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PeeSard:
Car of the Year 2009: Insignia wins by one point



In the very closest of contests, the Opel/Vauxhall Insignia emerged victorious as Car of the Year 2009 with 321 points
against the 320 for the Ford Fiesta. The Volkswagen Golf took third place with 223 points.


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For the first time in 22 years, a General Motors vehicle has been voted 'Car of the Year' (COTY) in Europe.
The brand-new Opel insignia gathered a total of 321 points beating the second Ford Fiesta by the narrowest possible margin - a solitary point.
The Insignia is the third Opel / Vauxhall model to be awarded with the COTY after the Kadett (Vauxhall Astra in the UK)
scooped the award in 1985 with the Omega (Vauxhall Carlton) following in 1987. The COTY jury, which is made up of 59 senior motoring journalists
from 23 European countries gave the VW Golf VI a total of 223 points placing it third of the contest's seven finalists.

PeeSard:
WGC Car of the Year USA is 2010 Prius



WhatGreenCar has awarded its prestigious Car of the Year Award USA to the 2010 Toyota Prius.

The 2010 Prius was chosen from a short-list of 10 green car finalists and the judging was independently conducted by
WhatGreenCar and headed by Dr Ben Lane, WhatGreenCar's Managing Editor (pictured with the winning Prius).
To be eligible for the Award, models had to be commercially available in the U.S. and have a WhatGreenCar Environmental Rating of 45 or less.

The short-list of models for the 2010 Award included: two subcompacts, the Smart fortwo (WhatGreenCar Rating 39)
and MINI Cooper (43); three small cars, the Honda Insight hybrid (34), Lexus 250h hybrid (42) and Honda Civic CNG (41);
three mid-size models, the Toyota Prius hybrid (30), Ford Fusion hybrid (40) and Nissan Altima hybrid (44); and two SUVs,
the Ford Escape hybrid (45) and Mazda Tribute hybrid (45).

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