Car of the Year in Russia 2007: Selected the best cars in Russia

March 30 in Moscow in the Central exhibition hall Manege, an official awards ceremony "Car of the Year in Russia 2007". This award can rightly be considered the most significant among all road contests. Founded at the turn of 2000-2001, the magazine Avtopanorama "with the assistance of the Association" Russian Automobile Dealers' award "Car of the Year in Russia" is becoming increasingly important as voting for motorists, and for the producers themselves. The second year in a row to vote involving more than 80,000 people from all over Russia. This year's award winners were 19 models, each in a separate class, which was carried out and vote. Necessary condition for drawing up categories is the official distribution of cars on the territory of the Russian Federation. During the three and a half months 82,302 Russian drivers have expressed their opinions and choose the most worthy among the 306 models represented a vote. And in the category of "New Year" was presented 117 models. As a result of this award took Volvo S80, which has already been on test drive AVTO.RU and left only positive emotions. In the class "city car" battle was fought between Chevrolet Spark, Peugeot 1007 and Citroen C2. As a result, the leader in the opinion of voters was considered last. And the best among small cars, according to Russian voters, was the Opel Corsa, this award, he tore the Ford Fusion and Hyundai Getz. The first prize in the category of "small middle class has taken the model Mazda3 rival Ford Focus 2, and Honda Civic. A Honda Accord was the winner among the middle class cars, which included Mazda6 and Volvo S40. The latter was the main prize by a vote - the winner was a resident of Novorossiysk Turivny Alexander, who received the keys to the car from the hands of the representative of Volvo in Russia, at the ceremony. Top-class business model is recognized Toyota Camry, conquered all the luxury and comfort. In the "executive class" to get ahead Lexus LS460, beating giants such as Mercedes-Benz S-Class and BMW 7-Series. In the "executive class" Premium "was the first Maybach, and the best of the best recognized model convertible Audi TT, and the model of the Porsche 911 Turbo - among coupe premium. In the class "convertibles and roadsters" won model BMW Z4. In the class "convertibles and roadsters" Premium "most votes were cast for a model Ferrari F430 Spider. The best among generalists terrain recognized Subaru Legacy Outback. In the categories of "light off-road vehicles (up to 2100kg), medium-sized SUVs (up to 3000kg) and heavy off-road vehicles (over 3000kg), the winners were Toyota RAV4, Audi Q7 and Range Rover Sport, respectively. Most worthy pickup truck has become a model Nissan Navara. In the class of "minivan" and "small commercial vehicles" prize awarded to the model Ford S-MAX and the Volkswagen Caddy. In the category of "Favorite brand of" consumers prefer the brand Toyota, a model of this company and its subsidiaries have generated the most number of prizes in various categories, and the President of the Russian subsidiary of Japanese company Tomoaki Nisitani tired to speak from the stage as he was grateful to the Russian clients. In this year's competition was established by special nomination "The Best Dealer". During the evaluation criteria in this category has been selected the number of vehicles sold the same brand. Diploma "Best Dealer" won by "New York Motors Moscow", the official dealer of Ford, implemented in 2006, more than all cars Ford not only in Russia but also in the world. Classification of vehicles represented in the competition, traditionally based on the European circuit, taking into account the peculiarities of Russian market. The competition was presented 18 categories and two special category ("New Year" and "Favorite brand"). This year, the highest number of nominations of distinguished company Toyota with its structural division Lexus. And for all time the competition attracted more than just winning brand BMW, having been recognized as the best of the best in 13 categories. Second largest number of awards given to the Russian motorists brand Peugeot, recognizing her best in 9 categories, although this year's French automaker failed to get any awards. A third place with a certain detachment is Audi with 6 models, win the competition. In a class of small and city cars are leading French manufacturer. The best in the middle and business classes are most often the model-new items of different brands. As it turns out that Russian consumers do not have permanent preferences. On consumers is strongly influenced by the emergence of many new products on the market. In the executive class awards honored the best models of German and American automakers. According to Russian voters, best coupe type of premium collected by the German company, and convertibles and roadsters - only the Bavarians. Russian buyers appreciate the light off-road vehicles (weighing up to 2100kg), produced by Japanese corporations. Mean SUVs are good for three manufacturers in Germany (Volkswagen, BMW) and Japan (Toyota). A heavy SUVs - it is only the Range Rover. In the category of "small commercial vehicles," the French automotive industry steadily keeps the first place. Car of the Year in Russia 2007 (winners) A. City cars Citroen C2 B. Small class Opel Corsa C. Small middle class Mazda3 D. Middle Class Honda Accord E. Business Class Toyota Camry F1. Executive Class Lexus LS 460 F2. Representation class premium Maybach G1. Coupe Audi TT G2. Premium coupe Porsche 911 Turbo H1. Convertibles and roadster BMW Z4 H2. Convertibles and roadsters premium Ferarri F430 Spider I. With increased permeability Subaru Legacy Outback K1. Light SUVs Toyota RAV4 K2. 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