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TestFest
The 2012 Canadian Car of the Year Awards "TestFest" will take place from Tuesday, Oct. 25th to Friday, Oct. 28th inclusive at the Niagara District Airport in Niagara-on-the-Lake. |
| The evaluation process for the Canadian Car of the Year Awards
(CCOTY) is based on "real-world" back-to-back testing so that the
results have relevance for consumers. |
| In other words, the rigorous testing program includes "real world"
driving on public roads – exactly where consumers drive - so that the
test, and vote, results are relevant to potential car and truck buyers.
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| Every member of a test team compares each vehicle in its class,
back-to-back, on the same roads, under the same conditions to ensure
objective evaluation. |
| Team members use a detailed rating form, comprising 21 separate
evaluation parameters that include acceleration, braking, vehicle
dynamics, maneuverability, even off-road capability, where applicable.
Each parameter is rated using a prescribed 0 – 10 rating scale. |
| Every detail, from safety features to cargo capacity, is thoroughly
scrutinized, discussed, and individually rated by secret ballot. |
| Those ballots are then tabulated by the international accounting firm KPMG. The results are kept confidential -- even from AJAC -- until the awards press conferences wherein the category and overall winners are announced. |
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Photos from past TestFest events: |
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