GM dominates 'Car of the Year' nominee list

General Motors products capture four of six nominations in two categories for prestigious auto journalists' award.

General Motors looks like it's on track to win both the Car and Truck of the Year awards at the 2008 North American International Auto Show in Detroit next month.

The list of finalists for the awards was announced Wednesday and GM makes two out of the three products nominated for each award.

A sweep would be the second in a row for GM (Charts, Fortune 500). At the the 2007 show, it took both awards with the Saturn Aura and Chevrolet Silverado.

The nominees for 2008 North American Car of the Year are the Cadillac CTS, Chevrolet Malibu and Honda Accord. The Accord is a product of Honda Motor Co. (Charts)

Nominees for the Truck of Year are the Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid and Mazda CX-9. Mazda is controlled by Ford Motor Co. (Charts, Fortune 500)

The winners are selected by a jury of 47 automotive journalists from the United States and Canada representing a range of media outlets including Fortune magazine, Edmunds.com, Road & Track and Chicago Tribune.

To be eligible, vehicles must be "all new" or "substantially redesigned" from the previous model year. The journalists selected the three cars and three trucks from a field of 13 cars and 15 trucks.

There will now be a second round of votes to select the two winning vehicles from among these six.

The winners will be announced Jan. 13 at the North American International Auto Show, also known as the Detroit Auto Show.

A GM sweep would mark the third year in a row in which one company won both awards. In 2006, Honda won both with the Civic and Ridgeline. That was the first time any company had done so since the awards began in 1994
(Source money.cnn.com)