2016 North American Car And Truck Of The Year Nominees Announced

It may only be June but preparations for the 2016 North American Car and Truck of the Year awards are already well underway. This week the final list of nominees was confirmed. There are 19 vehicles in the Car category and 21 for the Truck category.

In the coming months, the judges will prune the list down to a ten-vehicle shortlist for each category, and then in December they’ll test each of these shortlisted vehicles back-to-back. Three finalists will be determined for each category, and from these the two winning vehicles will be picked. The winners will be announced at the 2016 Detroit Auto Show in January. Last year’s winners were the Volkswagen Golf and Ford F-150.

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To be eligible, a vehicle must be all-new or substantially changed. It must also be available for sale in the U.S. and Canada shortly after the Detroit Auto Show awards ceremony. A minimum number of expected sales is also assumed, thus ruling out vehicles from more exotic marques.

The nominees for the 2016 awards are listed below:

Car	Truck
Acura ILX	Fiat 500X
Audi TT	Ford Edge
BMW 7-Series	Honda HR-V
Cadillac ATS-V	Honda Pilot
Cadillac CT6	Hyundai Tucson
Chevrolet Camaro	Infiniti QX50
Chevrolet Malibu	Jeep Renegade
Chevrolet Spark	Kia Sorento
Chrysler 300	Land Rover Discovery Sport
Ford Mustang Shelby GT350	Lexus RX
Honda Civic	Lincoln MKX
Jaguar XF	Mazda CX-3
Kia Optima	Mercedes-Benz GLC
Mazda MX-5 Miata	Mercedes-Benz GLE
Nissan Altima	Mercedes-Benz Metris
Nissan Maxima	Mitsubishi Outlander
Scion iA	Nissan Titan
Scion iM	Ram ProMaster City
Toyota Prius 20	Tesla Model X
	Toyota Tacoma
	Volvo XC90

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