The 2010 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Coupe at the 2009 Chicago auto show. (Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune)

Tribune staff report | Consumer voters proclaimed their favorites in five categories in the Chicago Auto Show’s fifth annual “Best of Show” balloting.

In voting conducted over the 10-day public run of the nation’s biggest auto show, winners in the contest’s five categories were:

Best All-New Production Vehicle: Ford Focus (29 percent of vote)

• Best Concept Vehicle: Cadillac XTS Platinum (28 percent of vote)
• Best Green Vehicle: Chevrolet Volt (25 percent of vote)
• Best Exhibit: Ford (41 percent of vote)
• “Vehicle I’d most like to have in my driveway:” Ford Shelby GT500

“In a year when our attendance was about level with 2009, we’re thrilled that everyone worked so hard to bring their best displays, concepts and production vehicles to a public whose optimism is returning,” said show chairman John Phelan.

Each of the first four winners beat out seven other vehicles. In the fifth category, “Vehicle I’d most like to have in my driveway,” voters could choose from any of the nearly 1,000 vehicles on the show floor.

According to the results, almost one-third of the voters considered the 2011 Ford Focus the best new production vehicle at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show. The Ford Taurus took the honors in 2009.

General Motors also repeated for best concept with the Cadillac XTS Platinum. Last year, the Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray took the prize.

Chevrolet’s Volt outpaced the Fisker Karma for the top green vehicle at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show. The extended-range electric Volt will go on sale later this year at a price of approximately $40,000.

For the second year in a row, Ford grabbed the honors for best exhibit with a commanding 41 percent of the vote, with more than a half dozen interactive displays throughout its booth.

In the tightest race of all, the 2010 Ford Shelby GT bested-other vehicles on the show floor to become the showgoers’ pick for “Vehicle I’d most like to have in my driveway.”