European Car of the Year

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annual award automotive award

European Car of the Year is a prestigious annual automotive award recognizing the most outstanding new car model released in the European market, judged by a panel of motoring journalists from across Europe.

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Surface form Occurrences
2011 European Car of the Year 1
Car of the Year jury 1
European Car of the Year 1975 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf annual award ⓘ
automotive award ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction European market ⓘ
awardFor new car model ⓘ
passenger car ⓘ
awardFrequency annual ⓘ
country Europe ⓘ
describedAs prestigious European automotive award ⓘ
eligibilityCriterion must be a new model ⓘ
must be available by year of voting ⓘ
must be on sale in at least five European countries ⓘ
field automotive industry ⓘ
firstAwarded 1964 ⓘ
hasCriterion comfort ⓘ
design ⓘ
economy ⓘ
environmental impact ⓘ
functionality ⓘ
handling ⓘ
innovation ⓘ
market relevance ⓘ
performance ⓘ
practicality ⓘ
price ⓘ
safety ⓘ
technical excellence ⓘ
value for money ⓘ
hasPart European Car of the Year self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Car of the Year jury
hasWebsite https://www.caroftheyear.org/ ⓘ
inception 1964 ⓘ
jurorOrigin Europe ⓘ
jurorProfession motoring journalist ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
notableWinner Fiat 128 ⓘ
Ford Focus ⓘ
Nissan Leaf ⓘ
Opel Astra ⓘ
Peugeot 208 ⓘ
Peugeot 308 ⓘ
Renault 16 ⓘ
Renault Clio ⓘ
Rover ⓘ
surface form: Rover 2000

Tesla Model S ⓘ
Toyota Yaris ⓘ
Volkswagen Golf ⓘ
numberOfJurors about 60 ⓘ
organizer European Car of the Year self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: European Car of the Year jury
selectionMethod jury vote ⓘ
shortName ECOTY ⓘ

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Citroën CX → awardReceived → European Car of the Year ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Car of the Year 1975
Fiat Panda → awardReceived → European Car of the Year ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Car of the Year 2004
Nissan Leaf → awardReceived → European Car of the Year ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2011 European Car of the Year
Volkswagen Golf → awardReceived → European Car of the Year ⓘ
Peugeot → awarded → European Car of the Year ⓘ
European Car of the Year → hasPart → European Car of the Year self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Car of the Year jury
European Car of the Year → organizer → European Car of the Year self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Car of the Year jury