The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa) has just announced the finalists for its annual Accelerator Awards Competition.
Naamsa is responsible for collecting, processing, aggregating, and publicly distributing various auto industry data sets every month, which it uses to determine the performance of each of the country’s 47 car brands, according to its CEO, Mikel Mabasa.
The Accelerator Awards is therefore intended to give recognition to the top-performing vehicles within the country’s automotive sector, and is “made available to the market to support with economic modelling and projections, and to support and inform Government with their global trade negotiations,” said Mabasa.
This year, the awards are broken down into the following categories:
- Passenger Car of the Year
- Biggest Achiever of the Year (Passenger Vehicles)
- Light Commercial Vehicle of the Year
- Biggest Achiever of the Year (Light Commercial Vehicles)
- New Energy Vehicle of the Year (Plug-in)
- New Energy Vehicle of the Year (Traditional Hybrids)
- Medium Commercial Vehicle of the Year
- Heavy Commercial Vehicle of the Year
- Extra-Heavy Commercial Vehicle of the Year
- Bus of the Year
- Top Locally Manufactured Vehicle of the Year
- Top Exported Vehicle of the Year
- Top Imported Vehicle of the Year
The winners of the 2023 Accelerator Awards will be announced next week Friday, the 13th of October.
The finalists
These were the three finalists in every category for the 2023 Naamsa Accelerator Awards Competition.
Passenger Car of the Year
- Suzuki Swift
- Toyota Corolla Cross
- VW Polo Vivo
Light Commercial Vehicle of the Year
- Ford Ranger
- Isuzu D-Max
- Toyota Hilux
New Energy Vehicle of the Year (Plug-ins)
- BMW iX
- BMW iX3
- Mini Cooper SE
New Energy Vehicle of the Year (Traditional hybrids)
- Haval H6
- Toyota Corolla Cross
- Toyota Rav4
Biggest Achiever of the Year (Passenger vehicles)
- Honda BR-V
- Suzuki Baleno
- Suzuki Dzire
Biggest Achiever of the Year (Light commercial vehicles)
- Ford Transit
- Kia Picanto Runner
- VW Caddy
Medium Commercial Vehicle of the Year
- Hino 300
- Isuzu N-Series
- Iveco Daily
Heavy Commercial Vehicle of the Year
- FAW CA 15
- Hino 500
- Isuzu F-Series
Extra-Heavy Commercial Vehicle of the Year
- Mercedes-Benz Actros
- Scania G-Series
- Volvo FH
Bus of the Year
- MAN Bus
- Mercedes-Benz Bus
- Scania Bus
Top Locally Manufactured Vehicle of the Year
- Ford Ranger
- Toyota Hilux
- VW Polo
Top Exported Vehicle of the Year
- BMW X3
- Toyota Hilux
- VW Polo
Top Imported Vehicle of the Year
- Suzuki Swift
- Toyota Starlet
- Toyota Urban Cruiser
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