The Road to the World Car Awards journey concluded today with a grande finale awards ceremony and press conference that opened the New York International Auto Show. The Audi A7 was declared the 2019 World Luxury Car.
This is the second consecutive World Luxury Car win for AUDI AG. The A8 was last year’s winner in this category.
Today’s win marks the 10th time that AUDI AG has won a World Car award in our 15 year history. The company previously won the World Car of the Year title in 2014 (Audi A3) and the very first World Car of the Year award in 2005 (Audi A6). As of today, AUDI AG continues to hold the record for the most won World Car Awards.
“It is a great honor for Audi to win the ‘World Luxury Car’ award twice in a row,” says Hans-Joachim
Rothenpieler, Member of the Board of Management of AUDI AG Technical Development. “We are very proud of this award because it shows Audi’s ability to develop leading premium cars in various segments.”
This year’s winner was chosen from an initial entry list of five prestigious cars from all over the world, then a short list of three finalists as announced in Geneva on March 5th. The 2019 Top Three in the World finalists are the Audi A7, the Audi Q8 and the BMW 8 Series.
Previous World Luxury Car winners were the Audi A8 (2018), the Mercedes-Benz E-Class (2017), the BMW 7 Series (2016), the Mercedes-Benz S Coupé (2015) and the Mercedes-Benz S-Class (2014). The award was first created in 2014 to acknowledge higher-priced premium models selling in more limited numbers worldwide.
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SOURCE: WCOTY
