World COTY 2009
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Pints

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18,448 posts

216 months

Saturday 11th April 2009
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And it goes to... the new VW Golf!

Some article said said:
Volkswagen's Golf 6 was crowned the 2009 World Car of the Year at a glittering ceremony at the New York motor show.

The hatchback was chosen from an initial list of 51 entries. In February, the list was whittled down to 10 when jurors were requested to score the candidates on merit, value, safety, environment and emotional appeal.

The top three contenders for the ultimate prize were Ford's Fiesta, the Toyota iQ and the Volkswagen.

Fiat's 500 trumped the Citroen C5 and Jaguar XF to be adjudged World Car Design of the Year.

In the World Performance Car category, Nissan's GT-R beat off the Corvette ZR1 and Porsche 911 to take the top honours. To quality for this award, contenders must have a minimum annual production run of 500 units or more.

Jurors selected the Honda FCX Clarity as the 2009 World Green Car. The Mitsubishi iMiEV and Toyota iQ rounded out the top three in this category.
Edited by Pints on Saturday 11th April 08:12

paulrockliffe

16,333 posts

249 months

Friday 17th April 2009
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How could the IQ not win this against a load of bland euro boxes?

cj_eds

1,567 posts

243 months

Friday 17th April 2009
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Isn't it a bit early for COTY 2009? There's an awful lot of 2009 left for new car releases!