DAILY NEWS AUTOS AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED

March 18, 2016 by Daily News Autos

• Daily News Autos Honors Seven Automakers Across 16 Categories For First Annual Auto Awards

New York, NY—March 14, 2016— Daily News Autos today announced the first annual Daily News Auto Awards, honoring the top cars in America today in 16 different categories. Award winners were selected by a panel of 9 automotive journalists with over 100 years of collective experience evaluating new vehicles all around the world.

'We created these awards to honor best-in-class vehicles for a wide range of consumers,' said Daily News Autos Editor Nick Kurczewski. 'Our intent with these awards is to help consumers make a better choice for their next car purchase. We also wanted to have a little fun, so we included a Dream Machine category, because everyone loves to dream about what they could be driving.'

The 2016 Daily News Autos winners are:

City Car: Honda Fit

City SUV: Mazda CX-3

Small Car: Mazda Mazda3

Small SUV: Mazda CX-5

Family Car: Mazda Mazda6

Family SUV: Honda Pilot

Green Machine: Chevrolet Volt

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Fun Car: Mazda MX-5 Miata

Truck: Chevrolet Colorado

Minivan: Honda Odyssey

Entry Luxury Car: Cadillac ATS

Entry Luxury SUV: Porsche Macan

Luxury Car: Mercedes-Benz S-Class

Luxury SUV: Volvo XC90

Luxury Sports Car: Cadillac CTS-V

Dream Machine: Mercedes-AMG GT S

The panel of automotive journalists was given a single, over-arching directive: Within each category, rank the vehicles in the order that you would recommend them to your family members, friends, and co-workers. Although the process was subjective, rooted primarily in the panel members' experience and expertise, the results reflect our collective love of driving while also focusing on exceptional value within each category. In our opinion, these are the best cars, SUVs, trucks, and vans you can buy today.

'Our categories reflect the proven interests of our growing audience,' said Kurczewski. 'The majority of our selections are priced below $50,000 and are fun to drive, while exceeding the standards of success within their respective automotive category. Daily News Autos occasionally stokes the fantasies of car dreamers, but exists primarily to serve real car buyers. We think, however, that getting from Point A to Point B should be fun no matter how much you have to spend on a car.'

The Awards will be given to auto manufacturers live from the New York Auto Show, beginning March 23rd.

About Daily News Autos:

Daily News Autos reaches 600,000 monthly unique visitors with original reviews, industry news, car shopping guides, and unique perspectives on automobiles and the industry that creates them. Daily News Autos serves enthusiast and in-market consumer audiences, its global roster of contributors having contributed to every major automotive publication in the U.S.

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