Awards ceremony

The staff of the 2016 JoongAng Ilbo Car of the Year award and winners of each category pose for a photo during a ceremony held on Thursday at the Hotel Shilla in central Seoul. Hyundai Motor’s new flagship Genesis EQ900 sedan won this year’s Car of the Year award. From left: Choi Yoon-sun, public relations manager at Mercedes-Benz Korea; Chang Jae-hoon, director of domestic sales at Hyundai Motor; Cho In-chul managing director at MINI; Jorg Dietzel, director of marketing communications at Audi Korea; Torben Karasek, chief financial officer of BMW Korea; Kim Gyo-joon, publisher of the JoongAng Ilbo; Kwak Jin, president of Hyundai Motor; Seo Bo-won, domestic marketing director at Kia Motors; Cha Jong-kyu, assistant managing director at Ssangyong Motor; Lee Il-sub, director of marketing at GM Korea; and Cho Joo-hyun, director of marketing and public relations at Jaguar Land Rover Korea. [JEON MIN-GYU]