Automotive Awards

July 7, 2008 -- The prize-giving ceremony organized in Paris July 3rd by the French fleet management magazine L’Automobile & L’Entreprise saw Renault Laguna take the '2008 Company Car of the Year' award. After receiving Automobile Magazine's Trophée de l’Innovation (Trophy for Innovation) in 2007 in recognition of its fourwheel steering chassis, as well as the '2007 Most Beautiful Car of the Year' and '2007 Most Beautiful Interior of the Year' prizes at the Festival Automobile International de Paris earlier in the year, this is the fourth time that Renault Laguna has been picked out for a leading award by automobile industry.

2008 Renault Laguna GT - front/side

Rawang, Malaysia, 1 July 2008 – Perodua received another recognition when the Perodua Viva was selected as one of Frost & Sullivan’s Automotive Awards recipients, under the Best Value-for-Money category for Malaysia. The selection of finalists was based on a variety of criteria such as brand image, purchase price, fuel consumption and efficiency, performance and maintenance costs such as spare parts and service charges.

2008 Perodua Viva

Ford's dedicated small commercial vehicle with excellent residual values still winning impressive industry awards

BRENTWOOD, 2 July 2008 - The Ford Transit Connect has enjoyed six years of success as Britain's only light van that is built from the start as a commercial vehicle rather than a car. More than 8,000 Connects have been sold so far in 2008.

Steve Kimber, commercial vehicles director, Ford of Britain, said: "We know from recent research that our customers want a van that reflects their business and a professional image. This is exactly why they buy Transit Connect. Such exceptional levels of ruggedness and durability remain unparalleled in the small van sector. "

Volvo C70, Volvo S40, and Volvo C30 are top rated in AutoPacific's 2008 Ideal Vehicle Awards

July 01, 2008 -- The automotive research and consulting firm AutoPacific announced yesterday its annual Ideal Vehicle Awards (IVA), of which three category winners were Volvos. An "ideal" is defined as an excellent or perfect example. So, in search of the ideal vehicle, AutoPacific asked owners to rate their model year 2008 cars and trucks using a measurement of 15 key vehicle attributes.

2008 Volvo C30 - front/side

Pininfarina Nido, a prototype in safety research which had its world preview at the Paris Motor Show in 2004, has won one of ADI’s most prestigious awards

Turin, Thursday, 26 June 2008 -- Pininfarina is proud to announce that the International Jury of the 21st ADI Compasso d’Oro Award has selected the concept car Pininfarina Nido for the ADI Compasso d’Oro Award in the section dedicated to projects which anticipate new trends in transportation design.

Pininfarina Nido

2008 Saab 9-X BioHybrid Voted "Specialty Concept Car of the Year" by North American Media

Detroit, 2008-06-25 – Already labeled “Best Concept” by AutoWeek Magazine upon its world debut at the Geneva auto show last March, the Saab 9-X BioHybrid has been voted “Specialty Concept Car of the Year” by a jury of 25 professional North American automotive journalists. The award ceremony took place at the Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn, Michigan.

2008 Saab 9-X BioHybrid Wins U.S. Concept Car Award

Woodcliff Lake, NJ, June 16, 2008 -- In recognition of its innovative developments in automotive technology, German automaker BMW received the Best Telematics Component Solution and Global Car Manufacturer Innovation awards during a dinner reception at Telematics Update’s 2008 International Telematics Awards, which took place in Detroit, MI last month.

June 12, 2008 -- Ward's AutoWorld magazine once again acknowledged Volvo for superior car interior design. The 2008 Volvo C30 earned Ward's Interior Design Award for Best Brand Reflection. Last year, Ward's named the Volvo S80 winner of the Best Interior Design of the Year Award.

2008 Volvo C30 Interior

Jun 10, 2008 -- Volvo Cars received several prestigious awards in Russia in 2007 and to date in 2008. The most recent is for the Volvo XC90, which was crowned best crossover - "2008 SUV of the Year".

2008 Volvo XC90

"There was immensely tough competition and we are very proud over this prestigious award," says Volvo Car Russia's PR director, Alexei Kozhukhov, who received the award at a ceremony in Moscow.

Russian car owners voted the Volvo XC90 the best choice on the market.

Motoring organisation Club 4x4 runs the competition, in which eight categories are featured.

WARRENDALE, Pa., May 19, 2008 -- Steven Brown, Sameer Kshirsagar, Joseph LaRussa and Raymond Theriault are recipients of the SAE Foundation's Young Manufacturing Leadership Award. They will be honored during the SAE Foundation 2008 Banquet at the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center, May 22.

The Young Manufacturing Leadership Award recognizes professionals, ages 35 and younger, who have achieved significant accomplishments as manufacturing leaders and who show potential for leadership growth in the manufacturing industry.