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AUTO FOCUS PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS WINNERS |
The awarding ceremony for the Auto Focus People's Choice Awards or AFPCA 2017 was recently held at the Valle Verde Country Club's Grand Ballroom. The event was attended by top executives and officials of the local auto industry and select members of the motoring media.
The AFPCA, organized and undertaken by STV since 2005, is an annual public poll that aims to determine the country's most popular automobile brands and models. The AFPCA scoring methodology yields Model of the Year awardees in 12 Standard and 10 Premium/Luxury classifications and the Automobile of the Year in separate Standard and Premium/Luxury categories from over 180 models in the 2017 AFPCA Official Entry List.
For the third year, the Toyota Fortunerwon 2017 Automobile of the Year in Standard Category. The rare and unique 3-peat feat, only the second such achievement in the 13-year run of the AFPCA, lifted the Fortuner into the AFPCA Hall of Fame for 3-time Automobile of the Year titlists. Meanwhile, in the Premium/Luxury category, the Lexus RX350 won with an accounted score of 1,569.9 points. It also emerged as the 2017-2018 Midsize SUV/Crossover of the Year.
Here are the official winners…
2017-2018 AUTO FOCUS PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS:
1. MINI OF THE YEAR
Winner : TOYOTA WIGO
2. SUBCOMPACT OF THE YEAR
Winner : HONDA CITY
3. LUXURY SUBCOMPACT OF THE YEAR
Winner : BMW 1-SERIES
4. COMPACT SEDAN OF THE YEAR
Winner : HONDA CIVIC
5. LUXURY COMPACT SEDAN OF THE YEAR
Winner : LEXUS IS350
6. MIDSIZE SEDAN OF THE YEAR
Winner : HONDA ACCORD
7. LUXURY MIDSIZE SEDAN OF THE YEAR
Winner : LEXUS ES350
8. SPORTS CAR OF THE YEAR
Winner : SUBARU WRX
9. LUXURY SPORTS CAR OF THE YEAR
Winner : LEXUS RCF
10. LUXURY LARGE SEDAN OF THE YEAR
Winner : LEXUS LS460
11. MPV OF THE YEAR
Winner : MITSUBISHI ADVENTURE
12. LUXURY MPV OF THE YEAR
Winner : MERCEDES-BENZ B CLASS
13. SUBCOMPACT SUV OF THE YEAR
Winner : HONDA BR-V
14. COMPACT SUV OF THE YEAR
Winner : HONDA CR-V
15. LUXURY COMPACT SUV OF THE YEAR
Winner : LEXUS NX200t
16. MIDSIZE SUV OF THE YEAR
Winner : MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT
17. LUXURY MIDSIZE SUV OF THE YEAR
Winner : LEXUS RX350
18. LARGE SUV OF THE YEAR
Winner : HONDA PILOT
19. LUXURY LARGE SUV OF THE YEAR
Winner : LEXUS LX570
20. VAN OF THE YEAR
Winner : NISSAN URVAN
21. LUXURY VAN OF THE YEAR
Winner : HONDA ODYSSEY
22. PICKUP OF THE YEAR
Winner : TOYOTA HILUX
STANDARD AUTOMOBILE OF THE YEAR
Winner : TOYOTA FORTUNER
LUXURY AUTOMOBILE OF THE YEAR
Winner : LEXUS RX350
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