New York 2009: And the WCOY's World Green Car is ...

In New York this morning, the organizers of the world car of the year competition honored four cars that garnered the most votes in their respective categories from an international jury of journalists. While other categories where open to all newly introduced cars, the World Car of the Year's 'World Green Car' started with a list of 22 significant cars that had been produced in volumes of at least 10 and were in the hands of customers or test fleets. A team of three international experts in the field representing North America, Europe and Asia (including yours truly) examined the list and narrowed it down to five finalists. Among those the top three vote-getters from the overall jury were the Honda FCX Clarity, Toyota iQ and Mitsubishi iMiEV. The overall winner turned out to be the fuel cell powered Clarity.

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UPDATE: We've changed references in this post from the "World Green Car of the Year" to the "World Car of the Year's 'World Green Car'" to avoid confusion with the Green Car Journal's WGCOTY.