AA Motoring Excellence Supreme Award

Media Release: 9 March 2007
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Volvo S80 V8 AWD Wins 2007 AA Motoring Excellence Supreme Award

The Supreme Winner of the 2007 AA Motoring Excellence Awards has been announced in Auckland tonight.

Stella Stocks, General Manager of AA Technical Services, says the Supreme Award is the AA's highest award for motoring excellence and is given to the very best car currently on sale in New Zealand.

"The 2007 AA Motoring Excellence Supreme Award has gone to the Volvo S80 V8 All Wheel Drive," said Ms Stocks.

"The judges said this was a beautiful all round car - good looking, luxurious with a character packed engine, exquisite cabin design and fluent non-fuss chassis. It doesn't make a big styling statement because it doesn't need to.

"The Volvo S80 V8 AWD fashions not only the complete luxury car at an executive price but also teaches all sorts of lessons in terms of comfort, safety and ergonomics," said Ms Stocks.

The Volvo S80 V8 AWD sells for $109,990.

The 2007 Motoring Excellence Award categories and winners were:

Fairfax Media Small Car Class Award - won by Suzuki Swift Sport

JEVIC NZ Ltd Compact Car Class Award - won by Renault Scenic Phase II

Repco New Zealand Medium 4 Car Class Award - won by Skoda Octavia RS TDI Combi

The National Bank Medium / Large Car Class Award - won by Volvo V50 AWD Automatic

Bridgestone New Zealand Ltd Executive Car Class Award - won by Lexus IS250 2.5 V6 Sedan Limited

Vero Insurance New Zealand Ltd Luxury Car Class Award - won by Volvo S80 V8 AWD

EYEPRO Eyecare Crossover Car Class Award - won by Suzuki SX4 Ltd Manual

Castrol New Zealand Performance / Sports Car Class Award - won by Audi RS4

Deloitte Motoring Journalist Award - won by Mr Paul Owen, Chief Editor of NZ Autocar

Vodafone Environmental Award - won by Fiat Grande Punto 1.3 16V Dynamic

JD Power & Associates Customer Satisfaction Award - won by BMW

GE Money Safest Car Award - won by Citroën C4

AA Contribution to Motoring Award - won by Mr Bob Field, Toyota CEO and Chairman of Toyota New Zealand

The 2007 AA Motoring Excellence Awards were announced at a prestigious black tie dinner held in Auckland tonight.

The AA's Motoring Excellence Awards aim to identify and reward excellence amongst new vehicles and in areas of concern to motorists.

Further information is available from www.aa.co.nz/mea

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