AJAC tested the best vehicles in 2012

AJAC presents its selection of the best vehicles in Canada for 2012

Columnists Car Guide, and members of the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC), Denis Duquet, Nadine Filion, Gabriel Gelinas, Marc Lachapelle, Alain Sylvain Morin and Raymond will spend the week in Niagara-on- the-Lake, Ontario, to stuff a plethora test track and related activities, in order to determine that they are the best vehicles available in Canada for the year-2012 models.

In total, more than sixty journalists across the country, which will assess a 56 vehicles that will compete for the title of best choice in each of the 11 preset categories.

This is at the very end of this strenuous exercise or next Friday, we will be unveiled the name of the best cars and vehicles in each of these different categories.

Cars and vehicles that will compete:

Small Car (under $ 21,000)

Chevrolet Sonic Sedan

Fiat 500

Honda Civic Sedan

Hyundai Accent

Kia Rio5

Nissan Versa Sedan

Scion iQ

Small Car (over $ 21,000)

Ford Focus

Hyundai Elantra

Subaru Impreza

Volkswagen Beetle

Family Car (under $ 30,000)

Chevrolet Orlando

Chrysler 200

Kia Optima LX

Mazda5

Toyota Camry

Volkswagen Passat TDI Clean Diesel

Family Car (over $ 30,000)

Chevrolet Volt

Dodge Charger

Hyundai Sonata Hybrid

Kia Optima Hybrid

Mini Countryman

Toyota Prius V

Luxury Car (over $ 50,000)

Acura TL

Buick LaCrosse eAssist

Chrysler 300S

Hyundai Equus

Infiniti M35h

Lexus CT 200h

Mercedes-Benz C-Class C350 4MATIC Sedan

Prestige Car (over $ 75,000)

BMW 6 Series Convertible

Jaguar XKR-S

Mercedes-Benz S-Class S350 BlueTEC 4MATIC

New Sports / Performance (under $ 50,000)

Buick Regal GS

Dodge Charger SRT8

Honda Civic Si Coupe

Hyundai Veloster

Kia Optima SX

Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe

Volkswagen Jetta GLI

New Sports / Performance (over $ 50,000)

BMW 1 Series M Coupe

Chevrolet Camaro Convertible

Chrysler 300 SRT8

Hyundai Genesis R-Spec

Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class

Porsche Cayman R

SUV / CUV (under $ 35,000)

Dodge Journey

Jeep Compass

Jeep Wrangler / Wrangler Unlimited

SUV / CUV (under $ 60,000)

BMW X1

Dodge Durango

Ford Explorer

Range Rover Evoque

Volkswagen Touareg TDI Clean Diesel

SUV / CUV (over $ 60,000)

BMW X3

Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8

Mercedes-Benz M-Class

May the best win!