And the Car of the Year is?

[Pete.]

The Nissan LEAF

The Nissan LEAF has won the prestigious European Car of the Year title. The world’s first mass-produced family electric car beat other nominees including the Alfa Romeo Giulietta and Vauxhall Meriva to the top spot.
It is a really significant win for the all-electric Nissan LEAF. Mainstream acceptance is seen as vital for the groundbreaking Nissan, and the judges’ seal of approval is a big step towards this.
It’s even better news for the UK: the Nissan LEAF will be built at the firm’s Sunderland plant from 2013.
It actually goes on sale here well before that. UK cars arrive in dealers from March 2011, complete with 90mph top speed and 100-mile electric range.
The Nissan LEAF will be priced from £23,990, including the £5,000 Government EV grant. Reservations can be placed now, with Nissan asking for just £257 to join the queue.
Nissan was the first Japanese maker to win the Car of the Year title, with the Nissan Micra back in 1993. Now, the firm is celebrating once again with the forward-looking LEAF.


Never seen one and never hope to

Fuglier than the love child of Wagner and Gillian McKeith

 

[Kane.]

I dont understand how they make it car of the year, never seen one either :s

 

[sava001006]

aint that one of the first fully electric cars thats going on sale in the uk soon

 

[Bluebeard]

Twenty four thousand pounds iirc.

WTF. Seriously.

 

[SC03OTT]

£24K?!?!?!?!? Bargain of the century :S

At that price, only mongos will buy one.

 

[dalla]

And the new giulietta is so pretty.

 

[nevillemaycry3]

People would be less opposed to electric cars if they didn't make them look so f**king ugly.

 

[richard1]

Will have some huge government grant to make it affordble apparently - that'll be £23,995 then

 

[Gaz.]

People would be less opposed to electric cars if they didn't make them look so f**king ugly.

That, and the fact a large majority of the electricity is made by burning fossil fuels, and they're slow, and s**t, and they need charging every 5 miles for 3 days etc.

 

[Jason_E]

Fuglier than the love child of Wagner and Gillian McKeith

Okay I know the first one is off X Factor, right? Who's the second one?


Oh, the car is dreadful.