Volkswagen Passat is Car of the Year 2015

Posted on 02-03-2015 at 15:16 by ricardo – 78 Comments”

Congratulations, Germans!

Of the thirty nominated cars in the annual COTY-election remained there for the last afvalronde seven. That is were the baby boomers very popular Nissan Qashqai, the now semi-classic Ford Mondeo, the rear-wheel drive Renault Twingo, the Volkswagen Passaai, the stately Mercedes C-Class, the inflated Citroën C4 Cactus and, of course, merkwaardenvertrappelende BMW 2 Series Active Tourer.

But enough gegrold. Time to seriously do, because, of the organization and the judges of the COTY-election also: take themselves very seriously. The 58 journo’s (57 men, 1 woman), and after a sumptuous parties with marketing departments and long deliberation, ultimately the most points awarded to the Volkswagen Passat. Thus we see again: a COTY doesn’t necessarily excel in innovative technology. Also a solid accountantsmobiel can the award winning.

The Passat got 340 points awarded. Significantly more than the number 2, the Citroën C4 Cactus, which remained stuck at 248 points. The Mercedes C-Class picked up the third place and received 221 points.

Volkswagen Passat
340 points

Citroën C4 Cactus248

Mercedes-Benz C-klasse221

Ford Mondeo203

Nissan Qashqai160

BMW 2 Series Active Tourer154

Renault Twingo124

The title in 2014 the Peugeot 308, a year before the VW Golf, preceded by the Opel Ampera in 2012.