The 2013 Best Buy awards presented by the Car Guide

Le Guide de l’Auto and its 2013 award

A total of 27 awards were presented

Excellent food for a remarkable crowd!

The award ceremony was hosted by our very own, Gabriel Gelinas

Marc Lachapelle presents to Maki Inoue, from Honda Canada, the 2013 award for the best sub-compact car for the Honda Fit

Marc Lachapelle stands with Thomas Tetzlaff, with Volkswagen Canada, as he received the award for the best 2013 compact car for the Jetta.

Jack Sulymka, Marc Lachapelle and the award for the best 2013 mid-size sedans, the Kia Optima

Accompanied by Marc Lachapelle, Barbara Pitbaldo from BMW accepts the award for the 2013 best sedan under 50K for the BMW 3 Series

Marc Lachapelle presents Jordan Wasylyk with the 2013 best full-size sedan for the Chrysler 300

Thomas Tetzlaff receives from Nadine Filion the 2013 award for best sports coupe under 50K for the Golf R / Gti

Nadine Filion presents Barbara Pitbaldo with the 2013 award for the best sports coupe and sedans 50K-100K for the BMW 5 Series

The award for the 2013 best prestige car is presented to Patrick St-Pierre for the Porsche Panamera

Sandra Lemaitre from Mazda Canada accepts the 2013 award for the Mazda MX-5, best convertible and roadster under 50K

Benjamin Hunter, the Car Guide’s web editor presents Patrick St-Pierre with the 2013 award for the best convertible and roadster 50K-100K for the Porsche Boxster

Joe Felstein, from Subaru Canada, receives the 2013 award for the best crossover under 50K for the Subaru Outback

Alain Morin presents Sandra Lemaitre, from Mazda Canada, with the 2013 award for the best compact SUV under 40K, the Mazda CX-5

Alain Morin presents Rosemarie Pao with the 2013 award for the best mid-size SUV under 50K for the Ford Explorer

There’s a tie in the mid-size SUVs over 50K : Porsche Cayenne and Volkswagen Touareg. Both Patrick St-Pierre from Porsche and Thomas Tetzlaff from Volkswagen receive a 2013 award from Alain Morin in this category.

The 2013 award for the best full-size SUV goes to the GL Class, presented by Sylvain Raymond to JoAnne Caza from Mercedes-Benz Canada

The Honda Odyssey received the 2013 award for the best minivan. Award presented to Maki Inoue by Sylvain Raymond.

Sylvain Raymond presents Maki Inoue with the 2013 award for the best compact and mid-size pick-up trucks for the Honda Ridgeline.

The 2013 award for the best full-size pick-up truck was presented to Rosemarie Pao for the Ford F-150.

The 2013 Technology of the year award was presented by Denis Duquet to Mark Van Tol, from Ford Canada, for their rear inflatable seat belts.

Denis Duquet presents the 2013 SUV of the year award to Sandra Lemaitre, from Mazda Canada, for the Mazda CX-5.

The 2013 best new car of the year is shared by Joe Felstein from Subaru Canada for the BRZ and Lelan Leontowich from Scion for the Scion FR-S. Both receive their awards from Denis Duquet.

Denis Duquet presents to Maki Inoue from Honda Canada, the 2013 award for the best new design of the year for the Acura NSX.