DS4 is Most Beautiful Car

Citroën’s DS4 has been declared Most Beautiful Car of the Year 2011 at the International Automobile Festival, which is currently taking place at the Hôtel des Invalides in Paris, France.


The decision was based solely on a public internet ballot, with voters allowed to choose from a shortlist of seven different models. None of the candidates could have a retail price tag exceeding €50,000.

Emerging as a clear winner, the DS4 received 45% of all the hundreds of thousands of votes cast.

Of course, beauty and good design are subjective things, but it’s arguable that the opposition wasn’t exactly strong. Indeed, although some of the cars on the shortlist could be described as ‘elegant’, ‘striking’ or even ‘purposeful’, ‘beautiful’ is possibly too strong an adjective for any of them.

Most Beautiful Car of the Year 2011
Position Model
1 Citroën DS4
2 BMW 5 Series Saloon
3 Honda CR-Z Hybrid
4 Renault Wind
U Mini Countryman
U Infiniti M37
U Volvo V60
U = Unclassified

As well as the Most Beautiful Car award and an exhibition of concept cars, the International Automobile Festival also sees Jury Grand Prizes being given to reward artistic automotive creations:

Most Beautiful Concept Car of the Year

Nominees
Kia Pop
Jaguar C-X75
Renault DéZir
Bertone Pandion

Winner
Jaguar C-X75

Most Beautiful Interior of the Year

Nominees
Honda CR-Z Hybrid
Citroën DS4
Mini Countryman
Infiniti M37

Winner
Citroën DS4

Most Beautiful Book of the Year

Nominees
Gotha de l'Automobile Française - E-T-A-I - Laurent Friry and Claude Rouxel
Joyaux Automobiles des Maharadjahs - E-T-A-I - Gautam Sen
Carrosserie, une histoire de style - La Martiniere - Serge Bellu
60 voitures des années 60 - DUPUIS - Jidéhem

Winner
Gotha de l'Automobile Française - E-T-A-I - Laurent Friry and Claude Rouxel

Most Beautiful Photo of the Year

Nominees
‘Jump’ - Jari Matti Latvala in a Ford Focus. WRC 2010 Rally New Zealand, 09-05-2010 - François Baudin (Agence DPPI)
‘Etincelles’ - Dario Franchitti (Ganassi). Indycar race at Homestead, Miami, USA, 02-10-2010 - Jean-François Galeron
‘Marchand de Sable’ - Nasser Al Attiyah, Volkswagen race Touareg, Kalmoukie desert, Silk Way Rallye 2010, Dakar series 2010 - Eric Vargiolu (Agence DPPI)
‘La Dolce Vita’ - Jaguar Type C, 1000 Miglia. Tuscany, Italy, 07-05-2010 - Cathy Dubuisson

Winner
‘Marchand de Sable’ - Eric Vargiolu

Most Beautiful Advertising Film of the Year

Nominees
Fiat: ‘Brainstorming’ - Marcel Paris (France)
Mercedes-Benz: ‘The Best or Nothing’ - Jung von Matt / Alster Hamburg (International)
Citroën: ‘Dog’ - Agence H (France)
Alfa Romeo: ‘Uma Thurman’ - Leo Burnett, USA (International)

Winner
Mercedes-Benz: ‘The Best or Nothing’

Top Prize for Design

Winner
Bertone

Top Prize for the Environment

Winner
BMW Efficient Dynamics

Top Prize for Art

Winner
BMW M3 GT2 Jeff Koons Artcar

Top Prize of the Festival

Winner
Mercedes-Benz CLS

Jury’s Special Top Prize

Winner
Adrien Maeght

The Palme d’Or

Winner
Red Bull Racing - Dieter Mateschitz / Sebastian Vettel / Adrian Newey


Related post:
Citroën DS4 revealed

Comments

  1. Lyndsey Eason31 January 2011 at 11:49:00 GMT

    Well deserved win by Citroen, I think it is a great looking car, I can't wait to see what it drives like!

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