{"id":12889,"date":"2015-11-20T15:45:10","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T14:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/?p=12889"},"modified":"2015-11-23T10:17:33","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T09:17:33","slug":"ford-mondeo-takes-continental-irish-car-of-the-year-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/index.php\/ford-mondeo-takes-continental-irish-car-of-the-year-crown\/12889","title":{"rendered":"Ford Mondeo takes Continental Irish Car of the Year crown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ford Mondeo has been voted Continental Irish Car of the Year 2016 by the Irish Motoring Writers\u2019 Association.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22832 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.autotrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/ICOY-2015-Car-Winner-Release-IMWA-November-20-2105.png\" alt=\"ICOY-2015-Car-Winner-Release-IMWA-November-20-2105\" width=\"147\" height=\"96\" \/>The announcement of the 39th Irish Car of the Year Award was made at an awards ceremony in Dublin today attended by leading figures from the motor industry.<\/p>\n<p>The overall results, with weighted scores, were as follows:<br \/>\n1. Ford Mondeo &#8211; 148 points<br \/>\n2. Volvo XC90 &#8211; 147 points<br \/>\n3. Mercedes Benz GLE &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0144 points<br \/>\n3. Kia Sorento &#8211;\u00a0144 points<br \/>\n4. Skoda Superb &#8211;\u00a0140 points<\/p>\n<p>The Irish Motoring Writers\u2019 Association judges awarded points on the basis of criteria ranging from design, comfort, safety, economy, handling and performance as well as driver satisfaction, value for money and technical innovation, with a maximum of 20 points under each heading.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9157\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9157\" style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.factorfocus.ie\/index.php\/ford-mondeo-takes-continental-irish-car-of-the-year-crown\/9153\/irish-car-of-the-year-2016\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9157\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9157\" src=\"http:\/\/www.factorfocus.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Irish-Car-of-the-Year-2016.png\" alt=\"Motorsport legend Rosemary Smith is pictured with John Galvin, Chairman of the Irish Motoring Writers\u2019 Association and the Ford Mondeo, Continental Irish Car of the Year 2016 \" width=\"615\" height=\"654\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Motorsport legend Rosemary Smith is pictured with John Galvin, Chairman of the Irish Motoring Writers\u2019 Association and the Ford Mondeo, Continental Irish Car of the Year 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>John Galvin, Chairman of the Irish Motoring Writers\u2019 Association, commented: \u201cThe Irish motoring writers have selected an exciting model and no doubt the 2016 Irish Car of the Year accolade will provide a huge boost to the popularity of the Ford Mondeo in the Irish market, particularly in the context of the current competitive economic environment.\u201d<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22833\" src=\"http:\/\/www.autotrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/58-Sept-Sales-Ford-Mondeo1.jpg\" alt=\"58-Sept-Sales-Ford-Mondeo\" width=\"615\" height=\"372\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Awards were made in six categories, reflecting the diversified nature of today\u2019s car market in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Continental Irish Small Car of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\nOpel Corsa<\/p>\n<p><strong>Continental Irish Compact Family Car of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\nHonda HR-V<\/p>\n<p><strong>Continental Irish Medium Car of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\nFord Mondeo<\/p>\n<p><strong>Continental Irish Large Car of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\nKia Sorento<\/p>\n<p><strong>Continental Irish Executive Car of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\nVolvo XC90<\/p>\n<p><strong>Continental Irish Performance Car of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\nAudi TT The Ford Mondeo succeeds the Nissan Qashqai which took the title last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ford Mondeo has been voted Continental Irish Car of the Year 2016 by the Irish Motoring Writers\u2019 Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[654,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-irish-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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