first press day to test drive eight eligible vehicles Roughly the size of a baseball field, BMW s on-site test track is the largest of its kind in the Tokyo metropolitan area and enabled jurors to test cars back to back in a controlled environment and secure some necessary photographs for test drive reports. Two other jurors from India, who could not attend our official drive day due to prior engagements, were able to test drive three eligible cars the previous day, giving them precious insight into some of the most hotly contested categories for Most of the assembled vehicles were cars that jurors could not drive in their home markets cars like the Suzuki Swift Sport Apart from the eight visiting jurors from overseas, four Japan-based jury members also participated in this firstever drive experiment. On the OEM side, several staffers from Honda and Suzuki press departments also made appearances to support the inaugural event.

12 Most of the assembled vehicles were cars that jurors could not drive in their home markets cars like the just launched BMW X3, Honda Civic Type R, Lexus LC500h, Mazda CX-5, Subaru XV, Suzuki Swift Sport and Toyota Camry. After a brief facility tour by BMW Japan CEO Peter Kronschnabl, in which jurors learned a lot about the Japanese market, the test drive started in earnest along the Wangan expressway. World Car has now added the biannual Tokyo Test Drive to an expanding line-up of global events organised to coincide with major motor shows, thus lifting the brand s cache around the world. This menu begins with our annual drive program launch at the reigning WCOTY winner s stand inside the Frankfurt or Paris shows in September, then moves onto the Tokyo Test Drive in October before proceeding to the Los Angeles Test Drives in November, at which over two dozen jurors drive some 20-plus eligible vehicles. In the same way as the Tokyo event gives visiting jurors the chance to drive some Japanese cars with limited global accessibility, the L.A. Test Drives are critically important as they provide jury members with access to many American, Korean, Swedish and German contenders Visiting jurors and test models at the World Car Awards Tokyo Test Drive event that non-american jurors find difficult to access in their home countries. For the L.A. event, World Car expects to welcome jurors from as far afield as Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Poland, Russia, UK and of course the U.S. BMW Japan CEO Peter Kronschnabl led a tour of the Tokyo Bay facility, offering insights into the Japanese market In the meantime, we look forward to seeing as many jurors as possible at our L.A. Test Drives November 26-30th. World Car Awards Chairman Peter Lyon addresses eager jurors ahead of the drive event Safe travels!

13 WORLD CAR AWARDS, JAGUAR AND McLAREN IN THE LIMELIGHT AT LONDON MOTOR SHOW BY MIKE RUTHERFORD, DIRECTOR & VICE-CHAIR OF THE WORLD CAR AWARDS Jaguar s two World Car Awards victories in April were game-changers. The pair of newly-acquired trophies promptly, prominently and proudly went on display within the British firm s glitzy exhibits at the New York and Shanghai Auto Shows. But at the smaller, more intimate London Motor Show a few days later in early May, WCA had its very own stand where the victorious Jag F-PACE, sporting a unique WCOTY livery, was displayed alongside those much travelled and coveted World Car of the Year and World Car Design of the Year gongs. Special security measures were deployed 24 hours a day to protect the pair of priceless awards which the carmad British public seemed as interested in as the winning vehicle itself. HRH Prince Michael of Kent made a beeline for the World Car stand at the London Show in 2016 and again in 2017 As one London showgoer accurately observed: These are the Oscars of the car world and although you often hear about such trophies, they re rarely shown in the flesh to ordinary members of the public like me - so it was great to see them at the London Show. Jeremy Hicks, Jaguar UK s Managing Director, added: The World Car Awards stand at the London Motor Show attracted thousands of showgoers keen to closely inspect Jag s F-PACE - the 2017 WCOTY Since winning WCOTY, F-PACE has become one of the greatest British automotive success stories and the fastest-selling Jaguar ever; fully designed, developed and built in the UK, it has in 2017 triumphed over some of the world s largest brands to win two World Car of the Year titles. It was only right that the car and both of the trophies it won were displayed in the UK at the London Motor Show for the whole nation to see.

14 Beaufort Securities confirmed that thousands of visitors from the the UK and further afield dropped in on the World Car stand which also included another true Brit - the McLaren 570S which was one of the runners-up in our 2017 World Performance Car competition. Showgoers appreciated the fact that they could get up close and personal with the F-PACE and 570S while speaking with World Car personnel about why these two models were so highly rated by our global network of independent jurors who voted back in January and February for their favourite cars of Tiff Needell - a daily visitor to the World Car stand in London last year and this year Alec Mumford, Chairman of the London Motor Show said: It s thanks to credible exhibitors like the World Car Awards and the presence of exciting cars like the WCOTY-winning Jaguar F-PACE that the London Motor Show has grown in popularity and stature and is therefore able to move to a bigger, better, more upmarket venue from Celebrities, sports stars, leading motor industry figures, ex-formula One drivers and a member of the Royal Family visited the World Car stand at Britain s motoring event of 2017 in the capital of England. A McLaren 570S, one of the runners-up in our 2017 World Performance Car competition, surrounded by champagne bottles at the World Car Awards stand. Photo: Julian Greenley The first round of voting for the 2018 World Car Awards is now less than three months away. And for the third year in succession, WCA will have its own stand at the next London Motor Show. The exhibition will be staged at Excel, a stone s throw from London City Airport between May 17 and 20, Journalists/jurors from Britain and overseas can obtain media passes by going to: A would-be McLaren buyer gets behind the wheel of the McLaren, courtesy of WCA at the London Motor Show. thelondonmotorshow.co.uk/press-registration-form/

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