Overview
- The awards were announced Wednesday morning during an Automotive Press Association event at the start of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
- Other car finalists were the Honda Prelude hybrid sports coupe and the Nissan Sentra compact.
- Other truck finalists were the Ram 1500 Hemi and the Ram 2500.
- Other utility finalists were the Lucid Gravity luxury electric vehicle and the Nissan Leaf small electric crossover.
- Automakers prize these honors as a gauge of media evaluation, and buyers often use them to inform purchase decisions, with this year’s slate spanning internal combustion, hybrid, and electric models.