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Home News Auto News Presenting The Inaugural ASEAN Car of the Year Awards Presenting The Inaugural ASEAN Car of the Year Awards Auto News Hans | August 11, 2020 10:23 am For the first time in ASEAN’s 48-year history, motoring journalists, automotive warranty service providers and financiers from three of the largest markets in the ASEAN trade bloc – Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia – are coming together to launch the first ever ASEAN Car of the Year Awards. The move is rather timely as the ASEAN trade bloc collectively sold 3.19 million motor vehicles (excluding motorcycles) last year, and exporting 800,000 more. Growing at its current pace, ASEAN is expected to become the fifth largest automotive market by 2019. Considering that all the major car markets around the world have their own regional awards – the European Union has its European Car of the Year, and North America has the North American Car of the Year. There’s also the World Car of the Year, which despite its name, doesn’t really represent the world as journalists from only 23 countries are represented in the list of jurors; none of them from this side of the world. Compared to these regional awards, where winners are selected by the subjective scoring of each journalist, the ASEAN Car of the Year aims to be more objective, moving beyond subjective scores which may have little relevance to an actual car buyer. Apart from judging by motoring journalists from the three countries, the scoring mechanics behind the ASEAN Car of the Year will also include evaluations by third party service providers. Opal Auto Mart, a leading after-market warranty service provider with a large database to objectively evaluate the reliability of every car make on sale in Malaysia, will give their input in the judging process. Liberty Insurance (formerly known as Uni.Asia General Insurance) will judge the depreciation of each model while consumers are invited to rate their car ownership experience. The scoring process is transparent and will be made public when the winners are announced at the end of this year. The winning models from Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia that are sold across all three countries with similar specifications will automatically be eligible for the overall ASEAN Car of the Year Award. Participating judges from Malaysia include Chips Yap of Motor Trader, Kon from Autoworld.com.my, Daniel Wong of Malaysian Evo magazine, Yap Kam Foo of Top Gear Malaysia, Tom Goh of Zerotohundred, GC Mah and Matthew Tong of Autobuzz.my, Vishal of NST-CBT, Gan Yong Li of Pandulaju,com, Johan Izham and Qhalis Najmi of Traffic Mag Online, Denis Wong of Countersteer.my, Kenneth Sow of Kensomuse, and of course our own Chris Aaron of Carlist.my and its sister publication’s LiveLifeDrive’s Hans Cheong. The ASEAN Car of the Year awards is organised by iCar Asia, publisher of Carlist.my, Malaysian Evo and LiveLifeDrive.com (to be relaunched soon), Thailand’s AutoSpinn.com and Indonesia’s Mobil123.com. The awards is a non-profit event and despite being the awards organiser, iCar Asia does - publisher of Carlist.my, Malaysian Evo and LiveLifeDrive.com (to be relaunched soon), Thailand’s AutoSpinn.com and Indonesia’s Mobil123.com - does not hold any exclusive commercial rights to the event. iCar Asia is only taking the lead in organising the awards because of our significant presence across the three largest car markets in ASEAN. iCar Asia will also not be attaching its company logo or any of its publication titles on the ASEAN Car of the Year Awards logo, of which its commercial rights are distributed for free to any participating publication titles and car brands mentioned in the finalists list. Following are the list of Malaysian finalists nominated by the panel of judges: 1. Budget Car of The Year Kia Picanto Perodua Axia Proton Iriz 2. Compact Car of The Year Ford Fiesta Honda Jazz Mazda 2 3. Family Car of The Year Honda Civic Mazda 3 Toyota Corolla Altis 4. Executive Car of The Year Ford Mondeo Honda Accord Mazda 6 Toyota Camry 5. Family MPV of The Year Mazda Biante Proton Exora Volkswagen Cross Touran 6. Premium MPV of The Year Ford S-Max Honda Odyssey Volkswagen Sharan 7. Crossover of The Year Ford Ecosport Honda HR-V Mitsubishi ASX Peugeot 2008 Subaru XV 8. Compact SUV of The Year Ford Kuga Honda CR-V Mazda CX-5 9. Family SUV of The Year Hyundai Santa Fe Isuzu MU-X Nissan X-Trail 10. Pickup Truck of The Year Ford Ranger Isuzu D-Max Mitsubishi Triton 11. Coupe of The Year BMW 2-Series Hyundai Veloster Peugeot RCZ Subaru BRZ Toyota 86 Volkswagen Scirocco 12. Premium Compact Car of The Year Audi A3 Mercedes-Benz A-Class Volvo V40 13. Premium Family Car of The Year BMW 3-Series Lexus IS Mercedes-Benz C-Class Volvo S60 14. Premium Executive Car of The Year Audi A6 BMW 5-Series Mercedes-Benz E-Class 15. Premium Flagship of The Year Audi A8 BMW 7-Series Lexus LS Mercedes-Benz S-Class 16. Premium Compact SUV of The Year Audi Q3 BMW X1 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque Mercedes-Benz GLA 17. Premium Mid-Size SUV of The Year BMW X3 Lexus NX Porsche Macan Volvo XC60 18. Premium SUV of The Year BMW X5 Porsche Cayenne Volvo XC90 19. Premium Coupe of The Year Audi TT BMW 4-Series Jaguar F-Type Lexus RC 20. Performance Car of The Year BMW i8 BMW M4 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT McLaren 650S Porsche 911 21. Grand Tourer of The Year Bentley Continental GT BMW 6-Series Gran Coupe Porsche Panamera 22. Driver's Car of The Year Ford Fiesta ST Renault Megane RS Volkswagen Golf R ✕ Let's Connect on Whatsapp We protect your personal information in compliance with the PDPA I agree with Carlist.my Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. 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Presenting The Inaugural ASEAN Car of the Year Awards Auto News Hans | August 11, 2020 10:23 am For the first time in ASEAN’s 48-year history, motoring journalists, automotive warranty service providers and financiers from three of the largest markets in the ASEAN trade bloc – Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia – are coming together to launch the first ever ASEAN Car of the Year Awards. The move is rather timely as the ASEAN trade bloc collectively sold 3.19 million motor vehicles (excluding motorcycles) last year, and exporting 800,000 more. Growing at its current pace, ASEAN is expected to become the fifth largest automotive market by 2019. Considering that all the major car markets around the world have their own regional awards – the European Union has its European Car of the Year, and North America has the North American Car of the Year. There’s also the World Car of the Year, which despite its name, doesn’t really represent the world as journalists from only 23 countries are represented in the list of jurors; none of them from this side of the world. Compared to these regional awards, where winners are selected by the subjective scoring of each journalist, the ASEAN Car of the Year aims to be more objective, moving beyond subjective scores which may have little relevance to an actual car buyer. Apart from judging by motoring journalists from the three countries, the scoring mechanics behind the ASEAN Car of the Year will also include evaluations by third party service providers. Opal Auto Mart, a leading after-market warranty service provider with a large database to objectively evaluate the reliability of every car make on sale in Malaysia, will give their input in the judging process. Liberty Insurance (formerly known as Uni.Asia General Insurance) will judge the depreciation of each model while consumers are invited to rate their car ownership experience. The scoring process is transparent and will be made public when the winners are announced at the end of this year. The winning models from Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia that are sold across all three countries with similar specifications will automatically be eligible for the overall ASEAN Car of the Year Award. Participating judges from Malaysia include Chips Yap of Motor Trader, Kon from Autoworld.com.my, Daniel Wong of Malaysian Evo magazine, Yap Kam Foo of Top Gear Malaysia, Tom Goh of Zerotohundred, GC Mah and Matthew Tong of Autobuzz.my, Vishal of NST-CBT, Gan Yong Li of Pandulaju,com, Johan Izham and Qhalis Najmi of Traffic Mag Online, Denis Wong of Countersteer.my, Kenneth Sow of Kensomuse, and of course our own Chris Aaron of Carlist.my and its sister publication’s LiveLifeDrive’s Hans Cheong. The ASEAN Car of the Year awards is organised by iCar Asia, publisher of Carlist.my, Malaysian Evo and LiveLifeDrive.com (to be relaunched soon), Thailand’s AutoSpinn.com and Indonesia’s Mobil123.com. The awards is a non-profit event and despite being the awards organiser, iCar Asia does - publisher of Carlist.my, Malaysian Evo and LiveLifeDrive.com (to be relaunched soon), Thailand’s AutoSpinn.com and Indonesia’s Mobil123.com - does not hold any exclusive commercial rights to the event. iCar Asia is only taking the lead in organising the awards because of our significant presence across the three largest car markets in ASEAN. iCar Asia will also not be attaching its company logo or any of its publication titles on the ASEAN Car of the Year Awards logo, of which its commercial rights are distributed for free to any participating publication titles and car brands mentioned in the finalists list. Following are the list of Malaysian finalists nominated by the panel of judges: 1. Budget Car of The Year Kia Picanto Perodua Axia Proton Iriz 2. Compact Car of The Year Ford Fiesta Honda Jazz Mazda 2 3. Family Car of The Year Honda Civic Mazda 3 Toyota Corolla Altis 4. Executive Car of The Year Ford Mondeo Honda Accord Mazda 6 Toyota Camry 5. Family MPV of The Year Mazda Biante Proton Exora Volkswagen Cross Touran 6. Premium MPV of The Year Ford S-Max Honda Odyssey Volkswagen Sharan 7. Crossover of The Year Ford Ecosport Honda HR-V Mitsubishi ASX Peugeot 2008 Subaru XV 8. Compact SUV of The Year Ford Kuga Honda CR-V Mazda CX-5 9. Family SUV of The Year Hyundai Santa Fe Isuzu MU-X Nissan X-Trail 10. Pickup Truck of The Year Ford Ranger Isuzu D-Max Mitsubishi Triton 11. Coupe of The Year BMW 2-Series Hyundai Veloster Peugeot RCZ Subaru BRZ Toyota 86 Volkswagen Scirocco 12. Premium Compact Car of The Year Audi A3 Mercedes-Benz A-Class Volvo V40 13. Premium Family Car of The Year BMW 3-Series Lexus IS Mercedes-Benz C-Class Volvo S60 14. Premium Executive Car of The Year Audi A6 BMW 5-Series Mercedes-Benz E-Class 15. Premium Flagship of The Year Audi A8 BMW 7-Series Lexus LS Mercedes-Benz S-Class 16. Premium Compact SUV of The Year Audi Q3 BMW X1 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque Mercedes-Benz GLA 17. Premium Mid-Size SUV of The Year BMW X3 Lexus NX Porsche Macan Volvo XC60 18. Premium SUV of The Year BMW X5 Porsche Cayenne Volvo XC90 19. Premium Coupe of The Year Audi TT BMW 4-Series Jaguar F-Type Lexus RC 20. Performance Car of The Year BMW i8 BMW M4 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT McLaren 650S Porsche 911 21. Grand Tourer of The Year Bentley Continental GT BMW 6-Series Gran Coupe Porsche Panamera 22. Driver's Car of The Year Ford Fiesta ST Renault Megane RS Volkswagen Golf R ✕ Let's Connect on Whatsapp We protect your personal information in compliance with the PDPA I agree with Carlist.my Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. 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