Volkswagen BlueMotion is World Green Car of the Year
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
Autopia is excited, and so are we. Why? Because the World Car of the Year organization hase just made Volkswagen’s BlueMotion brand the 2010 World Green Car of the Year. The award was given by 59 jurors representing 25 countries around the world. The other two finalists for this year’s honor were the Honda Insight and the Toyota Prius.
The BlueMotion models include the VW Golf, Passat and Polo models, which have been fitted with ultra-efficient, and fairly clean-burning diesel engines.
In the jurors’ award statement, representatives of the World Car of the Year panel said, “It is not necessary to add an electric motor and a heavy battery pack to achieve class-leading efficiency. Based on Volkswagen’s common-rail diesel engines, the BlueMotion models are among the most fuel-efficient vehicles on the market. In fact, the Passat BlueMotion can travel just about 1,000 miles on one tank of fuel in the European cycle. As far as internal combustion engines go today, these models are the ultimate you can get.”
Speaking on behalf of Volkswagen AG was Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Board of Management, who was understandably proud of his company’s honor. In his statement, he said, “BlueMotion is one of the most successful efficiency brands worldwide. It stands for tremendous competence in efficient and economical drive trains at Volkswagen.”
The actual trophy was presented to Walter de’Silva, head of design for Volkswagen Group, at the New York International Auto Show.