Saturday, March 7, 2015

The new Volkswagen Passat B8 was elected "Car of the Year 2015 in Europe"!

The long-awaited car of 2015 in Europe was recently announced at Palexpo, just hours before the start of the press days at the Swiss Motor Show. President of the jury, Hakan Matson, handed the trophy to Karl-Heinz Neusser responsible development department of Volkswagen, producer of "Car of the Year 2015 in Europe."




The jury, consisting of 58 automotive journalists from 22 countries, says the new VW Passat was the favorite, elicited a total of 340 points. Much more than the 2nd car - Citroen C4 Cactus who managed to accumulate 248 points.

Among the finalists were the Mercedes C-Class and German, which received 221 points and ranked third, Fond Mondeo - 203 points, Nissan Qashqai - 160 points, BMW Active Tourer 2 - 154 points and Renault Twingo - 124 points.

Victoria the new Volkswagen Passat is produced in just two years since the last trophy of the company, returned seventh generation of the compact Volkswagen Golf, the winner of last year being the new Peugeot 308. By the way, both German cars, both new Passat and Golf acquis, MQB modular platform built on if it is mid-size model in the long version.


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