{"id":7083,"date":"2013-11-20T09:58:36","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T09:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/?p=7083"},"modified":"2013-11-20T10:06:14","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T10:06:14","slug":"car-year-2014-votes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/index.php\/car-year-2014-votes\/","title":{"rendered":"Car of the Year 2014 …… The Votes Are In"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"champagne\"<\/a>Tomorrow the Continental Irish Car of the Year 2014 will be announced. From 16 shortlisted cars, 28 jurors from the Irish Motoring Writers Association have cast their votes.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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 2014 shortlist and we have a crowned one car the victor, – not a unanimous choice but the result of\u00a0robust and complex algorithms and stringent voting procedures. (See\u00a0here\u00a0<\/a>for more info).<\/p>\n

The \u00a05 categories<\/p>\n

1) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Continental Irish Small Car of the Year 2014 Award
\nDacia Sandero
\nPeugeot 2008
\nRenault Clio<\/p>\n

2) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Continental Irish Compact Family Car of the Year 2014 Award
\nCitroen C4 Picasso
\nToyota Auris
\nToyota Corolla
\nVolkswagen Golf<\/p>\n

3) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Continental Irish Family Car of the Year 2014 Award
\nSkoda Octavia
\nKia Carens
\nMazda6<\/p>\n

4) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Continental Irish Executive\/Luxury Car of the Year 2014 Award
\nBMW 4 Series
\nRange Rover<\/p>\n

5) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Continental Irish Performance Car of the Year 2014 Award
\nNissan Juke Nismo
\nPeugeot 208 GTi
\nFord Fiesta ST
\nVolkswagen Golf GTI<\/p>\n

And how the votes were cast<\/p>\n

Geraldine’s Vote<\/a><\/p>\n

Suzanne\u2019s Vote<\/a><\/p>\n

Caroline\u2019s Vote<\/a><\/p>\n

Laura\u2019s Vote<\/a><\/p>\n

The Overall Result<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Agree or disagree, we want to hear from you, leave a comment below and tell us\u00a0how you would have cast your vote<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Geraldine Herbert<\/strong><\/p>\n

21st November, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tomorrow the Continental Irish Car of the Year 2014 will be announced. From 16 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[1287,899,503,828],"yoast_head":"\nCar of the Year 2014 ...... 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