Although a lot of 2015 European cars are still far from being released, the (European) Car of The Year Awards have already unveiled a provisional list of candidates for next year’s award and it currently consists of 33 cars.

It appears that the organization hasn’t closed its doors to other upcoming models though, as the final list will be issued on the first day of December 2014, after which they will have to pass through two stages of a voting process. 
The first round of voting will have as a result a short list of just seven remaining candidates – which will be announced on December 15, 2014 – while the second stage will produce a single all-round winner of the Car of The Year Award, which will be revealed right before next year’s edition of the Geneva Motor Show, on March 2.

Without further ado, this is the provisional list of nominees for the Car of The Year 2015 award, in alphabetical order:

Audi TT
BMW 2 Series Active Tourer
BMW 2 Series Coupe
BMW i8
BMW X4
Citroen C1
Citroen C4 Cactus
Fiat 500X
Ford EcoSport
Ford Mondeo
Hyundai i20
Infiniti Q50
Jeep Renegade
Kia Soul
Lexus NX
Lexus RC
Mercedes-Benz C-Class
Mercedes-Benz GLA
Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe
Nissan Pulsar
Nissan Qashqai
Nissan X-Trail
Opel Corsa
Peugeot 108
Porsche Macan
Renault Twingo
Skoda Fabia
smart forfour
smart fortwo
Subaru WRX STi
Suzuki Celerio
Toyota Aygo
Volkswagen Passat

Anyone up for a bet for the seven nominees looking at the current list of candidates? Last, but certainly not least, did you spot which of the cars above haven’t actually been unveiled in production guise yet?

By Alex Oagana

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