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A12 TECHNOLOGY
Wednesday 12 January 2022
Ford Maverick, Bronco win truck, utility

of the year awards

By TOM KRISHER
AP Auto Writer
DETROIT (AP) — For the
second year in a row, ve-
hicles from Ford Motor Co.
took two of the three North
American Car, Truck and
Utility of the Year awards.
The company's Maverick
compact pickup won truck
of the year, while its Bronco
off-road SUV earned the
utility of the year. Honda's

Associated Press
redesigned Civic compact Maverick as well as its main
car won the car of the small pickup competitor,
year. the Hyundai Santa Cruz.
Fifty automotive journalists Also included was the Riv-
from the U.S. and Canada ian R1T pickup from the
are judges for the three electric vehicle startup.
awards, which are an- In addition to the Civic, car
nounced every January. finalists included the Lucid
They're chosen from doz- Air electric sedan, and the
ens of candidates and Volkswagen Golf GTI and R
must be new or substan- sports cars.
tially changed for the cur- Fully electric vehicles were
rent model year. Automak- finalists in all three catego-
ers often use the awards in ries this year, but judges
advertising. picked gas-powered or
The judges evaluate final- gas-electric hybrid vehi-
ists on value, innovation, cles.
design, performance, safe- Guidehouse Insights E-Mo-
ty, technology and driver bility Principal Analyst Sam
satisfaction. The selection Abuelsamid, who is not
process started last sum- among the jurors, said it's
mer. likely the more affordable
In addition to the Bronco, prices of the Civic and
Utility of the Year finalists Maverick appealed to the
included the GV70 from group.
Hyundai's Genesis luxury The Maverick, with a hy-
brand, and the Hyundai Io- brid powertrain, starts at
niq 5 electric SUV. $19,995, while the Civic's
Truck finalists included the base price is $22,350. q

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