Skoda, a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG (Xetra: VW), has withdrawn the pedestrian-protecting pop-up hood on its Octavia
small family car.
The Volkswagen Fox was considered the best city car, Citroen DS3 the best supermini, Toyota Prius the best
small family car and the Skoda Superb the best family car/compact executive.
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Volkswagen picked up a pair of awards, the Golf being named Best Used
Small Family Car and the Passat Estate landing the estate category.
These were the winners: Supermini - Ford Fiesta 1.25i Style+ 5dr
Small family car - Nissan Qashqai 1.6 Visia Family car - Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDCi Zetec 5dr Estate - Volkswagen Passat Estate 1.9 TDI SE MPV - Ford S-Max 2.0 TDCi Zetec SUV - Hyundai Santa Fe 2.2 CRTD CDX 7st Executive and luxury - Jaguar XF 2.7D V6 Sports car - Porsche Boxster 2.7 Green car - Volkswagen Golf 1.6 TDI SE 5dr Overall winner - Nissan Qashqai 1.6 Visia * Losing car keys can cost drivers dear, according to a survey by Which?
It gives motorists the ability to dramatically reduce their emissions without changing their lifestyle, which is exactly what green cars need to do." The Kia Picanto 1.0 1 Air was voted the top green supermini, while the award for best green
small family car went to Volkswagen for the Golf Bluemotion.
And spiralling prices mean it can now cost more than three times more to run a
small family car such as a Ford Focus or Honda Civic here than in the US.
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small family car, and the stylish DS4 high-riding coupe, produced by French automaker PSA Peugeot CitroEaA1/2n.
MAZDA are masters of building thrilling sportscars and reliable workhorses, which makes their efforts in the
small family car market to date all the more disappointing.
The Civic took the overall award for the second year as well as the
Small Family Car category.
Xtrac (www.xtrac.com) and Zytek (www.zytek.co.uk) have joined forces to create a diesel-electric hybrid drive system for a next-generation
small family car. The dual-mode hybrid prototype is housed in a SMART ForFour, and includes a 1.5-liter three-cylinder diesel mated to a torque-split gearbox sandwiched between a DC starter/generator in the bellhousing, and an AC traction motor at the other end of the transmission.
Skoda took two awards best
small family car for the Skoda Octavia 1.6 Ambiente and best hot hatch for its sporty Skoda Octavia vRS.
compact car - a small and economical car