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World Car Awards - 2018 Timeline

June

• Official announcement of 2018 jurors

July / August

• Nomination of vehicle candidates in six categories: World Car of the Year, World Luxury Car, World Performance Car, World Urban Car, World Green Car and the World Car Design of the Year

September 12, 2017– Frankfurt International Motor Show

• The Road to World Car is officially launched with the declaration of the nominated cars in all 6 categories.

September 2017 - January 2018

• Jurors test-drive WCOTY, World Luxury Car, World Performance Car, World Urban Car and World Green Car contenders

November 26 – 30, 2016

• L.A. test-drives of American, Japanese, British, Korean nominated cars

Monday, January 15, 2018

• Deadline: first vote round for World Car of the Year, World Luxury/Performance Car, World Urban Car and World Green Car.
• Design experts submit their list of finalists

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

• KPMG announces top 10 finalists in WCOTY, World Luxury Car, World Performance Car; top five finalists in World Urban Car, World Green and World Design.
• Second round of test-drives and voting begins.

January 23 – February 13, 2018

• Second round: jurors test-drive finalists prior to voting.

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

• Deadline: all ballots submitted for overall winners

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

• Geneva: top three finalists announced at the Geneva show

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

• All World Car Award winners announced at New York International Auto Show.

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