Volvo XC60 wins World Car of the Year award

Volvo XC60 wins World Car of the Year award
Volvo's XC60 was crowned World Car of the Year
Overall victor was announced in New York along with five category winners

Volvo has picked up the award for World Car of the Year (WCOTY) with the XC60 at the New York motor show, marking the first time the brand has won the overall title.

The Swedish model beat 33 other vehicles to the top spot, finishing ahead of the finalists, the Mazda CX-5 and Range Rover Velar (below), to complete a podium of SUVs.

"I am pleased to see our company's product investments paying off," said Volvo CEO Håkan Samuelsson. "We are up against some tough competition, but this award for the XC60 shows that Volvo has the right combination of design, connectivity and safety that appeals to customers across the world."

Volvo picked up the European and What Car? Car of the Year awards for the smaller XC40 earlier this year, illustrating growing success for the brand, which has turned around its fortunes since being acquired by Chinese automotive giant Geely in 2010.

Also awarded in New York was the Nissan Leaf, which was announced as the World Green Car, while the Audi A8 took top spot in the World Luxury Car category. Overall runner-up, the Velar, won the World Car Design award, the BMW M5 was named World Performance Car and the Volkswagen Polo topped the Urban Car class.

“The New York International Auto Show is proud of the tradition it has built with the World Car Awards to recognise the 'best of the best' in the auto industry," said John LaSorsa, chairman of the New York motor show. "Over the past 12 years, this awards programme [WCOTY] has grown to become one of the most coveted honours for the world's auto makers."

Last year’s overall winner was the Jaguar F-Pace, while the Mazda MX-5 won the year before that.

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