The was named the Canadian Car of the Year at the in Toronto February 11, and the the Canadian Utility Vehicle of the Year, as judged by the members of the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC).
The tenth-generation Civic, built in Alliston, Ontario, beat out the Volkswagen Golf R and Golf Sportwagon for the title, likely due in part to the fact AJAC鈥檚 scoring sheet includes a field for 鈥渕arket significance,鈥� and the Civic has been Canada鈥檚 best-selling car for the last 18 consecutive years.
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The Mazda CX-3 faced competition from the Kia Sorento and Volvo XC90 but ended up seizing the best Canadian utility crown; the vehicle was also the winner of the Best New SUV-Crossover Under $35,000.
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The AJAC vehicle-of-the-year awards are selected based on testing by roughly 70 automotive journalists from across the country; these members of the association meet at an annual 鈥淭estFest鈥� event where every eligible car is tested back-to-back. The subjective scores awarded by each journalist are combined with objective measures like fuel economy and price factor; those results are tabulated and broken down into category winners. The Canadian car and utility vehicles of the year are then selected from those winners.
