(10 Jan 2025)
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Detroit – 10 January 2025
1. UPSOUND NACTOY official Greg Migliore announces that the Ford Ranger has won the Truck of the Year award
2. Migliore presents the award to Ford Motor Co. executive Jim Baumbick
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jim Baumbick, Ford Motor Co.:
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“I’m particularly proud of our team, because we’ve had a Ford truck on this stage five years in a row. Thank you so much. Appreciate the recognition.”
4. Baumbick poses for photos with the award in front of a Ranger
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5. UPSOUND NACTOY official Jill Ciminillo reveals that the Honda Civic hybrid is the winner of the Car of the Year award
6. American Honda Motor Co. executive Josh Beckner poses with the award in front of a Civic
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Josh Beckner, American Honda Motor Co.:
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“What a way to kick off the new year. This is a tremendous honor. And on behalf of everyone at Honda, I want to thank the jurors of the North American Car of the Year committee for selecting the all-new Civic hybrid for this award. This is our third North American Car of the Year win in the past four years and the fourth time Civic has won this award. And we’re so honored.”
8. The Civic on display
9. UPSOUND NACTOY official Nicole Wakelin reveals that Volkswagen ID. Buzz wins the Utility of the Year award
10. Various of the ID. Buzz
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Petar Danilovic, Volkswagen Group of America:
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“Well, I’ve done my homework. It’s been 2015 that we’ve won here the last time with the Volkswagen Golf. And you have to go even back further to 1999, when we won with the new Beetle. So, this is really, really big for us.”
12. Wakelin presents the award to Petar Danilovic of Volkswagen Group of America
STORYLINE:
The Honda Civic hybrid won the 2025 North American Car of the Year award, while the Ford Ranger took the crown for the truck honors, and Volkswagen ID. Buzz won the utility award.
The honors were announced Friday during an Automotive Press Association event kicking off the Detroit Auto Show. They are decided by a group of 50 journalists from the U.S. and Canada.
The awards evaluate factors such as innovation, design, performance, driver satisfaction and value. That’s according to the North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle of the Year awards organization.
Friday marked the awards’ long-awaited return to the traditional January Detroit Auto Show after being held elsewhere for the past few years while the show experienced pandemic-related delays and was hosted during the fall.
Automakers hail the awards as a key gauge for how media perceive their new and refreshed vehicles, and buyers often look to them to make purchase decisions.
In addition to the winning Honda Civic hybrid, car finalists included the Kia K4 compact and Toyota Camry.
The truck finalists this year included the Toyota Tacoma midsize pickup alongside the full-size Ram 1500, while the remaining utility finalists were the Chevrolet Equinox electric vehicle and Hyundai Santa Fe crossovers.
This year’s finalists were less dominated by pure EVs than in 2023, but the list presented a solid mix of gasoline-powered, hybrid and electric vehicles.
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