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Judging Criteria

More than 77 cars have been shortlisted and sorted into 19 main, four special and two single categories in this year's competition, all in the name of recognising car manufacturers' efforts and creativity that have brought their cars to a higher level in terms of design, efficiency, versatility, output and value for money.


Our judges will evaluate the cars based on a total of eight criteria.
The first seven criteria are based on the following:


»   Average monthly views on model on Sgcarmart.com

»   Average price

»   Features (sunroof, push start button, smart key, electric seats, etc)

»   Performance (cc, turbo, engine type, top speed, acceleration, etc)

»   Fuel economy

»   Size

»   Safety features

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These seven criteria will contribute 5% to the total score.

criteria
*The criteria mentioned above are based on the main variant of each model range.
**Only cars that have been launched by the 15th October 2014 have been considered for this year's Sgcarmart's Car of the Year competition.
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The eighth criterion is where you guys, our readers, come in. In order to hold a fair competition, Consumer Voting will hold a massive 65% of the total score, which means your votes play a huge role in this competition.

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Our judges are always on the hunt for perfection. So be sure to pay extra attention to detail and overall professionalism. Our judges will be keeping a lookout for your votes.

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Single Category
About

Hardly a trivial business, Sgcarmart's many adventures into both online and print media (MCF Mag) are the authentic pursuits of an automotive fan that's true blue enough to be familiar terms with the mythical yet maniacal annual Car of the Year (COTY). Now in it's fifth year, it's time for us, once again, to put together the best cars of 2013/2014 for your reading and voting enjoyment.


As always, the Editorial Team strives to bring you the latest and most relevant stories to keep you in the now and this latest manifestation of competition that we have every year isn't just about throwing cars of the same genre in a category and announcing a winner. More than any other COTY contest, Sgcarmart takes this competition to a whole new level by ensuring that cars are categorised by various perimeters, such as body type, size, design, versatility, performance, popularity and value for money.


Originally crafted by the Editorial Team back in 2009/2010, improvements have been made over the years to this competition. The Editorial Team has grown, the style of doing things has changed, the deliverables have changed. Hell, even our Associate Editor is finally married. But only one thing remains unaltered: only cars that were launched before 15th October 2014 will be qualified for Sgcarmart's Car of the Year Awards.


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This year, more than 20 categories with over 70 models from different brands will be fighting hard to top their respective categories and only one will emerge as the cream of the crop for our Car of the Year champion. Needless to say, all cars from all categories will be treated fairly in this competition.


So we hope you are every bit as excited as we are. Sure, there's going to be some chuckle-potential in the outcome of some of the categories but who else is capable of coming up with pulverising original categories? Who else is writing it like it is and picturing the cars as such?


The Sgcarmart Editorial Team, of course...



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Loving naturally aspirated V8 engines,
Sgcarmart Editorial Team