North American Car Of The Year

Kia Stinger and Alfa Romeo Stelvio were among the runners-up.

We've linked to our reviews, and want to hear your picks.

As usual, there are some surprising entries on the list.

The finalists for the 2016 North American Car and Truck/Utility of the Year awards have been named. Vote in our polls to let us know which vehicles you think should win.

The nominees for the 2016 North American Car and Truck/Utility of the Year award have been announced. The winners will be crowned at the Detroit Auto Show in January.

Tuesday afternoon at the Detroit Athletic Club, the finalists for the 2015 North American Car and Truck/Utility of the Year awards were announced at a press luncheon. The selected – three in cars and three in trucks/utilities – will vie for the coveted Tiffany crystal, which will be presented at the Detroit Auto Show on Monday, January 12. The finalists are:

UPDATE: Ford has just informed the NACTOY jury that the 2015 Edge will not go on sale in time for consideration. Thus, it has been removed from the short list and the story below has been updated accordingly.

Although the domestic auto season is not yet upon us, the picture for the 2014 model year is well established, with many models already on sale at dealerships. Likewise, the jurors of the North American Car and Truck/Utility of the Year awards are already in the thick of their new vehicle evaluations, and they've culled down their "long list" of nominees down to a tighter list of candidates. Whereas the long list essentially represents all new vehicles that are expected to launch in a given year

2012 is almost in the books and automakers are spending December gearing up for the 2013 auto show season, which tips off next month at the Detroit Auto Show. Traditionally, the latter opens up with the announcement of the North American Car and Truck/Utility of the Year awards, and this year figures to be no different.

It's that time of the automotive year again, where the changing of the seasons yields a fresh crop of cars and trucks at dealers and a new bounty of awards. North American Car and Truck/Utility of the Year jurors(*) have been flogging all manner of new sheetmetal, and they've culled their long list down to a shorter, more manageabl

This year's selection for North American Truck of the Year was something of a sign of the times as the pool of nominees didn't really fit the traditional definition of "truck" – beasts of burden with features like a low range, open bed and/or body-on-frame construction. Not only were all three finalists crossovers (including the winning 2012 Land Rover Range Ro

And now, ladies and gentlemen, the moment you've all been waiting for... the Car of the Year awards to rule all Car of the Year awards... the definitive selection of the very best the industry has to offer has been decided. Well, we don't know about all that, but the votes have been tabulated and the assembled jurists (including our own Chris Paukert) have selected the 2012 North American Car and Truck of the Yea

The finalists for the 2012 North American Car and Truck of the Year have just been announced, and this year, the three candidates in each category are as follows:

2011 Hyundai Sonata 2.0T – Click above for high-res image gallery

2011 North American Car and Truck of the Year Finalists – Click above for high-res image gallery

2011 North American Car and Truck of the Year Finalists – Click above for high-res image gallery

A group of 50 U.S. and Canada-based automotive journalists from various news outlets, including one from our sister site Autoblog, has sliced the list for the 2011 North American Car and Truck of the Year awards to 14 possible winning vehicles in each category. Among automakers, Ford, Hyundai/Kia, Eric Loveday

A pool of 50 U.S. and Canada-based automotive journalists from various news outlets has cut down the list for the 2011 North American Car and Truck of the Year awards to 14 possible winning vehicles in each category.

Mark Fields, Ford's President of the Americas, accepts the hardware from Tony Swan of Car and Driver