According to the verdict of 66 journalists from Asia, Europe and North American Car of the Year 2011 is the Nissan Leaf. The electric vehicle (darling of the Renault-Nissan) has won the trophy World Car Awards (WCA), beating tough rivals like the Audi A8 or BMW 5 Series.
Thus, the Nissan Album Leaf dish big, since he had already won the European level. This is not an election determined by auspices or the pressure of big brands, because the criteria of safety, environmental compliance, design, and so merit. evaluated completely independently.
It is the first electric car in pursuit of winning this award, as in previous years the winners were conventional cars like the Volkswagen Polo (2010), Volkswagen Golf (2009), Mazda 2 (2008), Lexus LS 460 (2007), BMW 3 (2006) and Audi A6 (2005).
Ecological category par excellence, the World Green Car of the Year, has been conquered by an electric Chevrolet Volt. On the other hand, the Ferrari 458 Italy won the best performance car.
The best design of the year, in the opinion of the judges was the Aston Martin Rapide. A view that gives us the next edition of the World Car Awards.
