WORLD CAR OF THE YEAR AWARDS: 2008 Jurors



Argentina

CARLOS ALBERTO ANGIÓ Director :Mega Autos Magazine, MegaNews (The only Newspaper about the Automotive Industry)

FERNANDO MIRANDA Editor-in-chief: Autoplus, Transporte Mundial, La Moto, and Maxituning magazines



Australia

BILL MCKINNON Sydney Morning Herald, Australian Car Buyer, 4WD Buyer

SAMANTHA STEVENS Contributor: Sunday Telegraph, Wheels magazine



Austria

DR. HORST BAUER Motoring Editor, Kurier



Belgium

XAVIER DAFFE Editor-in-Chief, Le Moniteur Automobile



Brazil

JASON VOGEL Editor, O Globo Newspaper



Canada

GERRY MALLOY Co-Chair, Steering Committee
Contributor: Toronto Star, Canadian Auto Dealer, MSN Autos (Canada)



China

XIA DONG Chief Editor of Auto, Motor and Sport

SEAN X.H.QIU Editor-in-chief of "Autoworld"



England

NAT BARNES Motoring Editor, Daily and Sunday Express

PETER BURGESS Editor-in-chief: Motoring Research editorial agency. Contributor: MSN, Car, Auto Express

MIKE RUTHERFORD Columnist - The Daily Telegraph and Auto Express



France

LUC BAZIZIN Reporter - France 2 TV



Germany

THOMAS GEIGER Contributor, Welt am Sonntag, Frankfurter Allgmeine Zeitung, Deutsche Presse Agentur, Der Spiegel (on-line).

GREG KABLE (AutoCar UK, AutoWeek USA, Motor - Australia, Sydney Morning Herald Australia, Melbourne Age Australia, Car Top Japan, Motoring Singapore, Car Taiwan)

JUERGEN ZOELLTER Contributor: Autobild, Autozeitung, Focus, Welt am Sonntag plus 30 international outlets



Greece

MICHAEL STAVROPOULOS Chief Editor, 4Wheels (4TROXOI) magazine



India

HORMAZD SORABJEE Editor, Autocar India magazine



Ireland

PADRAIC DEANE Publisher/ Managing Editor, Automotive Publications



Italy

MATT DAVIS Director, Steering CommitteeWinding Road, European Car (U.S.); Auto Express, UK International Press (U.K.); Genroq (Japan); Expressen (Sweden); Gente Motori (Italy); et al.

MARCO MARELLI Gente Motori and Auto & Fuoristrada



Japan

MASATSUGU ARIMOTO Contrbutor: Axis, Rosso, J's Tipo, Car & Driver Japan, Car Styling

YASUHIKO KAWAMURA Contributor: Car and Driver (Japan), Autobytel-japan.com, Motor Magazine, Motor Fan, Rosso, Web Car Graphic,

PETER LYON Co-Chair, Steering Committee
Japan-based contributor to Edmunds Insideline, Auto Bild, Auto Express, Herald Sun, Quattroruote, Motor magazine, Evo, Holiday Auto, Best Car, Automotive Testing, Auto

HIDESHI MATSUDA Contributor: Best Car, Holiday Auto, Motor Magazine, Navi, J’s Tipo, Car Sensor, Xacar, Genroq, Response

PETER NUNN Contributor: Car Graphic, Autocar (UK), Wheels, WindingRoad.com, AutoObserver.com, News from JAMA

KOJI OZAWA Contributor: Best Car, Engine, Lapita, webCarGraphic, Smart, Begin, Takarajima, Form, nikkeibp.jp

KENICHI SAKURAI Rosso Magazine



Korea

JOOSIK CHOI Autocar Korea, Editor-in-Chief



Mexico

JAVIER BARRANCO Editor: Automovil Panamericano magazine and Automovil TV

ALEJANDRO GUILBERT PASTRANA Founder and Editor-in-Chief, 4Ruedas Magazine



New Zealand

BRIAN COWAN Editor-at-large: Autocar



Poland

MACIEJ PERTYNSKI Contributor: Auto-Moto, Motor

ROBERT PRZYBYLSKI Contributor: Rzeczpospolita



Russia

LEONID GOLOVANOV 



South Africa

HANNES OOSTHUIZEN Deputy Editor, CAR



Sweden

ROBERT COLLIN Staff writer: Aftonblade



United States

MIKE ALLEN Associate automotive editor: Popular Mechanics magazine

DAN CARNEY Director, Steering Committe
Contributor: MSNBC.com, The Wall Street Journal.com, Edmunds Inside Line, Automotive Engineering International, Sports Car International, Truck Trend

EZRA DYER Contributor: Automobile, Esquire, New York Times

JAMIE KITMAN Top Gear (UK) - US Editor; Automobile Magazine - New York Bureau Chief

JORGE KOECHLIN Contributor, AutoMundo

JOHN MCCORMICK Contributor: Detroit News, Consumers Digest, Bloomberg Markets magazine, Top Gear, Die Welt, Automobil Produktion

JOHN RETTIE Contributor: New Car Test Drive (US), Motor Trend (US), European Car (US), The Car Connection (US), Auto Express (UK).

JIM SCOUTTEN Contributor: Car and Driver Radio

PERRY STERN Editor, MSN Autos