Car of the Year awards

Executives and winners of the 2015 JoongAng Ilbo Car of the Year (COTY) awards pose for a photo Wednesday at Hotel Shilla in Seoul. From left are Hong Jeong-do, the CEO of JoongAng Ilbo and JTBC, and organizer of COTY; Yu Ji-soo, head of the COTY judging panel and the president of Kookmin University; Bang Sil, executive of Volkswagen Korea (Performance); Takehiko Kikuchi, CEO of Nissan Korea (Smart); Cho Yong-won, executive of Kia Motors (Domestic, Recreational Vehicle and Design); Choi Sang-koo, executive of Hyundai Motor (Domestic); Britta Seeger, president and CEO of Mercedes-Benz Korea (Car of the Year); Lee Man-sik, executive of Volvo Car Korea (Environmentally Friendly); Lee Jae-joon, brand management and sales director of BMW Korea (Innovation); Cho Joo-hyun, marketing and PR director at Jaguar Land Rover Korea (Design); Jung Jae-hee, chairman of the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association; and Kim Sung-ik of the Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association.

By Oh JONG-TAEK