The following are the winners of NST-Maybank CBT COTY 2008 Awards:
Entry-level Car of the Year 2008: Proton Saga
Premium small Car of the Year 2008: Honda Jazz
Family Car of the Year 2008: Nissan Sylphy
Executive Car of the Year (below RM200k) 2008: Mazda6 2.5
Premium Executive Car of the Year (above RM200k) 2008: Jaguar XF
Limousine Car of the Year 2008: Mercedes-Benz S500L
Performance Car of the Year 2008 (below RM300k): Honda Civic Type-R
Performance Car of the Year (above RM300k) 2008: BMW M3
Midi-MPV Car of the Year 2008: Honda Stream
Large MPV Car of the Year 2008: Renault Grand Espace
The biggest winner this year is Honda, winning in 3 categories: Premium Small Car, Performance Car & Midi MPV. Congrats! I was expecting Toyota Vios to win the Entry level Car but I guess in Bolehland, nationalism is very strong.
ReplyDeleteHonda the biggest winner? I would have thought it was Mazda that came out the biggest winner seeing that 2 cars won 3 categories including the covetted COTY 2008 award. And seeing the size of company, Mazda is definitely no giant compared to the likes of Toyota and Honda.
ReplyDeleteIt was a close fight between the Mazda6 2.5 and the Honda Accord 2.4 in the 'Executive Car of the Year' category!
ReplyDeleteThe COTY wasn't exactly a shootout report but an assessment (scoring) based on a set of criteria.
IMHO, both are very good vehicles but in the end, it has boiled down to that extra "Wow!" factor I guess ;)