As we predicted, Nissan Leafage won the 2011 World Auto of the Year, besting the Audi A8 and the BMW 5 Series. Today, at the 2011 New York Auto Show, Brian Carolin, Senior VP for sales and marketing at Nissan, accustomed the award. "It's a dandy honor. The Nissan Foliage truly is a game changer."

The honor shows over again the importance of electrical vehicles and hereafter mobility, and the trend will proceed in the adjacent years. Fuel efficient vehicles are slowly becoming the cadre product of large automakers and a bet that can transform many companies.

In the World Light-green Motorcar award, Chevrolet Volt won takes the top spot alee of BMW'south 320d and the Nissan Foliage. The World Machine Design award went to the Aston Martin Rapide, defeating the Alfa Romeo Giulietta and the Ferrari 458 Italia. The Ferrari 458 Italian republic was named the winner of the Earth Performance Car category, defeating the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG and Porsche 911 Turbo.

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A jury of 60-half dozen distinguished international automotive journalists selected the following acme x finalists in both categories by hush-hush election, based on their feel with each candidate every bit part of their professional work. The jury members plant a residuum of representation from Asia, Europe, North America, Due south America, also every bit other parts of the world.