Green Car of the Year
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The 2011 Nissan Leaf all-electric car has been designated as Europe's 2011 Car of the Year, according to reports in Autocar and other media outlets. While the Leaf won our GreenCarReports 2011 Best Car To Buy award, the bulk of similar U.S. awards went instead to the 2011 Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car. U.S.: Volt. Us: Leaf. Among others, Motor Trend and Automobile magazines gave the nod to the Volt, as did Green Car Journal, which runs its own Green Car of the Year awards here. And Car and Driver named the Volt one of its Top 10 cars. (Nissan notes it did not provide a Leaf to...
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Leaf, Volt, Fiesta & More Named Green Car of the Year FinalistsFive finalists were announced today for the 2011 Green Car of the Year Award, which will be presented next month at the 2010 Los Angeles Aut o Show. The five contenders span two plug-in cars, two hybrid-electric vehicles, and one high-efficiency subcompact gasoline car: 2011 Chevrolet Volt 2011...
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Green Car of the Year: 2010 Audi A3 TDI
The 2010 Audi A3 TDI was awarded the 2010 Green Car of the Year Award today at the Los Angeles Auto Show by Green Car Journal, which has presented the award for five years. It follows last year's winner, the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI, to make two clean diesels in a row to win the award. The 2010...
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