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Porsche takes Car of the Year – again

The Porsche Macan

The Porsche Macan

19th March 2015

By: Irma Venter

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

  

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The Porsche Macan sports-utility vehicle on Wednesday night secured top honours in the 2015 WesBank/South African Guild of Motoring Journalists (SAGMJ) Car of the Year (COTY) competition.

Last night’s victory was the third time in a row for the German sportscar brand, having scooped the 2013 and 2014 titles with the Boxster and Cayman S respectively.

Porsche is the only manufacturer, since inception of the competition in 1986, to score three consecutive wins.

Also, 2015 is only the third year in which Porsche has been nominated as a WesBank/SAGMJ COTY finalist.

“I am delighted to accept this award on behalf of the dedicated team at Porsche South Africa, our enthusiastic Porsche customers and Porsche engineers, whose commitment and professionalism created the remarkable Macan,” said Porsche South Africa CE Toby Venter as he accepted the award from WesBank CEO Chris de Kock and SAGMJ chairperson Roger McCleery.

“This accolade for the Porsche Macan and everybody involved in its development, will be celebrated by the global Porsche family.”

The 2015 COTY competition had 15 finalists, judged by a SAGMJ jury of 28 journalists.

The finalists were the Audi A3 Sedan 1.4T FSI SE S Tronic; BMW M4 Coupe AT; Citroen C4 Picasso e-HDi 115 Intensive; Honda Accord 3.5 V6 Exclusive; Lexus ES 250 EX; Mercedes-Benz C200 AT; Nissan Qashqai 1.6 dCi Acenta AT; Porsche Macan S Diesel; Renault Duster 1.5 dCi Dynamique AWD; Subaru WRX Premium; and the Toyota Corolla 1.4 D-4D Prestige.

The Mercedes-Benz C200 came second.

 

Edited by Creamer Media Reporter

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