2010 European Car of the Year Nominations Announced

2010 World car of the Year

Toyota earns five nominations

By Michael Gauthier
June 23, 2009 4:00 PM
Filed Under: Awards

The first round of nominations for 2010's European Car of the Year Awards has been announced.

Although most companies only received one nomination, Hyundai garnered two for their i20 and ix55. Their Korean counterparts at Kia also received two nominations for the Sorento and Soul. Likewise, Nissan also got two nods of approval for the new Cube and redesigned 370Z. Toyota turned out to be the big winner as they've earned five entries thanks to their Avensis, iQ, Prius, Urban Cruiser, and Verso.

Other nominees include the BMW Z4, Chevrolet's Cruze, Citroen's C3 Picasso, the Ford Ka, Honda's new Insight, Land Rover's updated Discovery (IV), Lexus' redesigned Rx450h hybrid, the Mazda3, and Mercedes' redesigned E-Class. Rounding out the rest of the contenders are the Mitsubishi Colt, the Opel/Vauxhall Astra, Peugeot's 3008, Porsche's new Panamera, the Renault Scenic, the previous generation Audi A4 Seat Exeo, Skoda's Yeti, the Suzuki Alto/Nissan Pixo twins, and Volkswagen's new Polo.

So what do you think of the nominations? Who got snubbed? Who should win?

Source: autoblog.nl

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Comments

iskosejo

June 23, 2009 4:07 PM

BMW Z4 is nice car

Roger426

June 23, 2009 4:49 PM

I would not vote for any of these cars.

p2c

June 24, 2009 10:59 AM

tuga

June 23, 2009 4:51 PM

I can't believe the Colt got nominated, and on top of that it's getting so many votes. IT'S A CRAPPY RE-STYLING OF A CRAPPY CAR PEOPLE!!! Geeez...

Bristol411S3

June 23, 2009 4:54 PM

Yep, the Colt getting nominated is comical. None of those cars really inspire. They are either derivative or way to expensive for what they are. I'd probably give the 370Z my vote but that hardly seems to address the challenges facing the auto industry.

bobmcgod

June 23, 2009 8:12 PM

The colt is a restyling of a smart for4 so probably had alot of money spent on it's chassis. And altough it's fwd it's not exactly dull, the top end ralliart model will keep up with a mk5 golf gti. Even tho it costs and £10,000 less!

justbored

June 23, 2009 8:27 PM

I don't think that the 150 hp colt will get close to the Golf on track. But still, the Golf mk5 GTI isn't close to be the reference. The good old Honda Civic Type-R EP3 was pretty much faster and is still pretty much faste than the Golf mk6 GTI.

danielpatra

June 23, 2009 5:01 PM

The nominations are for European Car of the Year, not World Car of the Year. Follow this link for more info http://www.caroftheyear.org/candidates/2010_1/coty

tarik_dada

June 23, 2009 5:20 PM

Mercedes E-class,Peugeot 3008,Porsche Panamera,VW Polo,Citroen c3 picasso... is definitely best CAR OF THE YEAR 2010. Mitshubishi Clot????? I can't belive it.Clot is so ugly car.

Renegade

June 23, 2009 5:51 PM

I can't believe that that Porsche Pain-a-mera got almost 10% already, some voters are nuts.

car-o-bar

June 23, 2009 5:54 PM

WorldCarFans.com... don't get me wrong, I mean I love you guys, visit you 10 times a day, but this kind of an award thingy.... isn't it a bit proposturous? I mean common.... leave the nominations and awards to journalists.

N20_Purge

June 23, 2009 6:19 PM

The 370z and Z4 are the only ones worth voting for. The rest are just downright boring.

justbored

June 23, 2009 8:24 PM

Full agree!

Bonganie

June 23, 2009 7:46 PM

I thnk the Honda is a great car proving that hybrid dnt hve 2 be odd looking and the E-clas is just a beautiful classic real Merc_ my vote goes to the two!

MTC

June 24, 2009 12:26 PM

I go for the Disco, just because it have Jag's great sounding V8 and it's the best looking for me.

The Z4 is softer than I expected. I hate the 370Z lights. We all hate the ugly Panamera and it's not a proper Porsche if you don't spec it with the Chrono Sport Pack.

Edited by user on June 24, 2009 at 12:29 PM

fusion01

June 24, 2009 1:12 PM

I really can't see the point in voting for any of these cars as I've not driven any of them. Some of which I'd like to. Others I'd pass :)

lucifa

June 24, 2009 1:33 PM

I find it vaguely amusing that both the German and Italian flags concede the place at the top for the English flag..