Triple victory for Porsche at German awards competition
View(s):Porsche AG has won three awards at the Golden Steering Wheel 2014. For the 39th time, readers of the German publications “Bild am Sonntag” and “Auto Bild” and a judging panel voted on the best new cars of the year, a media release of the company said.
Over 200,000 readers voted for the 911 Targa. It won the reader poll conducted in Germany and six other countries: France, Spain, Hungary, Austria, Belarus and Switzerland.
A 53-member judging panel of trade journalists, race car drivers, celebrities and other groups of experts also voted the Cayman GTS as the best sports car and the Macan S Diesel as the best SUV.
The international selection panel chose the winners based on extensive test drives and evaluation of 35 different criteria. The three awards for Porsche were accepted by Matthias Müller, Chairman of the Executive Board, Wolfgang Hatz, Board Member for Research and Development, and Michael Mauer, Head of Style, Porsche