Green Car Journal announced today its five finalists for the 2010 Green Car of the Year®, including the Audi A3 TEDI, Honda Insight, Mercury Milan Hybrid, Toyota Prius and Volkswagen Golf EDI. For the fifth consecutive year, this prestigious award will be announced during a press conference at the Los Angeles Auto Show press days, Dec. 3. The Green Car of the Year award is a program that honors environmental leadership in the automobile field and recognizes vehicles that are readily available to consumers during the award year. Green Car Journal editors perform an exhaustive review of vehicle models to identify the five finalists.
The winner is ultimately decided by jurors such as Jay Leno, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Carroll Shelby, Matt Petersen of Global Green USA and the Sierra Club's Carl Pope, along with Green Car Journal editors. "We're seeing the trend for 'green' cars emerging at all levels, from entry-level cars to luxury models, and even performance cars and SUV/crossovers," said Ron Cohan, editor and publisher of the Green Car Journal and editor of "Plus, an array of technologies and fuels as well as strategies like light weighting and reducing rolling resistance are being applied to the challenge. Greater choice provides buyers a personal stake in lessening environmental impact, and that's important.
