Nissan Leaf is European Car of the Year 2011

[RichardA]

The Nissan Leaf electric car has been voted Car of the Year for 2011:

http://www.caroftheyear.org/voting-grid/2011_1/coty

Interesting that the Leaf split opinion - while many gave the Leaf maxium of 10 points, a significant number gave it 1 or zero points.

The results table:

1. Nissan Leaf: 257 points
2. Alfa Romeo Giulietta: 248 points
3. Opel Meriva: 244 points
4. Ford C-Max / Grand C-Max: 224 points
5. Citroen C3 and DS3: 175 points
6. Volvo S60 and V60: 145 points
7. Dacia Duster: 132 points

Nissan Leaf information:
http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Nissan-Leaf-2010-CAR-review/