Imports reign supreme at Aust car awards

ON a best car winners list dominated by imported vehicles, the iconic Australian-built Holden Commodore stood alone.

Made in Australia for more than 35 years, the Commodore SV6 was the local car-making industry's only winner among the best car awards by Australia's peak motoring bodies, taking out the gong for best large car under $60,000.

The rest of the field was split between European and Asian imports with strong competition ensuring no carmaker took home more than two accolades.

The Mazda6 Touring which won the best medium car under $50,000 also landed the headline judges' prize.

Amid ongoing fears about Holden's future in Australia, the company's executive director of sales, marketing and after sales, Phil Brook, refused to comment on specifics, but said the locally-built Commodore had "lots of life left".

"The car is built here in Adelaide and we've got lots of plans to move forward," Mr Brook said.

Chief judge Mark Borlace said despite well-publicised problems with the local car-making industry, the Commodore's safety features and refined drive would see it compete comfortably anywhere in the world.

"A lot has being said about the Australian motoring industry, but what I think has been lost in it (is) that Holden are making world-class cars," Mr Borlace said.

"Australia doesn't have a very big car industry relative to everybody else. Most of the cars are imported so it is good to have a homegrown winner."

For the first time, an award was withheld with all the nominees in the people mover category unable to meet the recently introduced five-star ANCAP safety rating required for all winners.

"We made the decision this year that we would not award trophy to those that had not achieved a five-star ANCAP rating," Mr Borlace told reporters.

"This was the first time we said to the industry 'even if you have a good car, if it isn't world-class standard, five stars, then it's not going to get a gong'."

Other winners of the awards announced in Melbourne on Tuesday included the Land Rover Discovery, which won the best All Terrain 4WD under $100,000 for the ninth year in a row.

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