Talk:Car of the Year Japan

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BetacommandBot 04:56, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Added reference to this article, Car of the Year Japan. Enigma3542002 06:11, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Discrepancy for 2013–2014

The lead-in paragraph states "The most recent recipient of the award, for 2013–2014, is the Volkswagen Golf", while the table lists "2013–2014 — Honda Fit/Jazz". This is unsurprising since both claims have sources: Autonet – Golf named Japanese Car of the Year (referred to in the body as "Car of the Year Japan") and The Green Car Web Site – Honda Jazz Hybrid wins Japan Car of the Year (referred to in the body as "Japan Car of the Year"). Are there actually two separate award bodies with almost identical names?--Rfsmit (talk) 19:41, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

I'm not sure. According to http://jcoty.org/, the award is called "Car of the Year Japan". However, the abbreviation JCOTY suggests "Japan Car of the Year". In any case, jcoty.org clearly says that VW Golf was the winner in 2013-14. I think that site is more convincing than the Honda references which are just second-hand reports. The page Honda Fit says nothing about the award. I have changed back to VW Golf now and added a reference to jcoty.org, but I guess someone will revert it soon. Oh, well. --Per Olofsson (talk) 12:07, 24 April 2014 (UTC)