EDITORIAL NOTE
Manufacturer and public lost a chance
Mazda SA’s withdrawal of its CX-3 from the 2017 Wesbank SA Car of the Year competition leaves much to be desired writes Lerato Matebese
As you will read in our back-page story, the Motor News team once again participated as jurors in the Wesbank/ SAGMJ Car of the Year competition test days. Finalists for 2017 come from a wide cross-section of the market. It is a direct representation of South African buying trends and arguably makes the competition one of the most relevant in a while. That said, though, I was rather perplexed by Mazda SA’s decision to pull its CX-3 finalist only a week before the test days commenced. The reasons are known to the Motor News team, but arguably the most prominent is that Mazda SA does not subscribe to the Car of the Year eligibility period from September 1 2015 to August 31 2016. Mazda SA "is of the opinion that due to the long time frame, the winning vehicle could be well over two years old and, given the advancement in production engineering, it’s likely that the technology, driving dynamics and safety advances of even the eventual winner may have changed in that time". There is vali...
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