Hyundai Genesis, Sonata In 2015 North American Car Of The Year Short List

The all-new Hyundai Genesis and the latest Hyundai Sonata made it to the 2015 North American Car of the Year short list. Hyundai was the only brand with two vehicles among the 10 selected.

Hyundai Genesis (Photo courtesy of Hyundai)

From the ten cars in the short list, three finalists will be chosen later this year, with the winner to be announced at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

Hyundai has won the Car of the Year award twice, in 2012 for Elantra and 2009 for Genesis. Sonata came in second in 2011. This is the first time that two Hyundai vehicles have been included in the short list in the same year.

"This is a tremendous recognition of two great products and an outstanding team effort," said Dave Zuchowski, president and CEO, Hyundai Motor America. "Our design group, assembly plant, service engineering and product planning teams all were critically responsible in developing and launching these vehicles, that we can now say are two of the best introduced this year. The competition is certainly tough, so we know we’ve got our work cut out for us."

The short list for the 2015 North American Car of the Year includes the following: Acura TLX, Audi A3, Chrysler 200, Ford Mustang, Honda Fit, Hyundai Genesis, Hyundai Sonata, Mercedes-Benz C-Class, Toyota Camry, and Volkswagen Golf/GTI.