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The 2023 North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle of the Year (NACTOY) grant winners were announced recently, and aft starting with a database of 47 eligible vehicles, jurors went done 3 rounds of voting to place 3 outstanding winners.
In the North American Car of the Year category, the reborn Acura Integra took the apical prize, beating retired some the Genesis G80 arsenic good arsenic the Nissan Z. The Integra made a instrumentality past twelvemonth arsenic a much upmarket mentation of the existent Honda Civic with 1.5 litre VTEC Turbo four-cylinder petrol motor putting retired 200 hp and 260 Nm of torque. A CVT is the default transmission, though customers tin besides get a six-speed manual with a limited-slip differential by paying much for the A-Spec variant.
Next up is the competitory North American Truck of the Year class that saw the V8-powered Chevrolet Silverado ZR2 instrumentality connected 2 electrical pick-up trucks successful the signifier of the Lordstown Endurance and Ford F-150 Lightning.
In the end, the Blue Oval’s archetypal electrical pick-up motortruck won the coveted title, with jurors praising the versatility and reinventive attack taken to bring America’s best-selling nameplate into the electrical conveyance (EV) age.
Lastly, the Kia EV6 took location apical honours successful the North American Utility Vehicle of the Year category, which had 3 finalists that were each EVs. The EV6 brushed speech the Cadillac Lyriq and Genesis GV60, receiving commendation for its styling and performance. The Kia EV was launched successful Malaysia past June successful GT-Line guise with a Long Range AWD powertrain that offered 325 PS (321 hp oregon 239 kW), 605 Nm and a scope of up to 506 km pursuing the WLTP standard.
The station Acura Integra, Ford F-150 Lightning, Kia EV6 triumph North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle of the Year appeared archetypal connected Paul Tan's Automotive News.
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