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
Groupe PSA in a Citroën C3. Peugeot, Citroën and DS vehicles have won many awards for their vehicles including: seven times the European Car of the Year award, 12 times the "Car of the year" "Auto Europa" award in Italy, 18 times the "car of the year" in Spain, and five times the "Irish Car of the Year" award. European Car of the Year award winners: Groupe PSA Groupe PSA (known legally as Peugeot S.A.; known as the PSA Group in English; formerly known as PSA Peugeot Citroën from 1991 to 2016) is a French multinational manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles sold