2019 SA Car of the Year: A-Class, Swift, Jimny - all the winners revealed! | Life

04 Apr 2019

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UPDATE: We've added the category winners later in this article

The South African Guild of Motoring Journalists (SAGMJ) have announced the winners of the 2019 AutoTrader South African Car of the Year (COTY) competition on Thursday (April 4), at a gala event in Gauteng.

Testing for the SA Car of The Year took place in March at Kyalami racetrack, along with on-road driving in Johannesburg and static evaluations.

READ: 2019 SA Car of the Year - Readers choice revealed!

For the first time in the 34-year history of the contest, categories have been introduced in the SA Car of the Year competition.

The overall winner is the Mercedes-Benz A-Class.

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Thanks to all of you, for voting for the new Mercedes-Benz A-Class, the car that’s #JustLikeYou. @AutoTraderSA #AutoTraderCOTY2019 pic.twitter.com/XByQmHZLfT
— Mercedes-Benz SA (@MercedesBenz_SA) April 4, 2019

The moment you’ve been waiting for, here is your #AutoTraderCOTY2019 WINNER!

Congrats to @MercedesBenz_SA The A-Class is the 2019 AutoTrader Car of the Year ?????? pic.twitter.com/MHj9sTxgrQ
— AutoTrader (@AutoTraderSA) April 4, 2019

The runners-up are the Porsche Cayenne and Volvo XC40 respectively. The luxury Volvo SUV grabbed the 2019 Wheels24 Readers choice - click here for more

Watch the event as it happened:

Winners by category:

Urban Compact - Small hatch and sedan

• Suzuki Swift

That’s what we call #AllTheRightFeels. #AutoTraderCOTY2019 pic.twitter.com/ibH6KktqEH
— Suzuki SA (@Suzuki_ZA) April 4, 2019

Medium family hatchback/Medium sedan and MPV

• Mercedes-Benz A-Class

Your family/sedan hatch winner is... the @MercedesBenz_SA A-Class! ??#AutoTraderCOTY2019 @SAGMJ @PentaMotorGroup pic.twitter.com/qIKv8rcO7r
— George Mienie (@GeorgeMienie) April 4, 2019

Premium executive and premium sedan

• Lexus ES

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New Lexus ES is now in ????! Pictured is the 300h model.
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Leisure SUVs and Crossovers

• Porsche Cayenne

Taking the crown in the Leisure/Crossover category is the #Porsche Cayenne ?? #AutoTraderCOTY2019 @SAGMJ @PentaMotorGroup pic.twitter.com/g8ZwV4T7hZ
— AutoTrader (@AutoTraderSA) April 4, 2019

Lifestyle Utility Bakkies, 4x4s and bakkie-derived sports utility vehicles

The winner of the Lifestyle Utility category is the @Suzuki_ZA Jimny! ??#AutoTraderCOTY2019 @PentaMotorGroup @SAGMJ pic.twitter.com/tt74dKAoJJ
— Suzuki SA (@Suzuki_ZA) April 4, 2019

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