Winners announced in Chinese Auto Design Awards 2011

Winners in the fourth Chinese Auto Design Awards have finally been announced. Held at the China Agriculture Film and Television Center in Beijing, the glamourous ceremony saw awards given to two groups; students and automotive manufacturers.

Amongst the automotive groups, it was GAC Trumpchi that was awarded the ‘Best Design Innovation Award', whilst Buick's picked up the ‘Golden Dot Award' for its ‘Envision' concept car. Other concepts that won accolades were JAC's IV concept and the Changan C201. Both of which were awarded ‘Best Concept Design' awards while Chevrolet's Sail EV concept picked up the award for ‘Most Innovative Design Award'.

The award for ‘Best Green Design' was awarded to the Guangzhou Auto X-Power concept car while the Chevrolet Sail sedan models, Changan Benben Mini and JAC HeYue all collected awards for ‘Good Design'. Rounding out the award ceremony for manufacturers was the Beiqi B40 which collected the ‘Best functional Design' Award.

In addition, General Motors' Shanghai-based PATAC (Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center) and GAC's concept and styling center also received awards for their ‘Outstanding Design Teams'.

Designers Xiaoning (design director of GAC), XuZhihai (JAC's Technology Center Technical Director) and ZhangWei (Deputy director of the Changan Shanghai Automobile Resarch Center) were each accredited with ‘Outstanding Designer' awards.

In the student categories, it was Zhao Yanwei who collected the Grand Prize 'Dot Award' for their work. Tsinghua University's Kong Shiyuan was also a Grand Prize winner, rewarded with a new Chery QQ3 sedan. All the winning designs, from automotive manufacturer and student, will be featured in a new exhibit in the city's automotive museum.

By Xie Guoqing and Bai Jianan