Judging Completed In Aa Motoring Excellence Awards
A week of intense judging has been completed at the Taupo Track with 81 vehicles put through their paces by a panel of
motoring experts for the inaugural AA Motoring Excellence Awards.
The Motoring Excellence winners will be named at a black-tie dinner on Friday 18th of February at the Langham Hotel in
Auckland (formerly the Sheraton).
The vehicles are competing for a range of excellence awards with an overall AA Motoring Excellence winner to be selected
from the category winners.
AA Corporate Communications General Manager, Greg Hunting , said the concept of an annual Motoring Excellence Awards was
to identify and reward excellence in new vehicles and in associated categories like safety, the environment and
journalism.
The Excellence categories for 2005 are -
GE Money - Safety
Vero Insurance - Luxury Class
Deloitte - Motoring Journalism
Vodafone - Environmental Motoring
National Bank - Medium Large car
Castrol - Lifestyle Vehicle
BP - Performance Car
Firestone - Convertible vehicle
Eyepro Eyecare - Medium 4 cylinder
Swann Insurance - Compact Car
JD Power - Small Car
Mr. Hunting said the testing looked at the vehicles and other categories through consumer's eyes, with judging based on
what the vehicles were designed to do.
"To receive an AA Motoring Excellence Award, the recipient will have to be quite exceptional in its particular
category," he said. "We believe the results will be highly relevant to the motoring public and a useful benchmark for
the industry."