The 2014 European Car of the Year shortlist is out, and we have seven finalists vying for the crown. In alphabetical order, they are the BMW i3, Citroen C4 Picasso, Mazda3, Mercedes-Benz S-Class, Peugeot 308, Skoda Octavia and Tesla Model S, chosen from a list of 30 eligible new cars.
We have, of course, detailed each of the seven cars over the past year, and you can recap here:
The above cars will be tested by each of the 58 judges from 22 European nations, before a winner is announced at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show in March. Will the groundbreaking EV from BMW prevail over the “best car in the world” from Stuttgart, or will a C-segment hatchback collect the baton from classmate and 2013 winner VW Golf? Can an MPV finally win? What say you?
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why only 1 sushi and no kimci?
No dodol also
Mat Sallehs don’t eat dodol, only a few British do.
i3 is Emas / VW Up rip off. Shame.
Proton or Perodua can only dream coming in the top ten with their sorhai hailat low class cars. Malaysia only good for making things like the longest dodol in the world or the largest ketupat in the world. When cars and tech are concerned, we are real hailat. Even handphone also we fail. The Ninetology phones are like hailat Proton and Perodua.
eh sam, why no Toyota in the list?
Where’s your prestige and luxury toyota????why not in the list????
No Toyota lel
Where is Sam Loo’s luxury Camry?
Not sold in Europe, cause Europeans don’t like it. Toyota had to develop another D segment car just for Europe to be able to compete.
Toyota also haven’t released anything of interest this year.
My Camri “kuai tai” on the road and cause me an accident last night. I had a broken leg, broken neck & arm. Luckily i’m still alive to write this message. I’m really regret now, should have listen to my sifu sam69 to buy kimchi. Toiyota really tak boleh pakai. No VSC, 2 airbag n 4speed. Now I want sell my camri but KIA are not accepting trade in for camri anymore, so i ma go hyundai they only offer me 20% after 1 year usage. I have no choice but to sell it off so that I have money to fix my broken leg, broken arm & neck. I’m really so Hilux now. Seriously yo.
LMAO your impersonation made my day “seriously yo”
it’s only European cars dumbass
Tesla is not European?
TEsla from US
Mazda3 is European? Wow.
Mazda3 and tesla is european is it????
so this award is like comparing apple with durian and with orange and banana as well? mazda3 competes with merc S? what’s the point?
They take the price into account, so any car can win, if it offers good value for money and is in some way special…
so meaning it’s a Euro Value For Money Award…wat so special?
There you go, nothing like a light Googling will help you get answer…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Car_of_the_Year
Where is the epic RV guy when we needed 1
Sam Loo camri already “kuai tai” on the road, now he is having hard time to sell his Junk camri because KIA/Hyundai no longer accept trade in for camri liao and no Sorhai Tai Lan Ngong want to buy his High RV camri. He’s in Hilux mood now.
its easy to give it to s-class or model S,i wish its given to a mainstream car….i vote mazda 3 for them being a small manufacturer bt always in top 10 …
Haha, as usual no Korean junk in the list.
Haha, as Expected no Fugly Toiyota in the list.
To all idiots out there saying no Toyota or Hyundai, these are all European cars, which does not include Korean or Japanese cars.
Read the title before you comment dumbasses.
Tesla is not European Mr.”Smart”
Mr.Smart ass, back in 2005 toyota prius was the winner of european car of the year…read more than just the title before u comment ur smartass
Guess Mr Smart is actually Mr Moron. Better keep your mouth shut; the more you speak, the more you sound like one of our MPs.
Mr smart ass is not really that smart after all….
You look so stupid with your name and comments. Mazda come from where?
Well this is not RV competition. So it’s make sense if my company is not listed here. No point to be shortlisted as well though.
Nobody give a sh!t about RV. New generation people buy a car they like and enjoy all the feature given. KIA/Hyundai offer High spec with all safety equip and best of all their price is reasonable lower than sushi. Only Sorhai Tai Lan Ngong will buy Toiyota with empty spec tin milo car sum more without VSC / safety features, 4speed & 10year dino engine.
RV Competition? Lols. In your dream. Toyota Camry has never got any point to be shortlisted in anything good.
Proton global car?
myvi best selling in Bolehland???
I only like Mazda3 out of the Seven Choice.
I think it will either be the Tesla… The first electric car that makes sense and doesn’t feel like you’re giving up on something compared to a proper car, or it will be the Citroen C4 Picasso. A comfortable family car that puts family first, is practical and good looking. The price is also good.
shd be the S class, it’s a nice family car, and the price is good in euro.
Its funny that the combined sales and reliability tests of all these manufacturers in the so called ‘top 7’ is a fraction of Toyota. Says a lot about Toyota’s quality, and thumbs up for Toyota not entering this competition knowing it will win it hands down. A true gentleman indeed, Toyota! (likes!)
This time i have to agreed with Sam Loo. My toilet cleaner kakak say her camri can use recycle sh!t water to fill the fuel tank. It can still move smoothly, seriously yo!
Do read…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Car_of_the_Year
It will be a close fight between BMW i3, Tesla Model S and Mercedes-Benz S-Class. And Mazda 3 might be the dark horse. Not sure how the boring Peugeot 308 gets shortlisted though. I thought Jaguar F-Type would be shortlisted instead.
Peugeot 308 is sexy man!!
Oh cmon,nobody would call the 308 ‘boring’,it is really pleasant to the eyes #feline =D
Btw correct me if im wrong,but looking at some of the lists from European Car of the Year from Wikipedia,BMW was not to be found,while Merc earned it once with an older S-Class i think. Tbh,Bimmer’s car shortlisted here should stand a chance,being revolutionary.
S-Class or Mazda 3.
One is run wild about technology and one is run wild within budget. One you dream of owning one and one is you work harder to own one.
My money is on Tesla Model S or BMW i3, but I’m really rooting for Mazda. Mazda’s current line up of cars like the CX-5, Mazda6 and Mazda3 is really good, it’s even more impressive when you take into account how small Mazda as a company is.
i think it should come down to either i3 or S-Class to get the crown, if we see from innovation point of view. and i think those two deserve the crown, because the innovation is really off-the-chart compare with those in the list.
To all idiots out there saying no Toyota or Hyundai, these are all European cars, which does not include Korean or Japanese cars.
Read the title before you comment dumbasses.
Hello…dumbass… have u check wiki before comment? Check the past winner and you will see toyota. Is u are dumbass and dont act smart.
TESLA MOTORS
Founded: 2003
Headquarters: Palo Alto, California
California is in Europe?
Definitely S Class…my preference :)
BMW never become a winner since the inception of the this award in 1964…. very funny..!!
bmw i3 is the most ugliest bmw ever
luk so ugly..sure if cars like vw have this color will luk ugly also..just my opinion..
relax bro..every ppl hv different taste in color..and vw hv few colors that they offer to customers..so color is not an issue to make a vw car look ugly ;)
wahh..vw not in the list? unbelieveble..so the car is that bad uh?
aiyoo! y everybody say that particular car not in list means will be bad? come on man doesn’t mean vw car is bad if it is not in the list, every competition only got one winner right? vw is a pretty good car in terms of performance and design!
walaooo…i see many ppl use vw..but not even 1 model in the list? keh keh keh…
m sure thr are some criteria for this european car of the year
u know that competition mins gt ppl lose and win all the time, and not only vw, gt other models not in the list..like protong and p2..hahahaha..just joking :P but vw still a gud car bro!
once i went to genting with my fren who using vw golf, i have to say that m impressed..the performance is outstanding!!