Opel/Vauxhall Astra announced Car of the Year 2016 The Opel/Vauxhall Astra has been announced as Car of the Year 2016, on the eve of the Geneva International Motor Show. Hakan Matson, President of the Jury, handed the trophy to Opel’s CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann. The Astra was the jury’s favourite by a narrow margin, gathering 312 points, versus the 294 points of the second placed car, the Volvo XC90. The other finalists were the Audi A4 (189 points), BMW 7 Series (143 points), Jaguar XE (163 points), Mazda MX-5 (202 points) and Skoda Superb (147 points). The jury is comprised of 58 leading motoring journalists from 22 European countries. Hakan Matson, president of the Jury, handed the trophy to Karl- Thomas Neumann, who said: “It's totally fantastic, you can not imagine how happy I am to stand here. The competition was tough and you could see it. And our people, the Opel people, are extremely proud. We have created the 11th generation of our compact car from a white piece of paper. It is the fifth CotY award Opel has won and the third in the past 8 years. We will keep upsetting the upper class and keep exceeding our customer's expectations." Hakan Matson said: “Car of the Year institution is different from many other awards out there. We are totally transparent with our votes. You will be able to see all the points from the Jury members. You will also find short judgements from every Jury member, on the reasons why they did or didn’t vote for a car. The official sponsors of Car of the Year award are not in any way related to the automotie industry. Instead Car of the Year is organised by sevn leading magazines in Europe: Auto from Italy, Autocar from the UK, Autopista from Spain, Autovisie from the Netherlands, L’Automobile from France, Stern from Germany and Vi Bilägare from Sweden. It takes the 58 best motoring reporters in Europe to elect the final winner. Since we come from 22 Press Statement Gruner+Jahr GmbH & Co KG Hamburg

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Opel/Vauxhall Astra announced Car of the Year 2016

The Opel/Vauxhall Astra has been announced as Car of the Year 2016, on the eve of the Geneva International Motor Show.

Hakan Matson, President of the Jury, handed the trophy to Opel’s CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann. The Astra was the jury’s favourite by a narrow margin, gathering 312 points, versus the 294 points of the second placed car, the Volvo XC90. The other finalists were the Audi A4 (189 points), BMW 7 Series (143 points), Jaguar XE (163 points), Mazda MX-5 (202 points) and Skoda Superb (147 points). The jury is comprised of 58 leading motoring journalists from 22 European countries. Hakan Matson, president of the Jury, handed the trophy to Karl-Thomas Neumann, who said:“It's totally fantastic, you can not imagine how happy I am to stand here. The competition was tough and you could see it. And our people, the Opel people, are extremely proud. We have created the 11th generation of our compact car from a white piece of paper. It is the fifth CotY award Opel has won and the third in the past 8 years. We will keep upsetting the upper class and keep exceeding our customer's expectations."

Hakan Matson said: “Car of the Year institution is different from many other awards out there. We are totally transparent with our votes. You will be able to see all the points from the Jury members. You will also find short judgements from every Jury member, on the reasons why they did or didn’t vote for a car. The official sponsors of Car of the Year award are not in any way related to the automotie industry. Instead Car of the Year is organised by sevn leading magazines in Europe: Auto from Italy, Autocar from the UK, Autopista from Spain, Autovisie from the Netherlands, L’Automobile from France, Stern from Germany and Vi Bilägare from Sweden. It takes the 58 best motoring reporters in Europe to elect the final winner. Since we come from 22 countries we afterwards will be able to give comments in almost any language.

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