We have just announced the winning vehicles in 13 vehicle segments for Malaysia. There were many surprises as always as NO leaks of the winning vehicles happened. Every year we get some unhappy car brands wondering why they did not get an award and some others debating us on the segments provided.
This year, so far, there has no debate or unhappiness as the brands understand that we will not budge with our decision as these awards are NOT pre-sold like many others in Malaysia and around the world.
There are many Car Of The Year events (we call our event vehicle of the year) around the globe and we Malaysians have had our fair share of awards ceremonies over the past two decades.
It is the best way of honoring the best vehicles the automotive industry has brought to our showrooms and to give our Malaysian car buyers (and maybe some regional car buyers as well since we have regional readers) an idea of which is the best vehicle in each and every segment.
However, for most ‘car of the year’ events, the winners ‘buy’ their trophies as the event marketing people forward sell the possibility of a win. This we DO NOT do!
Then there are some others who just proudly ‘offer’ the trophy to car manufacturers willing to pay for the trophy.
Well, it is a known fact over that past 12 years that the DSF.my vehicle of the year (VOTY) event is 100 percent HONEST and TRUE where all car manufacturers in Malaysia have no idea of their success or not until the evening of the yearly event when the winners are announced.
This is why our VOTY event has been ‘powered’ by Allianz General Insurance Company (Malaysia) Berhad’ from the start until this year and this partnership will continue.
The co-sponsor of the VOTY event, Giga Martime Group (GMG) continues to be a part of this event because of its honest judging team of 4 experienced judges from www.dsf.my , www.gohedgostan.com and also www.automacha.com .
Here are this year’s winners.
We wish all the VOTY winners a well deserved congratulation (which should be shared with their engineers and designers) and for those who did not take an award back, we wish you all the best for next year.
VOTY winners list 2021
- Vehicle Of The Year 2021 – Honda City RS
- Crossover Of The Year – Hyundai Kona Smartstream
- 7-Seat SUV Of The Year – Land Rover Discovery TD6 HSE
- Electric Car Of The Year – Porsche Taycan
- Luxury SUV Of The Year – Toyota Harrier
- 7-Seat Family Vehicle Of The Year – Mitsubishi XPANDER
- Family Sedan Of The Year – Nissan Almera Turbo
- Hot Hatch Of The Year – Suzuki Swift Sport
- Executive Sedan Of The Year – Honda Accord
- Luxury Hot Hatch Of The Year – Mercedes-AMG A35
- Performance Crossover Of The Year – Mercedes-AMG GLB 35
- Pickup Truck Of The Year – Isuzu D-Max X-Terrain
- Supercar Of The Year – Aston Martin DBS Superleggera
- Automotive Lady of 2021 – Datuk Aishah Ahmad- President, MAA
- Automotive Gentleman of 2021 – Jeffrey Gan, Managing Director, Retail and Distribution for Malaysia, Sime Darby Motors
- Allianz General Insurance Company (Malaysia) Berhad – Malaysia’s No.1 Car Insurer
