The final selection results of Japan's annual wind and cloud car are released, and there is no shortage of these cars on the list of some new cars listed in China!
JCOTY is in its 43rd year, and this year's jury of 60 automotive media, racing drivers and professionals included Kazunori Yamauchi, producer of the well-known racing video game Gran Turismo.
The jury will first vote from the finalists to select the top 10 cars to enter the final stage, and then select the annual wind car from the list of ten candidates, as shown in the attached table, entering the final 10, the top 3 are arranged by Japanese brands, and the appetite of the judges is still somewhat biased towards local tastes.
In the end, the Nissan Note car series won the championship with a high score of 335 points, and the judges believed that in addition to the excellent energy-saving performance brought by the second-generation e-Power, the rich model configuration allowed consumers to have a variety of choices, but the Note is currently only sold in Japan, and is not listed in North America, Europe, and the Chinese market.
The second is the new generation of twin brother Subaru BRZ and Toyota GR86 to share the glory, of which BRZ has been released in China long before this, providing 6-speed manual and 6AT models to choose from, with a pre-price of 308,800 and 330,800 respectively. As for gr86, it was originally scheduled to be released in China in the fourth quarter of this year, but due to the lack of parts, it may be postponed to the first half of 2022.
Honda Vezel (the domestic version is called HR-V) won the third place of the year with 227 points; the fourth place is Mitsubishi's new generation Outlander, which has released the latest model before the country.
In addition to the competition for the annual championship, JCOTY also has awards such as "Imported Car of the Year", "Performance Car of the Year", "Design of the Year", "Technology of the Year" and "Light Vehicle of the Year (K Car)". First of all, the annual imported car was awarded to the Volkswagen eighth generation Golf series, and the review believed that the combination of the newly launched 48V light oil electric system and the 1.0-liter three-cylinder turbo engine combines energy saving and performance, coupled with Golf's excellent chassis tuning, and the comprehensive evaluation is high. And this car has actually received unanimous praise in China.
The performance car of the year was won by the Chevrolet Corvette C8, and the judges concluded that although the car was the brand's first mid-mounted rear-drive supercar, it had a balanced performance in all aspects and good performance.
The Design of the Year Award was won by the BMW 4 Series, and the judges concluded that the "large nostril"-like grille successfully challenged the brand's traditional double kidney design, which made the eyes shine.
The annual technology award was won by mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, the judges believe that the new car battery upgrade, coupled with the pure electric endurance increased a lot, and the front and rear axle electric motor construction of the S-AWC system, the handling performance has also been added, however, the car has not yet been introduced to the country, it is also a big regret.
As for the light car of the year, it was won by the Honda N-One, which was judged to be the best-selling K Car in Japan by providing natural intake and turbo engines to meet the needs of different car consumers, as well as Honda Sensing to ensure the safety of drivers and occupants.
In fact, through the ranking, it can be seen that Japan and Germany are similar, and the more popular cars in China are all local cars. China and the United States are somewhat similar, and joint venture cars and imported cars are relatively popular. However, in the past two years, the situation has improved a lot.