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"   World Car Of The Year 2012 Winner: Volkswagen Up!  The winners in the annual World Car Awards were announced today at the 2012 New York Auto Show. The Volkswagen Up! is the overall winner of the 2012 &amp;quot;World Car of the Year.&amp;quot; Sadly it will not be on display since it is not sold in the U.S. The Volkswagen Up! was chosen from an initial entry list of 34 new vehicles from all over the world, then a short list of ten, then three finalists: the Volkswagen Up!, the BMW 3 Series and the Porsche 911. It&amp;#039;s the third time a Volkswagen has won the prestigious award \u2013 the Polo won in 2010 and the Golf VI won the title in 2009. The Porsche 911 won the 2012 World Performance Car award. It was chosen from an initial entry list of 19 new cars from around the world, then a short list of ten, then three finalists: the Porsche 911, the Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4, and the McLaren MP4-12C. This is the sixth out of seven times that Porsche has made it to the top three position in the World Performance Car category.   World Performance Car finalists Previous World Performance Car winners were the Ferrari 458 Italia in 2011, Audi R8 V10 in 2010, Nissan GT-R in 2009, Audi R8 in 2008, Audi RS4 in 2007 and Porsche Cayman S in 2006. The Range Rover Evoque was declared the 2012 World Car Design of the Year, beating out the Citroen DS5 and Volkswagen Up!.   The Range Rover Evoque won 2012 World Car Design of the Year The Mercedes-Benz S 250 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY was declared the 2012 World Green Car, ahead of the Ford Focus Electric and Peugeot 3008 Hybrid. Vehicles are selected and voted on by an international jury panel comprised of 64 automotive journalists from 25 countries. As one of the seven US-based jury members, I was pleased with the results as they closely matched my voting. I was especially pleased with the Evoque&amp;#039;s win as it is such a radical style for a luxury SUV.   The Mercedes-Benz S 250 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY was declared the 2012 World Green Car I was also pleased with the seventh-generation Porsche 911 taking the Performance Car honors as the car exceeded my expectations when I drove it a few weeks ago. I think it is amazing how well Porsche designers and engineers have taken a 50 year old design and thoroughly updated it in looks, performance, comfort and economy while maintaining its unique character. More:          Full Coverage: 2012 New York Auto Show &amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt; Photos: 2012 New York Auto Show &amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt; . Related posts:   World Car Top Three Finalists Announced \u2013 2012 New York Auto Show Volkswagen Alltrack Concept \u2013 2012 New York Auto Show World Car of the Year Finalists \u2013 New York Auto Show Preview  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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