2018 European Car of the Year winner named
An international panel of sixty motoring journalists has decided that the Volvo XC40 is 2018’s European Car of the Year.
Each juror had twenty-five points to apportion across the seven nominees (with a maximum permitted allocation of ten points per car). The Swedish compact SUV managed to attract 21.7% of the total, so it achieved an emphatic victory.
Perhaps surprisingly, the Seat Ibiza ended up in second place, while BMW’s 5 Series occupied the third podium position.
The voting again exhibited some national biases. For instance, the six representatives from Germany gave 29.3% of their available marks to the BMW. In a similar vein, the Alfa Romeo and Citroën scored extremely well with the Italians and French respectively.
Sweden almost bucked the trend, though. That country’s three delegates did bestow a large 24.0% points share upon the Volvo, but bizarrely they also allotted 30.7% to the relatively unpopular Audi.
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Each juror had twenty-five points to apportion across the seven nominees (with a maximum permitted allocation of ten points per car). The Swedish compact SUV managed to attract 21.7% of the total, so it achieved an emphatic victory.
Perhaps surprisingly, the Seat Ibiza ended up in second place, while BMW’s 5 Series occupied the third podium position.
| 2018 European Car of the Year - Final Results | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volvo XC40 | 325 points (21.7%) |
| 2 | Seat Ibiza | 242 points (16.1%) |
| 3 | BMW 5 Series | 226 points (15.1%) |
| 4 | Kia Stinger | 204 points (13.6%) |
| 5 | Citroën C3 Aircross | 171 points (11.4%) |
| 6 | Audi A8 | 169 points (11.3%) |
| 7 | Alfa Romeo Stelvio | 163 points (10.9%) |
The voting again exhibited some national biases. For instance, the six representatives from Germany gave 29.3% of their available marks to the BMW. In a similar vein, the Alfa Romeo and Citroën scored extremely well with the Italians and French respectively.
Sweden almost bucked the trend, though. That country’s three delegates did bestow a large 24.0% points share upon the Volvo, but bizarrely they also allotted 30.7% to the relatively unpopular Audi.
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