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| MD of Volvo Ireland David Thomas and the Volvo Ireland Team celebrating the win. |
The
Volvo XC40 is the
Irish Car of the Year 2019 in association with Continental, as judged by a panel of Ireland's motoring writers,
writes Trish Whelan.
The win was announced this evening at a gala dinner in
The Gibson Hotel in Dublin.
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| Fergus Conheady of Mercedes-Benz Commercials Ireland accepts the IVOTY award from Tom Dennigan of Continental Ireland in the presence of Gerry Murphy from the Irish Van of the Year jury. |
The winner of the
Irish Van of the Year 2019 in association with Continental is the
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter.
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| Deirdre Keating of Rialto Ford accepted the Focus award on behalf of Ford Ireland. |
The
Ford Focus won the
Compact Car of the Year category.
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| Stephen Byrne, MD of Mercedes-Benz Ireland, accepts the CLS award from Tom Dennigan of Continental Ireland, in the presence of Mark Gallivan and Bob Flavin of the Irish Car of the Year Committee. |
The
Mercedes-Benz CLS is the
Executive/Premium Car of the Year.
The
Small Crossover category was won by the
SEAT Arona.
The
Volvo XC40 is the
Compact Crossover of the Year.
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| John Donegan of Skoda Ireland accepting the Skoda Karoq award. |
Skoda's Karoq is the winner of the
Medium Crossover category.
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| Mark McGrath of VW Ireland accepting the award for the Touareg. |
The
Large Crossover category was taken by the
Volkswagen Touareg.
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| James McCarthy, MD of Nissan Ireland, accepting the Nissan Leaf's award. |
Nissan's Leaf won the
Green/Efficient Car category.
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| Chairman and MD of Ford Ireland Ciaran McMahon with the awards for the Fiesta ST and Focus. |
The
Ford Fiesta ST won the Hot Hatchback category.
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| Paulo Alves of BMW Ireland accepting the M5 award. |
The
BMW M5 took the Performance Car accolade.
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| Jeanne McGann of Nissan Ireland accepts the Innovation Award for the Leaf's e-Pedal. |
And the winner of the Innovation Award for 2019 is the
Nissan Leaf's E-Pedal.
All the winners with
Tom Dennigan of Continental Ireland and members of the Irish Car of the Year Committee.
