26 vehicles are candidates for car, truck awards

AUTOMOTIVE NEWS | DETROIT -- Twenty-six vehicles are in the running for the 2007 North American Car of the Year and North American Truck of the year awards.

The list of candidates -- 11 cars and 15 trucks -- will be voted on by a jury of 50 automotive journalists in early December. The jury includes Automotive News Executive Editor Edward Lapham and Senior Writer Dale Jewett, and AutoWeek Editor Dutch Mandel and Road Test Editor Natalie Neff.

The top-three vote getters in each category will be announced about four weeks before the awards are handed out Jan. 7 at the opening press day of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

Candidates for car of the year are:

• Chrysler Sebring
  
  
• Dodge Caliber
  
  
• Honda Fit
  
  
• Infiniti G35
  
  
• Jaguar XK/XKR
  
  
• Lexus LS 460
  
  
• Mercedes S class
  
  
• Nissan Altima
  
  
• Nissan Versa
  
  
• Saturn Aura
  
  
• Toyota Camry

Candidates for truck of the year are:

• Acura MDX
  
  
• Acura RDX
  
  
• Audi Q7
  
  
• BMW X5
  
  
• Chevrolet Tahoe/Suburban
  
  
• Chevrolet Silverado
  
  
• Dodge Nitro
  
  
• Ford Edge
  
  
• GMC Acadia
  
  
• Honda CR-V
  
  
• Hyundai Santa Fe
  
  
• Jeep Wrangler
  
  
• Mazda CX-7
  
  
• Saturn Vue Green Line
  
  
• Toyota FJ Cruiser