<VV> "New" Corsa Wins Awards (no Corvair...DARN)

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New Corsa Wins One Award After Another 
British specialist magazine “What Car?” crowns Corsa Car of the Year 2007 
New Corsa collecting honors across Europe
Rüsselsheim. The new Corsa was yesterday named Car of the Year 2007 and Best 
Supermini by the renowned British consumer magazine “What Car?”. The Corsa 
beat 14 category winners to take the top honors, adding to its rapidly growing 
list of European awards. Speaking at the exclusive ceremony held at the 
Grosvenor House Hotel on London’s Park Lane, Vauxhall Managing Director Bill Parfitt 
said, “We’re delighted that the new Corsa has won this prestigious award. We 
know we’ve got this car just right in every regard, and this is backed up by 
record order banks, as well as a fabulous performance in showrooms and in the 
press.” 

Together with its spaciousness, refinement, good value and build, the 
fourth-generation Corsa’s safety, environmental friendliness and great looks were 
instrumental to winning this latest award. “It had to beat some incredibly able 
cars to take our Best Supermini award, let alone the overall Car of the Year 
crown,” said Steve Fowler, Group Editor of “What Car?”. “The Corsa is as good 
to drive as it is to look at. It’s the completeness of the Corsa package that 
we love – for supermini buyers it ticks every single box. For us, it’s the 
best new car we’ve had the pleasure of testing over the past 12 months.”

The growing list of awards the Corsa has won also highlights its outstanding 
qualities: best small car in ADAC Reader’s Choice Award “Gelber Engel 2007” 
in Germany, “Family Car of the Year” in the up to 14,500 euros category by the 
Flemish Drivers’ Association in Belgium, and “Autobest 2007”, the most 
important car trophy in Central and Eastern Europe. In addition, more than 140 
German, Austrian and Swiss motoring journalists named the popular Corsa “Top Car 
2007”.

The national editions of “Autobild” in Poland, Serbia and Croatia all 
crowned the new Corsa “Number 1 Car”. In Romania two journalist associations voted 
the Corsa “Car of the Year”, in Croatia Corsa won by Croatian Journalists 
Association and Croatian Automotive Association. In addition, the Corsa was named 
“Car of the Year” in Serbia and Slovenia.