The North American Automotive, 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 is not going to be bought to clients 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 automobile wouldn’t be obtainable, 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 reality, the EX30 was by no means meant to be delivered in 2023, a Volvo spokesperson confirmed to Autoblog. “The unique plan had us scheduled to open order books [in November], however as a result of we are at all times evaluating our manufacturing timelines and volumes, and make changes based on a wide range of inputs, we modified that to be not earlier than January,” he stated.
The opposite finalists for all three classes stay unchanged. The complete checklist follows.
The finalists had been chosen from an inventory of 25, which was beforehand narrowed down from a complete roster of all autos which are new or up to date for the 2024 mannequin yr — a complete of 52 eligible autos. Notably absent from the checklist of finalists had 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 will likely be introduced in January. Autoblog Editor-in-Chief Greg Migliore is member of the NACTOY jury.
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