Monday, 30 November 2009

2010 VW POLO WINS EUROPEAN CAR OF THE YEAR



The new Volkswagen Polo has just been voted the 2010 European Car of the Year. The votes were carried out by a jury of 59 motoring journalists from 23 European countries. This is the first time in 18 years that a VW car has won the title. The last time was in 1992.

VW SA will launch the new Polo towards the end of January 2010, possibly with a 1.2 TSI and a 1.6 TDI worth 77kW each.

This is how the voting points went:

Volkswagen Polo 347 points
Toyota iQ 337 points
Opel/Vauxhall Astra 221 points
Skoda Yeti 158 points, 54 votes
Mercedes-Benz E-class 155 points
Peugeot 3008 144 points, 49 votes
Citroen C3 Picasso 113 points

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