Official: MAMA says Volkswagen Passat will knock you out
has the . ? The Family Vehicle of the Year. And for 2012, the winner is the .
While we must have missed last year’s inaugural winner – it was the , by the way – we did catch this year’s award presentation. The Passat beat out two other finalists, the and , in the voting of 68 automotive journalists. Those car scribes all belong to the Midwest Automotive Media Association, or “MAMA,” as the Chicago-based group is affectionately known.
Candidates for the FVOTY must be new or updated vehicles that have four doors, have base prices under $50,000, and “appear at one of MAMA’s two annual rallies.” Other models considered in the 2012 voting included the , , , , , , , , and .
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