With the Garage of the Year competition already on, female motoring writers around the world have started the voting process to nominate the Women's World Car of the Year 2012.
Family Car, Luxury Car, Sports Car and Economy Car: these are the four main categories in the Women's World Car of the Year competition. Voting has already started after judges from eleven countries submitted their own personal short list.
The judges have cut the shortlist from 300 vehicles down to just 32. The cars will be judged on a range of attributes, including Child-friendliness - a criterion not normally used in these sorts of polls.
The 20 female judges will send their secret-ballot votes to international auditors and accountants, Grant Thornton, at their Auckland office in New Zealand.
All responses will be collected to produce the final awards list. Finally, the car with the most points in each category will win that category and the vehicle receiving the most votes overall will win the Women's World Car of the Year for 2012 Supreme award.
Official short lists
With results set to be announced at the end of March, here is the current shortlist:
FAMILY CAR: Ford Focus, Audi Q3, Kia Optima, Subaru XV, Mercedes-Benz B-Class, BMW X1 and Mazda CX5.
LUXURY CAR: Range Rover Evoque, Mercedes-Benz C-Class, Audi A6, Bentley Continental, Audi A7, BMW 6 Series, BMW 3 Series, Peugeot 508 and Jaguar XJ.
SPORTS CAR: Porsche 911 - 991, Jaguar XKR, Audi RS5, Renault Megane III, Ferrari FF, Ferrari 458 Spider, BMW Series 1 M, VW Golf R, Lamborghini Aventador, Mercedes-Benz SLK, Mercedes-Benz and CLS AMG.
ECONOMY CAR: VW up!, Kia Rio, Kia Picanto, Honda CRZ, Honda Civic, Mazda 3 Skyactiv, Ford Fiesta Econetic and Hyundai Accent Diesel.
