Car of the Year 2013 …… The Votes Are In

Tomorrow the Continental Irish Car of the Year 2013 will be announced. From eleven shortlisted cars, 28 jurors from the Irish Motoring Writers Association have cast their votes. As a member of the Jury my votes have been cast based on a criteria ranging from driving dynamics, performance, innovation, to safety and build quality and value for money.

But in a fantasy world constraints of economy, practicality and safety could be disposed of and cars would be assessed on pure metal. With this in mind the wheelsforwomen team have ranked their cars from the Continental Irish Car of the Year 2013 shortlist and we have a crowned one car the victor, – not a unanimous choice but the result of robust and complex algorithms and stringent voting procedures. (See here for more info).

The final 11

BMW 3 Series
BMW 6 Series Gran Coupé
BMW M5
Ford B-Max
Kia cee’d
Kia Optima
Mazda CX-5
Mercedes-Benz M-Class
Peugeot 208
Toyota GT86
Volvo V40

And how the votes were cast

Geraldine’s Vote

Suzanne’s Vote

Caroline’s Vote

Laura’s Vote

The Overall Result

Agree or disagree, we want to hear from you, leave a comment below and tell us how you would have cast your vote

21st November, 2012

 

 

Author: Geraldine Herbert

Motoring Editor and Columnist for the Sunday Independent and editor of wheelsforwomen. Geraldine is also a regular contributor to Good Housekeeping (UK), EuroNews and to RTÉ, Newstalk, TodayFM, BBC Radio and Vigin Media. You can follow Geraldine on Twitter at @GerHerbert1

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