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
1986 in motoring a new Peugeot-badged car, which was due to be ready for the 1988 model year. The Citroën GSA ceased production after 16 years, having been effectively replaced by the larger BX four years ago. In 1987 launch was planned of a new mini-car, the AX, based around the running gear of the Peugeot 205. This was also due to spawn a Talbot badged model until Peugeot decided to discontinue the Talbot marque on passenger cars. A CX replacement was planned for sale before the end of the 1980s. The "Type Four" platform's third car was the Fiat Croma, which went