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SA’s 12 Car of the Year 2019 finalists announced
SUVs dominate the list, although smaller cars such as the Nissan Micra and Suzuki Swift are also in the running
The 12 vehicles that will battle it out for the 2019 AutoTrader SA Car of the Year competition have been announced. The list in the competition, run by the SA Guild of Motoring Journalists (SAGMJ), includes vehicles from Italy, Japan, Korea, Germany, France and Sweden. George Mienie, AutoTrader CEO, believes that it is fitting to see the spread of vehicle categories contained within the list of finalists. “SA motorists have access to vehicles from all over the world and to every conceivable type. This is reflected in the list of finalists,” he notes. The finalists are the Nissan Micra, Suzuki Swift, Mercedes-Benz A-Class, Honda Civic Type R, Lexus ES, Suzuki Jimny, Renault Duster, Alfa Romeo Stelvio, Hyundai Kona, Mitsubishi Pajero Sport, Porsche Cayenne and Volvo XC40. It’s also interesting to note that sports utility vehicles (SUVs) dominate the list. The next step in the SA Car of the Year journey is the actual testing of these finalists by jury members from the SAGMJ. Each vehic...
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