The 2021 European Car of the Year (ECOTY) award has move on to the next stage, with the initial list of 29 models now trimmed down to just seven finalists. A second round of voting will be carried out in due time to determine the sole winner, which we’ll find out on March 1, 2021.
The seven models that survived the first cut include the Citroen C4, Cupra Formentor, Fiat 500, Land Rover Defender, Skoda Octavia, Toyota Yaris and Volkswagen ID.3. All the candidates are new vehicles on sale now or before the end of 2020 in five or more European market.
Brands that did not receive enough favour from the ECOTY jury include Mercedes-Benz and Hyundai, which had three or more models in the running for the award. Meanwhile, marques with two models in the competition like BMW, Ford and Honda also did not get shortlisted.
The Peugeot 208 was last year’s ECOTY winner, finishing ahead of the Tesla Model 3 and Porsche Taycan, while other finalists were the Renault Clio V, Ford Puma, Toyota Corolla and F40 BMW 1 Series.
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Fiat 500 is one of my top favourite and hope that it will come to Malaysia soon.
All not going to be on sale here
Mini Cooper SE
Benz A200,
Renault Captur
BMW 2 series gran coupe
Honda E (kancil ev)
Nissan Juke
Ford Mustang Mach E SUV
Volvo Polestar
Lexus UX
Peugeot 2008
Mazda3/CX30
Tak masuk list.
Only 2 SUVs in the final cut? There are more hatchback.. kinda weird since we were told SUV is trending like crazy.