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

[Ron]

Too bad it's not being imported to this country.  We need something like it.
RonH

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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.
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