World Car of the Year Revealed

April 2010

Volkswagen has led the finalists at this year's World Car of the Year awards, as results were revealed at the 2010 New York Motor Show.

The trio of finalists included the Mercedes E-Class, Toyota Prius (also Japan’s car of the year 2010), and 2010 European Car of the Year VW Polo.

This time, the Polo conquered all with 761.1 points, beating out the Mercedes E-class which got 747.1. The third place Prius rounded out the illustrious trio with a tally of 715.4 points.

Bolstering the Polo's win was the fact that the World Green Car award was presented to Volkswagen’s range of BlueMotion cars.

And while there was was no VW family design that made the cut when the votes of the 59-member international jury were counted - the victory went to the Chevrolet Camaro - World Performance Car this year saw the VW's sister brand win - with Audi's R8 V10 given the nod over the Porsche 911 GT3 and the Ferrari California.

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