The Volkswagen Golf has been crowned the 2013 European cars and truck of the Year. The Golf was the remove champion of the annual contest, taking 414 votes from the jury, which is made up of motoring journalists from across Europe.
The Golf beat the Toyota GT 86 as well as Subaru BRZ duo into second place, with 202 votes, as well as the Volvo V40 into third with 189 votes.
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The staying five locations went to the Ford B-MAX (148 votes), Mercedes A-Class (138 votes), Renault Clio (128 votes), Peugeot 208 (120 votes) as well as Hyundai i30 (111 votes).
The cars and truck of the Year jury stated that the new Golf had been “recognised for its general balance as well as impressive achievements in safety, fuel efficiency, dynamics as well as comfort.”
VW’s board member accountable for research study as well as development, Dr Ulrich Hackenberg, as well as the firm’s style chief, Walter de Silva, accepted the cars and truck of the Year award in behalf of Volkswagen.
The result is a return to conventionally powered cars and trucks taking the top area – the Vauxhall Ampera/Chevrolet Volt as well as Nissan leaf have won the award for the previous two years.
By taking the win, the Golf becomes only the second cars and truck to win the European cars and truck of the Year award twice. The Renault Clio won in 1991 as well as 2006, while the Mk3 Golf won the award in 1992. However, all seven generations of the Golf have appeared in the top three results for the award in the year of their private launches.