New Polo - 2010 European COTY

[Lima]

Hot off the presses (well, keyboards actually), the new Polo has just been awarded the 2010 European Car of the Year award.

[Buller_Scott]

aww shucks.... gorgeous car for inner city (me)......

reason imma trade up is... welll..... gtd = 170ps and bunch more torque outta the box......

now. if vw would put the gtd engine in the polo..... i'd be a happier fapper.....

[mikepologti]

this may be a stupid question but how did it win 2010 car of the year ,when 2010 hasnt even started?

[Lima]

It's just the way the Euro COTY rolls.

Their website has now been updated with this news as well:
http://www.caroftheyear.org/winner/V...o/2010_41/coty

[philthy]

The Polo, a car which in the eyes of many jurors looks and feels like a scaled-down Golf, has been even more appreciated than its bigger stable-mate, which took third place last year. In fact, it is the first Volkswagen CotY winner in 18 years, following the win in 1992... by a Golf

Nice. Hopefully the GTI is a cracker when it shows up.

[Ralfi]

WOW!

Now I want the new GTI even more...........................