Final contenders named for World Car of the Year…

The final three finalists for each of six categories in this year’s World Car of the Year Awards have been named with a host of models familiar to Australia still in the mix.

Among those finalists are recent arrivals in Australia such as the Toyota C-HR, BMW 5 Series and Suzuki Ignis.

While two of the three contenders for the big award come from the Volkswagen stable – the Audi Q5 and Volkswagen Tiguan.

Now the 75 judges just have to decide the six category winners and the overall World Car of the Year award winner ahead of the New York Motor Show in April.

The 2017 World Car of the Year finalists are…

2017 World Car of the Year:

• Audi Q5
• Jaguar F-PACE
• Volkswagen Tiguan

2017 World Luxury Car:

• BMW 5 Series
• Mercedes-Benz E-Class
• Volvo S90/V90

2017 World Performance Car:

• Audi R8 Spyder
• McLaren 570s
• Porsche Boxster Cayman

2017 World Green Car:

• Chevrolet Bolt
• Tesla Model X
• Toyota Prius Prime

2017 World Urban Car

• BMW i3 (94 Ah)
• Citroen C3
• Suzuki Ignis

2017 World Car Design of the Year:

• Jaguar F-PACE
• Toyota C-HR
• Mercedes-Benz S-Class Cabriolet