European Car of the Year the award for 1987. 19 years after the 504 gave Peugeot its first European Car of the Year, the French carmaker finally enjoyed its second triumph in the competition when its mid-range 405 saloon won the 1988 award by a wide margin. A year later, Fiat became the first manufacturer to win the award five times when its ground-breaking new Tipo achieved victory. Citroen's new XM flagship model won the award for 1990, with its French rival Renault scoring success a year later with the new Clio supermini, which signalled the end for the iconic R5. With the award now
1988 European Tour 1988 European Tour The 1988 European Tour was the 17th official season of golf tournaments known as the PGA European Tour. It marked the beginning of a long association for the tour with Swedish car maker Volvo, who became the tour's first official title sponsor. The Order of Merit was won by Spain's Seve Ballesteros. The table below shows the 1988 European Tour schedule which was made up of 31 tournaments, which included the major national opens around Europe. There were several changes from the previous season, with the addition of the Open de Baleares, the Barcelona Open, the Biarritz