European Car of the Year

















Car of the Year
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Formation 1964
Website www.caroftheyear.org

The European Car of the Year award is an international award established in 1964, by a collective of automobile magazines from different countries in Europe. The current organisers of the award are Auto (Italy), Autocar (United Kingdom), Autopista (Spain), Autovisie (Netherlands), L'Automobile Magazine (France), Stern (Germany) and Vi Bilägare (Sweden).[1]


The voting jury consists of motoring journalists from publications throughout Europe. Representation from each country is based on the size of the country's car market, and car manufacturing industry. There are no categories or class winners — the stated objective is to find a "single, decisive winner" among all competing cars.


The 2017 ECOTY was announced on March 6, 2017, at the Geneva Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland, the winner being the Peugeot 3008.[2][3]




Contents






  • 1 Current rules


  • 2 Results


    • 2.1 21st Century




  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Current rules


Eligible cars are new models released in the twelve months prior to the award. The award is not restricted to European cars, but nominees must be available in at least five European countries, and have expected sales of 5,000 a year.


Nominees are judged on the following criteria: design, comfort, safety, economy, handling, performance, functionality, environmental requirements, driver satisfaction and price. Technical innovation and value for money are also important factors.[4]


A shortlist of seven cars is selected by a simple vote. For the final round of voting, each jury member has 25 points to distribute among the finalists. The points must be distributed to at least five cars, with no more than ten to any one car, and no joint top marks. The voting is open, and each jury member provides published justification for their vote distribution.


Under these rules, the decisiveness of the victory has varied greatly. For example, in 1988, the Peugeot 405 won by 212 points, the biggest gap in the history of the European Car of the Year competition; such feat was repeated in 2013, as the Mk VII Volkswagen Golf won by the same points gap. In 2010 the Volkswagen Polo won by a mere 10 points, received maximum points from twenty-five jurors, and was the top choice of 59.


The Renault Clio (1991, 2006), Volkswagen Golf (1992, 2013), and Opel/Vauxhall Astra (1985, 2016), are the only cars to have won the award more than once.


In November 2010, the Nissan Leaf was the first electrically-powered vehicle to be awarded Car of the Year.[5][6]



Results


British carmakers produced the first two winners of the award. The Rover 2000 saloon was the inaugural winner in 1964 while the Austin 1800 was victorious in 1965. The Rover won over another British contender, the rear-engine Hillman Imp.


The Renault 16 was the world's first production hatchback car[disputed ] and unsurprisingly won the award for 1966, having been launched at the beginning of 1965. A year later, the award went to the Fiat 124, which won more than twice as many as voted as its nearest competitor, the BMW 1600. Fiat missed out the following year, however, when its 125 was pipped to the award by the revolutionary new NSU Ro80, one of the first production cars to feature a rotary engine.


Peugeot claimed the accolade for the first time with the 1969 award, which was won by its 504 saloon, a large family car which offered a high standard of interior comfort and build quality. The Fiat 128 was the next winner of the award, while a year later the innovative new Citroen GS family saloon won the award.


Fiat became the first manufacturer to win the award for a third time when its 127 supermini won the 1972 title. The next winner of the award was the Audi 80, and the 1974 award went to the Mercedes-Benz 450SE luxury saloon.


Despite financial problems which led to its takeover by Peugeot that year, Citroen won the accolade in 1975 with its flagship CX saloon, which fought off a strong challenge from the highly acclaimed Volkswagen Golf. Then came Chrysler Europe's first winner of the award, the contemporary Simca 1307/1308 (Chrysler Alpine in the United Kingdom). Despite all the strife which troubled British Leyland throughout the 1970s, the state-owned carmaker achieved recognition for 1977 when its Rover 3500 executive car won the award - the last time a British marque has been named European Car of the Year.


Sports cars have traditionally accounted for only a tiny percentage of car sales throughout Europe, but the European Car of the Year accolade was won by one for 1978, when the Porsche 928 sealed the award in the face of competition from the BMW 7 Series and Ford Granada.


Just before the sale of its European division to Peugeot, Chrysler achieved a success second in the contest with its Horizon, which won the 1979 award ahead of one of its main rivals, Fiat Ritmo/Strada. Lancia finally achieved recognition a year later when its stylish new Delta hatchback was voted European Car of the Year.


Ford finally achieved success in the contest when its MK3 Escort, the first of that model line to feature front-wheel drive or a hatchback, sealed the award for 1981, fighting off competition from British Leyland's crucial Austin Metro supermini and the Fiat Panda. A year later, the accolade was perhaps surprisingly won by the Renault 9, which managed to finish ahead of the more widely well regarded Opel Ascona/Vauxhall Cavalier and the MK2 Volkswagen Polo. The 1983 award was won by the Audi 100, which narrowly finished ahead of the slightly smaller and similarly aerodynamic Ford Sierra.


The 1984 award saw two new superminis finish well ahead of the nearest contenders. The Fiat Uno was Fiat's fourth success in the history of the award, finishing slightly ahead of the Peugeot 205. A year later, General Motors finally achieved recognition when its latest version of the Opel Kadett/Vauxhall Astra sealed it. Ford achieved a second victory in the 1986 contest with its new Scorpio/Granada flagship Which unsuccessful in the American market. General Motors made it two victories in three years when its own flagship model, the Opel Omega/Vauxhall Carlton, won the award for 1987.


19 years after the 504 gave Peugeot its first European Car of the Year, the French carmaker finally enjoyed its second triumph in the competition when its mid-range 405 saloon won the 1988 award by a wide margin. A year later, Fiat became the first manufacturer to win the award five times when its ground-breaking new Tipo achieved victory.


Citroen's new XM flagship model won the award for 1990, with its French rival Renault scoring success a year later with the new Clio supermini, which signalled the end for the iconic R5. With the award now nearly 30 years old, Volkswagen finally achieved recognition in 1992 when its MK3 Golf won the award, finishing ahead of two of its most important competitors - the Vauxhall/Opel Astra and Citroen ZX.


A non-European brand - with a British-built product - won the award for the first time for 1993, when the Nissan Micra earned top marks ahead of the Fiat Cinquecento (a car which helped the popularity of city cars in Europe to soar over the next few years) and Renault's new flagship, the Safrane.


Ford achieved a third success in the competition with its Mondeo, successor to the Sierra, winning the award for 1994. Fiat increased its number of victories in the contest to six, when its new Punto supermini won the award for 1995, just as its Uno and 127 ancestors had done many years earlier. Fiat made it seven victories a year later when its Bravo/Brava range pipped the stylish Peugeot 406 to the honour.


Renault's innovative compact MPV, the Scenic, won the ECOTY And Japan Import Car of the Year for 1997, while The Fiat subsidiary Alfa Romeo won the next year's award for the first time with its 156 mid-range sports saloon.


Ford achieved a fourth success in the contest when its boldly-styled Focus won the 1999 award, fighting off competition from the latest Vauxhall/Opel Astra as well as Peugeot's stylish 206 supermini. A year later, a Japanese manufacturer - this time with a Japanese-built product - won the award when the Toyota Yaris Hatchback and Yaris Verso Mini MPV earned top marks in Car of the Year Japan and ECOTY ahead of the boldly-styled Fiat Multipla and the practical Vauxhall/Opel Zafira compact MPV.


Alfa Romeo's modern revival continued when its stylish 147 won the award for 2001, with the next winner being the Peugeot 307. It was another French success for 2003, when the second generation Renault Megane was the winner.


Fiat achieved its eighth success in the contest when its all-new Panda won the 2004 award. Toyota made it two victories from six years when its radical Prius hybrid won the 2005 award. The Renault Clio became the first model to win the award twice when the third generation of the popular supermini won it for 2006, having previously won in 1991.


Ford's stylish and practical S-MAX won the 2007 award, fighting off a close challenge from the Vauxhall/Opel Corsa, earlier versions of which had been largely overlooked by the contest's judges.


Fiat made in nine victories in the contest when it won the 2008 award with the 500 model, a retro-styled take on its iconic small car which had first been launched 50 years earlier. The next award went to a more traditional and mainstream offering, when Vauxhall/Opel won the award for only the third time with its Insignia.


Volkswagen's Polo supermini had been around in several forms since its launch in the mid 1970s, but the all-new version launched in 2009 was the first generation of Polo to win this award, and only the second Volkswagen-badged car ever to win it.


Then came two years of success for electric-powered cars, with the British-built Nissan Leaf and United States-built (Opel) Vauxhall Ampera/Chevrolet Volt winning the 2011 and 2012 award respectively.


The Volkswagen Golf (having previously won in 1992) then joined the Renault Clio with the distinction of two wins in the contest when the MK7 version won the 2013 award. One of the Golf's key rivals, the Peugeot 308, was the next winner. In 2015, was awarded the Volkswagen Passat. In 2016, the Opel/Vauxhall Astra, another key rival to the Golf, became the third automobile to win the award twice, having previously won in 1985.


In 2017 Peugeot won with the fifth time with the crossover 3008.


The 2018 winner announced on 5 March is for a Swedish manufacturer for the first time in the history of the competition, with the Volvo XC40 winning.



























































































































































































































































































































































European Car of the Year
Year
Winner
Points
Second place
Points
Third place
Points
1964

Rover 2000
76

Mercedes 600
64

Hillman Imp
31
1965

Austin 1800
78

Autobianchi Primula
51

Ford Mustang
18
1966

Renault 16
98

Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow
81

Oldsmobile Toronado
59
1967

Fiat 124
144

BMW 1600
69

Jensen FF
61
1968

NSU Ro 80
197

Fiat 125
133

Simca 1100
94
1969

Peugeot 504
119

BMW 2500/2800
77

Alfa Romeo 1750
76
1970

Fiat 128
235

Autobianchi A112
96

Renault 12
79
1971

Citroën GS
233

Volkswagen K70
121

Citroën SM
105
1972

Fiat 127
239

Renault 15/17
107

Mercedes 350SL
96
1973

Audi 80
114

Renault 5
109

Alfa Romeo Alfetta
95
1974

Mercedes 450SE
115

Fiat X1/9
99

Honda Civic
90
1975

Citroën CX
229

Volkswagen Golf
164

Audi 50
136
1976

Simca 1307-1308
192

BMW 3-series
144

Renault 30 TS
107
1977

Rover 3500
157

Audi 100
138

Ford Fiesta
135
1978

Porsche 928
261

BMW 7-series
231

Ford Granada
203
1979

Simca-Chrysler Horizon
251

Fiat Ritmo
239

Audi 80
181
1980

Lancia Delta
369

Opel Kadett
301

Peugeot 505
199
1981

Ford Escort Mk.III
326

Fiat Panda
308

Austin Metro
255
1982

Renault 9
335

Opel Ascona
304

Volkswagen Polo
252
1983

Audi 100
410

Ford Sierra
386

Volvo 760
157
1984

Fiat Uno
346

Peugeot 205
325

Volkswagen Golf
156
1985

Opel Kadett
326

Renault 25
261

Lancia Thema
191
1986

Ford Scorpio
337

Autobianchi Y10
291

Mercedes-Benz 200-300E
273
1987

Opel Omega
275

Audi 80
238

BMW 7-series
175
1988

Peugeot 405
464

Citroën AX
252

Honda Prelude
234
1989

Fiat Tipo
356

Opel Vectra
261

Volkswagen Passat
194
1990

Citroën XM
390

Mercedes-Benz SL
215

Ford Fiesta
214
1991

Renault Clio
312

Nissan Primera
258

Opel Calibra
183
1992[7]

Volkswagen Golf
276

Opel Astra
231

Citroën ZX
213
1993

Nissan Micra
338

Fiat Cinquecento
304

Renault Safrane
244
1994

Ford Mondeo
290

Citroën Xantia
264

Mercedes-Benz C
192
1995

Fiat Punto
370

Volkswagen Polo
292

Opel Omega
272
1996

Fiat Bravo/Brava
378

Peugeot 406
363

Audi A4
246
1997

Renault Mégane Scénic
405

Ford Ka
293

Volkswagen Passat
248
1998

Alfa Romeo 156
454

Volkswagen Golf
266

Audi A6
265
1999

Ford Focus
444

Opel Astra
269

Peugeot 206
248
2000

Toyota Yaris/Yaris Verso
344

Fiat Multipla
325

Opel Zafira
265


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Year
Car
Points

2001

Alfa Romeo 147

238

Ford Mondeo
237

Toyota Prius
229

Audi A2
184

Mercedes-Benz C-Class
164

Opel Corsa
133

Volvo S60
92

2002

Peugeot 307

286

Renault Laguna
244

Fiat Stilo
243

Mini One
213

Honda Civic
174

Citroen C5
119

Jaguar X-Type
86

2003

Renault Mégane

322

Mazda 6
302

Citroën C3
214

Honda Jazz
167

Ford Fiesta
161

Opel Vectra
151

Mercedes-Benz E-Class
133

2004

Fiat Panda

281

Mazda 3
241

Volkswagen Golf
241

Toyota Avensis
219

Opel Meriva
213

BMW 5 Series
144

Nissan Micra
111

2005

Toyota Prius

406

Citroën C4
267

Ford Focus
228

Opel Astra
180

Renault Modus
151

Peugeot 407
135

BMW 1 Series
83

2006

Renault Clio

256

Volkswagen Passat
251

Alfa Romeo 159
212

BMW 3 Series
203

Mazda 5
198

Citroen C1
187

Toyota Yaris
143

2007

Ford S-Max

235

Opel Corsa
233

Citroën C4 Picasso
222

Skoda Roomster
189

Honda Civic
148

Peugeot 207
144

Volvo C30
141

2008

Fiat 500

385

Mazda2
325

Ford Mondeo
202

Kia Ceed
166

Nissan Qashqai
147

Mercedes-Benz C-Class
128

Peugeot 308
91

2009

Opel Insignia

321

Ford Fiesta
320

Volkswagen Golf
223

Citroen C5
198

Alfa Romeo MiTo
148

Skoda Superb
144

Renault Megane
121

2010

Volkswagen Polo

347

Toyota iQ
337

Opel Astra
221

Skoda Yeti
158

Mercedes-Benz E-Class
155

Peugeot 3008
144

Citroen C3 Picasso
113

2011

Nissan Leaf

257

Alfa Romeo Giulietta
248

Opel Meriva
244

Ford C-Max
224

Citroen DS3
175

Volvo S60
145

Dacia Duster
132

2012

Chevrolet Volt/Opel Ampera

330

Volkswagen up!
281

Ford Focus
256

Range Rover Evoque
186

Fiat Panda
156

Citroen DS5
144

Toyota Yaris
122

2013

Volkswagen Golf

414

Toyota GT-86/Subaru BRZ
202

Volvo V40
189

Ford B-Max
148

Mercedes-Benz A-Class
138

Renault Clio
128

Peugeot 208
120

2014

Peugeot 308

307

BMW i3
223

Tesla Model S
216

Citroen C4 Picasso
182

Mazda3
180

Skoda Octavia
172

Mercedes-Benz S-Class
170

2015

Volkswagen Passat

340

Citroën C4 Cactus
248

Mercedes-Benz C-Class
221

Ford Mondeo
203

Nissan Qashqai
160

BMW 2 Series
154

Renault Twingo
124

2016

Opel Astra

312

Volvo XC90
294

Mazda MX-5
202

Audi A4
189

Jaguar XE
163

Skoda Superb
147

BMW 7 Series
143

2017

Peugeot 3008

319

Alfa Romeo Giulia
296

Mercedes E-Class
197

Volvo S90
172

Citroen C3
166

Toyota C-HR
165

Nissan Micra
135

2018

Volvo XC40

325

Seat Ibiza
242

BMW 5 Series
226

Kia Stinger
204

Citroen C3 Aircross
171

Audi A8
169

Alfa Romeo Stelvio
163

2019

Alpine A110


Citroën C5 Aircross


Ford Focus


Jaguar I-Pace


Kia Ceed


Mercedes-Benz A-Class


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Winners sorted by manufacturer
Manufacturer
Country
Wins
Winning Cars

Fiat

 Italy
9

124 (1967); 128 (1970); 127 (1972); Uno (1984); Tipo (1989); Punto (1995); Bravo/Brava (1996); Panda (2004); 500 (2008)

Renault

 France
6

16 (1966); 9 (1982); Clio (1991); Scénic (1997); Mégane (2003); Clio (2006)

Ford

 United States
5

Escort (1981); Scorpio (1986); Mondeo (1994); Focus (1999); S-Max (2007)

Opel

 Germany
5

Kadett (1985); Omega (1987); Insignia (2009); Ampera (2012); Astra (2016)

Peugeot

 France
5

504 (1969); 405 (1988); 307 (2002); 308 (2014); 3008 (2017)

Volkswagen

 Germany
4

Golf (1992); Polo (2010); Golf (2013);[8]Passat (2015)

Citroën

 France
3

GS (1971); CX (1975); XM (1990)

Alfa Romeo

 Italy
2

156 (1998); 147 (2001)

Audi

 Germany
2

80 (1973); 100 (1983)

Simca

 France
2

1307-1308 (1976); Simca-Talbot Horizon (1979)

Nissan

 Japan
2

Micra (1993); Leaf (2011)

Rover

 United Kingdom
2

P6 (1964); SD1 (1977)

Toyota

 Japan
2

Yaris (2000); Prius (2005)

Austin

 United Kingdom
1

1800 (1965)

Chevrolet

 United States
1

Chevrolet Volt (2012) joint candidate with Opel/Vauxhall Ampera[9]

Lancia

 Italy
1

Delta (1980)

Mercedes-Benz

 Germany
1

S-Class (1974)

NSU

 Germany
1

Ro 80 (1968)

Porsche

 Germany
1

928 (1978)

Volvo

 Sweden
1

XC40 (2018)


See also



  • Car of the Year for other similar awards in different countries and by various magazine and institutions.


References





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  2. ^ Wiseman, Ed (2017-03-06). "Peugeot 3008 wins European Car of the Year 2017". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2017-12-13.


  3. ^ "Peugeot 3008 wins Car of the Year 2017". CAR Magazine. Retrieved 2017-12-13.


  4. ^ "What makes a Car of the Year?". caroftheyear.org. Retrieved 2010-11-20.


  5. ^ Contributor. "Nissan Leaf Gets European Car Of The Year, First Ever For An Electric Car". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2017-12-13.


  6. ^ "Nissan Leaf takes European Car of the Year". The Independent. 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2017-12-13.


  7. ^ "Car of the Year twice - 1992 & 2013". Car manufacturer. Volkswagen. Retrieved 24 April 2013.


  8. ^ "Car of the Year 2013: VW Golf does it again". caroftheyear.org. Retrieved 2013-03-04.


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