European Car of the Year A shortlist of seven cars is selected by a simple vote. For the final round of voting, each jury member has 25 points to distribute among the finalists. The points must be distributed to at least five cars, with no more than ten to any one car, and no joint top marks. The voting is open, and each jury member provides published justification for their vote distribution. Under these rules, the decisiveness of the victory has varied greatly. For example, in 1988, the Peugeot 405 won by 212 points, the biggest gap in the history of the "European Car of
Wheels Car of the Year have been the 2015 COTY winner is instead be the winner for 2016 and so forth. To date, in chronological order, the award winners (by name including series where available) have been the following: Wheels Car of the Year "Wheels" Car of the Year (commonly abbreviated to COTY) is an annual automotive award presented by "Wheels" magazine. It is considered Australia's most prestigious automotive award, which the publisher contends, is the world's oldest continuous motoring award of its kind. The award is given to the best newly released vehicle each year. Since 1963, "Wheels" has awarded the title of Car