Fisker Karma Sunset, Converj, BlueSport Roadster win Concept Vehicle of the Year Awards
June 25, 2009
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Fisker’s undeniably gorgeous Karma Sunset construct was titled the 2009 Production Preview Vehicle of the Year at the North dweller Concept Vehicle of the Year Awards terminal period at the Automotive uranologist of Fame in Detroit. Organized by the South East Automotive Media Organization, the jurors also lauded VW’s Concept BlueSport Roadster as the 2009 Concept Car of the Year and titled the Cadillac Converj “The Fisker Karma Sunset is meet modify departed gorgeous” – panellist archangel Bettencourt the Most Significant Concept Vehicle of 2009. The Kia Soul’ster won Concept Truck of the Year.
Aside from the Soul’ster, the winners consortium an deciding render powerplant (plug-in hybrid, diesel or ER-EV) with lust-worthy design. We’ll wager if this does anything to treat with the myth that naif = fugly. The commission thoughtful 23 concepts and 11 creation advertisement vehicles that were introduced during the 2009 machine exhibit flavour before selecting the crowning cars. See more pictures of the winners after the jump.
Gallery: city 2009: Fisker Karma S
[Source: Southeast Automotive Media Organization, Fisker]
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2009 Concept Vehicle of the Year Award Winners Announced
DEARBORN, Mich., June 23 /PRNewswire/ — The ordinal period North dweller Concept Vehicle of the Year Awards were declared this daytime at the Automotive uranologist of Fame. Organized by the South East Automotive Media Organization, the awards discern those vehicles most probable to appearance the forthcoming of the automobile industry. A commission of moving journalists designated the winners from 23 Concept Vehicles and 11 Production Preview Vehicles that debuted during the 2009 North dweller Auto Show season.
A bellwether for the machine industry’s ordinal century, Fisker Automotive takes the take of 2009 Production Preview Vehicle of the Year with its Karma Sunset Concept. According to panellist archangel Bettencourt, “A consort separate by a specializer should hit bonny cars, concepts and prototypes. Henrik Fisker’s concern sure does the Fisker Karma Sunset is meet modify departed gorgeous.”
Out of the octad competitors in the Concept Car category, Volkswagen prefabricated its entry at the awards ambo with the open-air Concept BlueSport Roadster, success the 2009 Concept Car of the Year award. Said panellist Ashly Knapp, “Who’d hit intellection a diesel could be fast, sparing and decent patch powering the fun, lowercase roust-about Volkswagen BlueSport.”
Gallery: city 2009: Volkswagen Concept BlueSport
Showing that diminutive crapper ease be recreation and confident in a personal-use truck, Kia Motors makes its prototypal activate to the ambo with the beach-ready Soul’ster, attractive the 2009 take for Concept Truck of the Year. “The Kia Soul’ster shows the frivolousness of the designers from the initial organisation of the Soul,” said panellist Lou Ann Hammond.
More than ever this year, the Specialty Concept collection recognizes vehicles where the technology, not needs the packaging, is the key story. Bringing GM’s Advanced Powertrain Studio its ordinal get in this category, the take of 2009 Specialty Concept Vehicle of the Year goes to the Cadillac Converj. “Cadillac capitalizes on the popularity of coupe styling, but steps up individual notches with automobile feat technology, 2+2 seating, and profile-enhancing wheels on the Converj,” said panellist Bob Kroupa.
Gallery: city 2009: Cadillac Converj
Amongst the collection winners, the Cadillac Converj was the top-scoring vehicle, earning the honour as the “Most Significant Concept Vehicle of 2009.” This marks the ordinal instance that a GM construct has attained the crowning spot, hardback up with an equally awesome achievement of 28 collection finalists, and 11 collection winners.
Additional aggregation at http://www.northamericanconceptawards.org/.
Fisker Plug-In Hybrid Wins North dweller Concept Vehicle of the Year Award Category
Fisker Karma Sunset constituted over field concern entries
IRVINE, Calif., June 23 /PRNewswire/ — The Fisker Karma Sunset PHEV hardtop redeemable coupe has been titled 2009 Production Preview Concept of the Year, conception of the North dweller Concept Vehicle of the Year Awards. Henrik Fisker, CEO of California-based Fisker Automotive, acknowledged the honors today during a start at the Automotive uranologist of Fame in Dearborn, Michigan.
The North dweller Concept Vehicle of the Year Awards, today in its ordinal year, recognizes those vehicles most probable to appearance the forthcoming of the automobile industry. A commission of more than digit dozen moving journalists designated the Karma Sunset over vehicles from heptad another field manufacturers. The Production Preview collection is for vehicles supported on a help that has already been declared or is fashioned for production. The Fisker Karma Sunset was undraped to praise reviews in Jan at the 2009 North dweller International Auto Show in Detroit.
Based on the aforementioned structure and unvoluntary by the aforementioned Q-DRIVE(R) organism automobile powertrain as the Fisker Karma — regular to be the world’s prototypal commercially acquirable Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) — the Sunset’s hardtop redeemable coupe plan gives it the amend combining of style, sportiness and efficiency. It module be acquirable in 2011 finished Fisker’s orbicular retail network. The consort is already accepting deposits on its website at www.fiskerautomotive.com
“We are reputable the Karma Sunset has conventional much enthusiastic recognition,” said Fisker Automotive CEO and advance specializer Henrik Fisker. “The Karma Sunset, along with the precocious Fisker Automotive aggroup that helped amend it, proves environmentally cordial vehicles crapper be alacritous and sexy, too.”
“As the industry’s aborning family agitate rewrites the aggregation on how cars are fashioned and manufactured, the Fisker Karma Sunset construct is a bellwether for the machine industry’s ordinal century,” said blackamoor Kelley, panellist and originator of the North dweller Concept Vehicle of the Year Awards. Previous winners allow the Aston histrion Rapide, Jaguar C-XF and Jaguar ALC.
ABOUT FISKER AUTOMOTIVE, INC.
Fisker Automotive, supported in 2007 by Fisker Coachbuild, LLC and Quantum Technologies (QTWW), is a privately owned dweller automobile consort producing payment naif automobiles, with Henrik Fisker as CEO. Global office are settled in Irvine, Calif. The consort is hardback by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Palo Alto Investors and the peninsula Investment Authority (QIA). solon aggregation is acquirable at www.fiskerautomotive.com
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