| Early in the fall, the jurors consider all the new or substantially changed vehicles and pick a dozen or so cars and trucks, from what is called the long list, that they think deserve additional consideration. This vote results in what is called the short list. |
| Early in December the jurors vote on those short-list vehicles, sending their ballots directly to Deloitte & Touche in Detroit. |
| On those ballots jurors are given 25 points to distribute among the cars and 25 points to distribute among the trucks. However, no more than 10 points may be given to a single vehicle and those maximum points may be given to only one truck and one car. Jurors must use all their points. |
That vote narrows the field to three cars and three trucks. Those finalists are disclosed at a luncheon held by the Automotive Press Association in Detroit.
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| Then the jurors vote again on those three cars and three trucks. |
| In that vote jurors have 10 points for the cars and 10 points for the trucks. All 10 points may be given to a single vehicle or they may be divided up. All the points must be used. |
| To see how NACTOY jurors voted for the 2012 North American Car and Truck of the Year go here: NACTOYVotes.zip |
