the years, the COTY criteria has been further refined and, for 2004, it was amended to allow any Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) to be eligible for the first time, permitting the Australian-made Ford Territory to take the title. For 2011, the Honda CR-Z instead became the first hybrid to win the award. Starting from 2015, the temporal basis of how the award is branded has been changed such that, the award now carries the year of when the winner was announced, instead of the preceding year when testing took place. Consequently, what would have been the 2015 COTY winner is instead be the winner for 2016 and so forth. COTY winners To date, in chronological order, the award winners (by name including series where available) have been the following: Notes Multiple wins Most awarded vehicles Multiple awards by manufacturer Includes award won by the S-Class predecessor—the Mercedes-Benz 380 SE (W126). See also List of motor vehicle awards References Motor vehicle awards