ford ranger wins truck of the year at detroit auto show; honda civic hybrid claims car of the year
the ford ranger was selected as the truck of the year a...
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the 2025 ford ranger, which won the truck of the year award, is seen at the north american car, truck, and utility vehicle of the year awards at the 2025 detroit auto show at huntington place on january 10, 2025 in detroit, michigan.
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the ford ranger was selected as the truck of the year at the detroit auto show by the 50 jurors that judged the north american car, truck and utility vehicle awards (nactoy) for 2025. winning the car of the year honours was the honda civic hybrid while the new electric volkswagen id.buzz microbus won utility vehicle of the year.
“with such a tremendous crop of vehicles to review, our jurors worked overtime to decide the ‘best of the best,’” said nactoy president jeff gilbert. “this year’s winners are on the cutting edge when it comes to technology, styling and value.”
the honda civic hybrid is announced as the winner of the car of the year award at the north american car, truck, and utility vehicle of the year awards at the 2025 detroit auto show at huntington place on january 10, 2025 in detroit, michigan.
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founded in 1994, the nactoy awards are the longest-running new-vehicle awards not associated with a single publication. vehicles are judged by 50 automotive journalists from print, online, radio and television media in the united states and canada.
in winning truck of the year, ranger had to edge out competition from the toyota tacoma and stellantis’s ram 1500. it’s the fifth straight year ford has had a vehicle nominated for truck of the year.
honda also continued its success in the car of the year category with the civic hybrid. it’s the third time in the past four years that honda has claimed the crown.
also nominated in the car division were the kia k4 and the toyota camry.
the volkswagen i.d. buzz, which won the utility vehicle of the year award, is seen at the 2025 north american car, truck, and utility vehicle of the year awards at the 2025 detroit auto show at huntington place on january 10, 2025 in detroit, michigan.
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the win by the id. buzz utility vehicle is volkswagen’s first nactoy award honour since the golf earned car of the year honours in 2015.
to claim top spot in the utility category, volkswagen had to fend off the two other finalists – general motors electric equinox and hyundai’s re-designed sante fe.
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