Six new members in Car of the Year Jury

After some retirements for age reasons and the premature passing away of the Spanish member Pedro Figueruelo, the composition of the Jury for Car of the Year 2013 award records the incorporation of six new members.

Tony Verhelle, 57, comes from Belgium and is the Editor in chief of AutoGids magazine and website. The French journalist Thierry Etienne, 52, is the Motoring Editor of Le Figaro newspaper. Zsolt Csikós, 45, is an Hungarian motor writer and Editor of the prominent website Totalcar.hu. From Italy comes Alberto Sabbatini, 53, a former Jury member on late 1990s and currently Editor in chief of AUTO magazine, the sponsoring publication. Rafael Guitart, 49, Editor of Coche Actual and Autovía mags, is the new member from Spain. And Tommy Wahlström, 45, Managing Editor of ViBilägare, the CotY sponsoring publication, is the new Swedish member. As a whole The Jury for Car of the Year 2013 is comprised of 58 members coming from 22 countries.