NEW YORK AUTO SHOW: Volkswagen's UP! Wins World Car Of The Year

The Volkswagen Up! small city car won 2012 World Car of the Year — defeating its much more powerful rivals BMW 3 Series and Porsche 911.

Oliver Stefani, the chief designer of the VW Up!, said "the goal of this car was to make something small great, and we really got rewarded for it today."

The Mercedes S 250 CDI BlueEfficiency won World Green Car of the Year over the Ford Focus EV and Peugeot 3008 Hybrid 4.

Neither winners are currently sold in the United States, but Daimler AG plans to bring the Mercedes engine in the 250 to the United States in the GLK by the end of the year. Mercedes showed off the 2013 GLK at this year's auto show.

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