2021 North American Car/Truck/SUV of The Year Awards Announced – Winners: Hyundai Elantra/Ford F-150/Ford Mustang Mach-E : Automotive Addicts

DETROIT, January 11, 2021 – The winners of the 2021 North American Automotive, Truck and Utility Automobile of the Yr (NACTOY) Awards™ have been revealed earlier in the present day throughout a digital occasion hosted by the group’s officers.

After lots of of hours of check drives, analysis and analysis, NACTOY’s impartial jurors voted for Hyundai Elantra, because the North American Automotive of the Yr™, Ford F-150 as North American Truck of the Yr™ and Ford Mustang Mach-E as North American Utility Automobile of the Yr™.

Based in 1994, these awards are the longest-running new-vehicle awards not related to a single publication, web site, radio or tv station. They’re judged by 50 skilled automotive journalists from the US and Canada who work for and contribute to all kinds of magazines, newspapers, web sites, tv and radio stations.

Jurors started the 2021 analysis course of with 43 eligible automobiles earlier than narrowing them right down to 27 semifinalists after which 9 finalists by way of two rounds of voting.

“The automotive business launched an unusually robust subject of spectacular new automobiles, together with many with important technological advances, which made our job as jurors even tougher than typical this 12 months,” stated NACTOY President Gary Witzenburg. “We applaud these 2021 winners and congratulate the business for persevering with to serve its clients with extremely fascinating new merchandise 12 months after 12 months.”

To find out these three winners, jurors voted on the 9 finalists based mostly on phase management, innovation, design, security, dealing with, driver satisfaction and worth for the greenback. The votes have been tallied confidentially by Deloitte LLP and remained secret till envelopes have been unsealed throughout in the present day’s occasion.

Here’s a nearer take a look at every winner:

Automotive of the Yr: Hyundai Elantra

The compact automobile phase is way much less fashionable in the present day than it was only a few years in the past and a few automakers have deserted it solely. Not Hyundai.

“It’s refreshing to see an automaker so dedicated to the sedan phase that at launch they provide such all kinds of fashions as is within the Hyundai Elantra household,” stated Senior Govt Producer/Host at Maryland Public Tv/MotorWeek and NACTOY juror John Davis. “Hyundai didn’t do the drip-drip of the mannequin variants over a long term as is typical for the category.”

Truck of the Yr: Ford F-150

NACTOY jurors stated Ford discovered some ways to enhance what was already the market’s top-selling pickup.

“The F-Sequence is Ford’s crown jewel, to not point out the highest-selling car lineup within the U.S. for 40 years,” stated freelance auto reporter, analyst and NACTOY juror John Voelcker. “The newest model refines the bundle, retaining what’s good, updating as wanted, and delivering the correct mix of options, capabilities, consolation, and magnificence—with the additional benefit of the primary hybrid powertrain in nearly a decade to debut in a full-size pickup truck.”

Utility Automobile of the Yr: Ford Mustang Mach-E

Till now, it will have been exceptional to place an iconic Mustang badge on a utility car, however NACTOY jurors say Ford’s resolution to take that danger paid off with the Mustang Mach E.

“The Mustang Mach-E leapfrogs European EVs because the Tesla Mannequin Y’s most formidable challenger but. Like Tesla, Mach-E understands that the premium EV market is as a lot about inside tech as it’s about torque,” stated Detroit Information Auto Critic and NACTOY juror Henry Payne.

NACTOY jurors voted these three winners from the next 9 excellent finalists:

NACTOY is an impartial, non-profit group, with dues-paying journalist members led by elected officers. Learn extra juror feedback on the finalists right here: https://northamericancaroftheyear.org/juror-comments-2021-north-american-car-truck-and-utility-of-the-year/