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European Car of the Year 2017 3008 ends on Top; Alfa Romeo Giulia and Mercedes E-Class Included in the Top 3.
3008 won the European Car of the Year 2017 CAR TV picture.
The European Car of the Year was created in 1964 by automotive magazines from different countries across Europe It is one of the most prestigious and important awards in the automotive industry.
The award of the voting group is made up of automotive journalists from publications throughout Europe, the number of representatives per country is based on the automotive industry and automotive market There are no categories for European car of the year because its sole purpose is to find a single decisive winner among the competing cars for the price.
At the Geneva Motor Show Eve, the winners of the European Car of the Year 2017 were announced and this year it was 3008 who managed to reach the top and win the prize as he scored 319 points, according to The Telegraph the second place goes to Alfa Romeo Giulia who has accumulated 296 points, and third place went to Mercedes E-class, which reached 197 points.
3008 became the first SUV to win the prestigious award is a spacious and elegant French SUV has one of the best interiors of all brands of family cars, it is probably the best model of Peugeot and Seat Ateca and challenges Nissan Qashai in the small SUV segment.
In 2015, annual sales of 3008 were 67.079 cars sold last year, it went up to 75.032 cars sold, such as basic car Sales And in January of this year, total cars sold were 11940 If continuous pace, they could end up selling around 140.000 to 150.000 cars in 2017 and given the fact that 3008 has won the European car of the year, it is very possible.
The second Alfa Romeo Giulia had a total turnover of 10.475 cars sold in 2016 while the third Mercedes E-Class has sold a total of 99.494 cars sold in 2016, but since these two car models won the second and third place respectively, it is also expected that their sales would end more.
Aside from the first three, four cars made the final list of cars that's included in the seven finalists are Volvo S90 172 points, Citroen C3 166 points Toyota C-HR 165 points and Nissan Micra 135 votes.
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