2010 World Car of the Year - Volkswagen Polo

The VW Polo, which was recently launched in India, has won the prestigious World Car of the Year award this year. The car has already, earlier, also won the 2010 European Car of the Year award.

Volkswagen AG has announced that the Polo has won the 2010 World Car of the Year award, which is judged by 59 automotive journalists from around the world. ‘We're honoured that the Volkswagen Polo was chosen by this distinguished group of jurors. After the triumph of the Golf last year, we are delighted to repeat this success with the new Polo. This shows that Volkswagen is on the right track and is offering arguably the best range of products in its history,’ says Professor Dr Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG.

In a separate award, the VW BlueMotion product brand, consisting of the Golf, Passat, and Polo, was also declared the 2010 World Green Car of the Year by the World Car of The Year organisation. The 59 member jury awarded the BlueMotion product brand over two other finalists in the 2010 World Green Car award – the Honda Insight and the Toyota Prius.

The Jurors felt that it is not necessary to add an electric motor and a heavy battery pack to achieve class-leading efficiency. Based on Volkswagen's common-rail diesel engines, the BlueMotion models are among the most fuel-efficient vehicles on the market. In fact, the Passat BlueMotion can travel about 1,600km on one tank of fuel in the European cycle. As far as internal combustion engines go today, these models are the ultimate you can get. ‘BlueMotion is one of the most successful efficiency brands worldwide. It stands for tremendous competence in efficient and economical drive trains at Volkswagen,’ says Dr Winterkorn.