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The new Fiat 500 has scored an emphatic victory in this year’s European Car of the Year competition. It notched 385 votes in all. Its nearest rival, the Mazda 2, tallied 325, while the remaining five finalists were well beaten; the Ford Mondeo scored 202 points, the Kia Cee’d 166, the Nissan Qashqai 147, the Mercedes C-class 128 and the Peugeot 308 97 points.
An overwhelming 34 of COTY’s 58 jurors, from 22 countries, made the Fiat 500 their first choice. Of the remaining 24 jurors, 16 chose t...Read the full article

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The new Fiat 500 has scored an emphatic victory in this year’s European Car of the Year competition. It notched 385 votes in all. Its nearest rival, the Mazda 2, tallied 325, while the remaining five finalists were well beaten; the Ford Mondeo scored 202 points, the Kia Cee’d 166, the Nissan Qashqai 147, the Mercedes C-class 128 and the Peugeot 308 97 points.
An overwhelming 34 of COTY’s 58 jurors, from 22 countries, made the Fiat 500 their first choice. Of the remaining 24 jurors, 16 chose t...Read the full article

Another FIAT launch another COTY award. Why do other manufacturers bother as they are never going to win with FIAT in the running. A waste of time and money.

 

 

 

Why did this win?

Standing on the shoulders of giants is apparently an invitation to sit at the top table these days.

Fiat could enter a turd and win.

Mark my words - you'll be cut up by one of these soon as the person driving will be applying make-up in the mirror while trying to get off the motorway having failed to signal or acknowledge you.

I hate it and detest the lack of imagination that so marked out the original.

Don't believe the hype people.

I think it should have been the Monda

I also thought the Mondeo would win. But think the Mazda 2 should have: unlike the 500, it has moved small car design forward - a bit. By not becoming another obese supermini it suggest that the new Fiesta will be even better (ie more refined). Back to the 500, it's retro(gressive). And did jury members try sitting in the back seat?!