{"id":8498,"date":"2015-04-03T13:17:58","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T20:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=8498"},"modified":"2015-04-03T13:17:58","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T20:17:58","slug":"hat-trick-for-mercedes-benz-at-world-car-awards-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=8498","title":{"rendered":"Hat trick for Mercedes-Benz at World Car Awards 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8499\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?attachment_id=8499\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8499\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8499\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8499\" src=\"http:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015-Mercedes-Benz-C-Class-Coupe-300x175.jpg\" alt=\"2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe.\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015-Mercedes-Benz-C-Class-Coupe-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015-Mercedes-Benz-C-Class-Coupe.jpg 616w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mercedes-Benz has been named winner in three categories in the World Car Awards 2015 at the New York International Auto Show (April 3-2, 2015, Javits Center).<\/p>\n<p>Particular success was enjoyed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/c-class.mercedes-benz.ca\/?gclid=CM67hfj22sQCFViUfgodobsAUA&amp;utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=cclass_launch&amp;utm_content=sem_national_brand_csedan_EN_3&amp;s_kwcid=AL!158!3!39697501774!e!!g!!2015%20mercedes-benz%20c-class&amp;ef_id=VIpCxgAABGRWgRxT:20150403200253:s\">Mercedes-Benz C-Class,<\/a> which won the World Car of the Year 2015 award, ousting the Ford Mustang and the Volkswagen Passat for the top award.<\/p>\n<p>The S-Class Coup\u00e9 was voted World Luxury Car 2015, while the Mercedes-AMG GT sports car picked up the award for World Performance Car 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Mercedes-Benz was the only automobile manufacturer to make it into the final round of the awards with five vehicles. This commanding performance is unprecedented in the 11-year history of the World Car of the Year awards and serves to reflect the tremendous popularity of the Stuttgart-based brand among its customers.<\/p>\n<p>The international jury for the World Car Awards is made up of 75 renowned automotive journalists. The results are tabulated by secret ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Mercedes-Benz has also found favour with the jury in previous years. In 2014. the S-Class won the category World Luxury Car. In 2012, the S 250 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY was the winner in the category World Green Car, while the same award was taken in 2007 by the E 320 BlueTEC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mercedes-Benz has been named winner in three categories in the World Car Awards 2015 at the New York International Auto Show (April 3-2, 2015, Javits Center). Particular success was enjoyed by the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, which won the World Car of the Year 2015 award, ousting the Ford Mustang and the Volkswagen Passat for the top<a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=8498\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mercedes-benz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8500,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8498\/revisions\/8500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}