The long list (30 cars) for the
2014 Car of the Year Award has been announced, and making vying for the award this year for BMW is the BMW 4 Series, i3 and the new X5.
The full list of candidates includes:
1. BMW 4 Series
2. BMW i3
3. BMW X5
4. Citroën C4 Picasso
5. Ford EcoSport
6. Ford Kuga
7. Hyundai i10
8. Jaguar F-Type
9. Kia Carens
10. Range Rover Sport
11. Lexus IS
12. Maserati Ghibli
13. Mazda3
14. Mercedes-Benz S-Class
15. Mitsubishi Space Star
16. Nissan Note
17. Opel Cascada
18. Peugeot 2008
19. Peugeot 308
20. Porsche Cayman
21. Renault Captur
22. Renault Zoe
23. Seat Leon
24. Skoda Octavia
25. Subaru Forester
26. Suzuki SX4
27. Tesla Model S
28. Toyota Auris
29. Toyota Corolla
30. Toyota RAV4
This list will be pared down to just seven cars by mid-December and the winner will be announced on the eve of the Geneva auto show on March 3, 2014.
Nominees for the COTY award must all be: on sale by the end of the year in at least 5 European nations and have minimum of 5,000 unit forseeable annual sales projection.
The jury consists of 58 members representing 22 European countries.
The winner of the 2013 Car of the Year award was the VW Golf VII.