The North American Automobile, Truck and Utility of the Yr jury introduced Tuesday that the Volvo EX30 has been dropped as a finalist for the 2024 Utility of the Yr award as a result of it won’t be offered to prospects in 2023. Because it had made all of it the way in which to the ultimate spherical earlier than Volvo knowledgeable the jury that the automotive wouldn’t be out there, the EX30 had to get replaced with one other contender. The NACTOY board chosen the 2024 Hyundai Kona/Kona Electrical to fill its slot.
In truth, the EX30 was by no means meant to be delivered in 2023, a Volvo spokesperson confirmed to Autoblog. “The original plan had us scheduled to open order books [in November], but because we are always evaluating our production timelines and volumes, and make adjustments according to a variety of inputs, we changed that to be not before January,” he mentioned.
The opposite finalists for all three classes stay unchanged. The total checklist follows.
The finalists have been chosen from an inventory of 25, which was beforehand narrowed down from a complete roster of all automobiles which are new or up to date for the 2024 mannequin 12 months — a complete of 52 eligible automobiles. Notably absent from the checklist of finalists have been the Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray, Toyota GR Corolla, GMC Canyon, Ford Ranger, Chevrolet Blazer EV, Chevrolet Equinox EV, Mazda CX-90 and Toyota Grand Highlander, amongst others.
The 2024 winners might be introduced in January. Autoblog Editor-in-Chief Greg Migliore is member of the NACTOY jury.
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