Wind electric vehicles won the 2011 Masters Nissan Car of the Year Award

Earlier this month, the European Car of the Year Selection Committee to select from 41 new models Alfa - Romeo Giulietta, Citroen C3/DS3, Dacia Duster, Ford C-MAX/Grand C-MAX, hear the wind Nissan, Opel Meriva and Volvo S60/V60 seven candidate models. After another round of the judges vote, the world's first full-volume production electric vehicle market, Nissan won the Masters the wind industry has an important influence in the award, but also electric vehicles since 1964, the first honor .

Pure electric cars Nissan Nissan Master Air Master Air won 257 points, 248 points, beating Alfa - Romeo Giulietta, 244 points of the Opel Meriva, 224 points, Ford C-MAX/Grand C-MAX, 175 hours of snow iron Long C3/DS3, 145 points and 132 points in the Volvo S60/V60 Dacia Duster.

Nissan Master the wind is the European Car of the Year Award paragraph models, the second generation had Mary Chi Nissan in 1993 to win honor. (Kevin Lee)

About the European Car of the Year Award

European Car of the Year award in 1964 of the European Car of the Year Award is one of the world's most influential automotive awards, the awards from the Italian "Auto", the British "Autocar", Spain "Autopista", Dutch "Autovisie", French "L ' Automobile ", the German" Stern "and the Swedish" Vi Bilagare "seven professional automotive magazine organization named. Awards are judged by the major European publications of professional automotive journalists (from 23 countries and regions, 59 judges), judges the distribution of seats in the country by the judges of the car sales and production decision. European Car of the Year Award is characterized by the types and levels, regardless of model, the goal is a huge number of models in the selected single decisive winner.

Requirements of the European Car of the Year Award candidate models must be nearly 12 months since the new car market, sales of at least five European countries, the annual sales of more than 5,000 vehicles, but not limited to the European brands. The judges from the design, comfort, safety, economy, handling, performance, functionality, environmental protection, the owner satisfaction and price into account many aspects. Initial voting for the seven candidate models, and then for a final vote, 25 points each of the judges need to be distributed to at least 5 vehicles, and to score a car can not be higher than 10 points. Voting is open to the public, the judges need to explain to the sub-reasons. According to this selection rule, the winner of the very large difference in scoring position.