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Monday, January 12, 2015

Ford F-150, VW Golf family win NA Truck/Utility, NA Car of the Year awards

DETROIT – The North American Truck/Utility of the Year and North American Car of the Year awards have been announced with the Ford F-150 and Volkswagen Golf family of cars winning in their respective categories.

The awards, now in their 22 year, were earned after a juried selection by 57 journalists representing newspapers, broadcast outlets, magazines and websites.

Marty Padgett, editorial director of High Gear Media, represented the awards jury in announcing the winners.

The Ford F-150 beat out two finalists for the North American Truck/Utility of the year -- the Chevrolet Colorado and the Lincoln MKC.

Volkswagen's Golf family (which includes the GTI and other Golf variants) took top honors as the North American Car of the Year.

The F-150 has won the Truck/Utility category three previous times (1996, 2004 and 2009); each year it had been a finalist for the award.

The winners were revealed at the beginning of the first of two days of the press preview at the 2015 North American International Show held at Cobo Center in Detroit.

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