2011 European Car of the Year shortlist:

[homerjay]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/articles/2010/11/cars/...

hmmm, some really nice stuff there....

i think we all know which this will go on here

[homerjay]

no love for the leaf then?

[Negative Creep]

It's not as if car of the Year means anything is it?

[LuS1fer]

I think I just died and went to ugly car hell.

[DaveL86]

Non really float my boat, however I'd have to vote for the Alfa since its possible the closest thing to a PH car on the list.

[kambites]

Possibly the most uninspiring list of cars ever.

[LuS1fer]

I never ever understood the point of the C-Max - a tall Focus with the same number of seats...

[off_again]

Likely to get shot for this, but I say the Leaf!

Reason? Because its something different, pushing the technology and its available now. Pretty much everything else on the list is a re-hash of existing stuff. Citroen DS3? Come on, hardly ground breaking. Ford C-Max? Yeah, some good things in there, but its practical rather than forward thinking....

The Alfa is the closest thing to fun on the list, but again, fun doesnt necessarily make it worthy of an award. Nah, the Leaf for the fact that they are really trying something new and different and its packaged in something that is practical and useful. Ok, its a risk and might not work - but hell, at least someone out there is trying! And its better than the god-awful electric piles of crap that we had to date (Pug 106 excluded, but that was an experiment only).

Doesn't mean I want one though - hateful car.

[kambites]

I voted for the Leaf for much the same reason. Had there been anything interesting in the rest of the list I might not have done, but there isn't.

[8400rpm]

Is the V60 superceding the V70, or is it meant to fit imbetween the V70 and V50?

[Chr1sch]

I dont particularly like any of them but at least the Alfa is a good looking motor.....

[LuS1fer]

Chr1sch said:

I dont particularly like any of them but at least the Alfa is a good looking motor.....

Is it?

[10 Pence Short]

The Alfa will win. And it won't make a st of difference. Didn't the Tipo win it?

[robsco]

LuS1fer said:

Chr1sch said:

I dont particularly like any of them but at least the Alfa is a good looking motor.....

Is it?

It's a good looking car comparatively speaking with what's on the market currently, but next to the 147 it has replaced, every detail looks just a little bloated and cumbersome.

[LuS1fer]

10 Pence Short said:

The Alfa will win. And it won't make a st of difference. Didn't the Tipo win it?

Not sure but a lot of dross has won it, including the stodgy Chrysler Horizon. I think the last worthy car to win it was the Fiat 128 but it's such a non-event, others may have failed to register.

[carlove]

Wasn't the 147 European car of the year 2001?. I voted for the Giulietta

[robsco]

carlove said:

Wasn't the 147 European car of the year 2001?. I voted for the Giulietta

It was indeed.

[300bhp/ton]

kambites said:

Possibly the most uninspiring list of cars ever.

Indeed

[niva441]

I don't find anything inspiring their either. But I think the Leaf will find as it's perceived to be environmentally friendly and I suppose it the most technically interesting.

[LuS1fer]

Yes but the Prius never won it.