Hoovey689

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Volkswagen Golf voted 2013 European Car of the Year

The seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf just went on sale in Europe, but it is already off to a promising start. Announced as the Geneva Motor Show kicked off, the newest Golf was named European Car of the Year for 2013 in dominating style over cars like the Subaru BRZ/Toyota GT86 twins, Volvo V40, Ford B-Max and Mercedes-Benz A-Class.

According to Automotive News Europe, the MkVII Golf won handily over its rivals with a total of 414 votes. The Subaru BRZ and Toyota GT86 received 202 votes finishing in a distant second, while the Volvo V40 (189 votes), Ford B-Max (148 votes) and Mercedes-Benz A-Class (138 votes) round out the top five. The new Golf marks the third Volkswagen product to receive the prestigious award with previous cars including the MkIII Golf and the most recent iteration of the Polo.

http://www.autoblog.com/2013/03/05/v...r-of-the-year/

Hoovey689

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Golf, BRZ/GT86, V40, B-Max, A-Class. Wow only one is a coupe, rest are all little hatch/wagons. Europe sure does love 'em

rotaryrock

I was just in France last month and it seemed like 75% of the cars was some kind of hatchback variant. It's a shame that the US customer hates them so much, so we don't even get cars like the Scirocco.

Coconut

And for good reason too, they're just so ugly!! . Ok ok, thats probably not the reason but thats MY reason

Hoovey689

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Beauty, Design, Aesthetics.. all so subjective that it's a moot point if someone argues