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
Peugeot 205 Peugeot 205 The Peugeot 205 is a supermini car produced by the French manufacturer Peugeot from 1983 to 1998. It was declared "car of the decade" by "CAR Magazine" in 1990. It also won "What Car?"'s Car of the Year for 1984. The styling of the 205 is often thought to be a Pininfarina design, although Gerard Welter claims it as an in-house design; Pininfarina only styled the Cabriolet. It is often credited as the car that turned Peugeot's fortunes around. Before the 205, Peugeot was considered the most conservative of France's "big three" car manufacturers, producing large saloons such