The Jaguar I-Pace has been named the 2019 European Car of the Year prior to the start of the Geneva Motor Show. However, it wasn’t an outright victory for the all-electric SUV, as it was tied with the Alpine A110 on the top of the voting chart with 250 points each.
In the end, the I-Pace was declared the winner after a tiebreak based on how many judges had given a first-place vote to each car, which were 18 for the I-Pace and 16 for the A110. This is the first time a Jaguar has won the coveted prize, and the I-Pace has already won the 2019 German Car of the Year and 2019 UK Car of the Year awards.
Further down the list, the Kia Ceed was just three points behind the leaders with 247 points, while the Ford Focus accumulated 235 points. Other finalists include the Citroën C5 Aircross with 210 points, Peugeot 508 with 192 points, and the Mercedes-Benz A-Class with 116 points.
For our first electric vehicle to also be the first Jaguar to win European Car of the Year gives us a huge sense of pride. (The) I-Pace was designed and engineered in the UK from a clean sheet of paper,” said Ralf Steph, CEO at Jaguar Land Rover.
“It is the most technologically advanced battery electric vehicle. It’s a true game-changer. Winning European Car of the Year is an honour and real recognition of what our world-class team has delivered,” he added. Last year’s winner of the award was also an SUV, the Volvo XC40.
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Kia just 3 points behind the winners… so impressive.
Good job Kia !!!
Proton Waja > Kia Sephia
Waja was based on Volvo S40 platform.
Still a loss. It doesn’t matter if the loss is by an inch or by a mile, a loss is still a loss. Deal with it.
I got one question…..why China cars never win any World awards?
All the fanboys say China cars so great and so good. If so great and so good, why they don’t win any awards?
I don’t see any Japanese cars either, so why bring this up?
You make us pondering also why American automobiles have not won any “World awards”?
What’s method so effective to stay away from winning award?
Do you thing jaguar I pace will sell well by winning 2019 European car of the year ?
Already JLR is laying off 4,000 workers. So how good is jaguar anyway when it is making losses .
While china cars are discriminated from winning any awards, but at least the chinese car manufacturers make profits.
Which is better and more important ? Making profits without any awards or winning awards in losing profits.
Jepunis did not win anything as well? Why?
Meanwhile JLR is asking for bantuan even after got rescued by Tata and with foreign CEO.
Let’s us come back next year same time to check out how many units of this 2019 E-COTY sold per annum compares to its competitors!