WORLD CAR OF THE YEAR AWARDS: 2008 Voting Results


Overall Car of the Year

VEHICLE MERIT VALUE SAFETY ENVIRONMENT SIGNIFICANCE EMOTIONAL
APPEAL
WEIGHTED
SCORE
Audi A5 Coupé /
Audi S5 Coupé
7.36 6.37 7.88 5.88 6.25 7.45 696.2
Audi R8 7.93 6.11 7.51 4.99 7.38 8.60 724.2
Cadillac CTS 7.00 6.66 7.41 5.84 6.88 7.02 684.6
Ford Mondeo 7.61 7.50 7.77 6.58 7.38 6.72 738.8
Ford S-Max 7.08 7.05 7.58 6.50 6.80 6.07 693.8
Mazda2 /
Mazda Demio
7.63 7.76 7.46 7.80 7.30 6.91 755.0
Mercedes-Benz
C-Class
7.56 6.94 8.20 6.68 6.96 6.85 728.2
Nissan Qashqai/
Dualis
7.13 7.18 7.18 6.75 7.07 6.32 702.2
Nissan Skyline Coupe/
Infiniti G37 Coupe
7.26 6.80 7.40 5.86 6.18 7.24 693.2
Volvo C30 6.74 6.63 7.88 6.83 6.67 7.04 686.5
 

World Performance Car

VEHICLE 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th SCORE
AMG Mercedes-Benz CL 63 1 4 3 6 2 44
AMG Mercedes-Benz S 63 0 2 2 0 3 17
Aston Martin V8
Vantage Roadster
1 5 3 2 8 46
Audi R8 29 3 2 4 1 172
Audi S5 Coupé 0 4 9 4 6 57
BMW M3 9 9 8 6 4 121
Honda Civic R
(Japanese & European spec)
1 2 5 4 5 41
Maserati GranTurismo 0 5 2 2 3 33
Mercedes-Benz
CLK63 AMG Black Series
0 7 4 4 5 53
Renault Clio F1 Team R27 0 0 3 9 4 31