2007 North American Car & Truck of the Year

2007 North American Car & Truck of the Year

Saturn Aura, Chevrolet Silverado take North American Car and Truck of the Year titles

Saturn Aura is the 2007 North American Car of the Year.

Detroit, MI -- General Motors started off the 2007 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS, also known as the Detroit Auto Show) with a bang when its new full-size pickup, the Chevrolet Silverado, and its new mid-size sedan, the Saturn Aura, won the North American Truck and Car of the Year awards.

"I just want to go, 'Yes!'," said Jill Lajdziak, Saturn vice-president for sales, service and marketing, while she pumped her fist in the air. "Sometimes you have to speak from the heart. This is a great day for General Motors, for Chevrolet and for Saturn."

Chevrolet general manager Ed Peper was a little more restrained but also pleased as he accepted Chevrolet's award. "Inside, we have always felt we had the best truck, but this award validates those feelings."

Contenders for the North American Car of the Year were the:

Saturn Aura (winner)

Honda Fit (runner-up)

Toyota Camry.

Chevrolet Silverado is the 2007 North American Truck of the Year.

For the North American Truck of the Year the contenders were the:

Chevrolet Silverado (winner)

Ford Edge (runner-up)

Mazda CX-7 (runner-up).

The North American Car and Truck of the Year awards are voted by 49 independent journalists from the United States and Canada.

Canadian Awards

The 2007 Canadian Car and Utility Vehicle (Truck) of the Year awards will be announced at the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto Feb. 14, 2007. The contenders are the winners in each of 13 car and truck categories from the annual TestFest held by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC) in October 2006.

Contenders for the Canadian Car of the Year include the:

Audi S8

BMW 3-Series Coupe

Honda Fit

Lexus ES 350

MazdaSpeed3

Toyota Camry

Toyota Camry Hybrid

Volkswagen EOS

Volkswagen Rabbit.

Canadian Truck of the Year contenders include the:

Acura RDX Technology Package

Chevrolet Avalanche

Mercedes-Benz GL Class

Toyota RAV4.

(The new Chevy Silverado, winner of the North American Truck of the Year, was not ready in time to be entered in the Canadian competition, thus was not a contender.)

See the full list of Canadian contenders and category winners here.

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