Women on Wheels (WOW), a South African female motoring supplement, has announced the winners of the 2012 WOW Women’s Car of the Year Awards, the only car awards in South Africa decided by women.

The 2012 WOW Women’s Car of the Year Awards consisted of 12 categories and more than 79000 votes were received from readers. The judging panel consisted of WOW editor Charleen Clarke, Mail & Guardian motoring editor Sukasha Singh, Linsay Vine from DSTV’s Ignition, motoring blogger Vuyi Jabavu, award-winning motoring journalist Peta Lee, MotorMania editor Mabuyane Kekana and City Press motoring editor Janine-Lee Gordan. The winning cars in each category are as follows,

Budget Buy: Kia PicantoSensible Sedans: Hyundai ElantraHot Hatches: Citroën DS3Pocket Rockets: Volkswagen Golf GTIExecutive Cars: BMW 5 SeriesGreen Vehicles: Toyota Auris HSDConvertibles: Porsche 911 Carrera CabrioletDream Drives: Aston Martin V8 Vantage SMPVs: Mercedes-Benz B-ClassWagons and Crossovers: Volvo V60Compact SUVs: Range Rover EvoqueLarge SUVs: Land Rover Discovery

The overall 2012 WOW Women’s Car of the Year was awarded to the Range Rover Evoque.

When we conceived this year’sWOW,we wanted to offer the readers more – more cars, more choices, more usable information and a better all-round magazine. Feedback from readers has proved that we achieved our goals. We have catered for a wide variety of women, from those who are just staring out to those who need to load the kids, dogs and lots of luggage,” said Charleen Clarke.