Greencar Award Goes To....

Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Mickey Rourke, Frank Langella and Leonardo Di Caprio may be sitting on the edge of their seats after the announcement of the Golden Globe nominations for best actor but here at thegreencarwebsite.co.uk, it’s the race to be named ‘world green car of the year’ that has our attention.

In case you are feeling a sense of déjà vu, then yes, it is only one month since the last ‘green car of the year’ was announced - on that occasion it was the Volkswagen Jetta TDI that scooped the award at the LA Auto Show. This prize however, a sub-award of the annual World Car of the Year competition, is handed out by a juror of journalists around the world.

In 2006 the inaugural award went to the Honda Civic Hybrid, with the Mercedes-Benz E320 BlueTec and the BMW 118d winning in 2007 and 2008 respectively. In 2009 there are 20 cars up for the award, but one thing is for certain - it won’t be a double for the VW Jetta.

Yes the Jetta has been left off the list, as has the Toyota Prius. However, the misery for Toyota and VW is outweighed by the joy for Volvo, which has five potential winners included.

Here is a list of the nominees in full:

Audi Q7 3.0 TDI
BMW 335d BluePerformance
Chevrolet Tahoe / GMC Yukon Hybrid
Citroën C1
Fiat Palio Weekend Electric
Fiat Siena Tetrafuel model
Honda FCX Clarity
Mazda Hydrogen Rotary RX8
Mercedes-Benz ML/R/GL 320 BlueTEC
MINI Cooper D
MINI E
Mitsubishi iMiEV
Nissan X-Trail 20 GT
smart ed
Subaru Legacy/Outback PZEV
Tesla Electric Roadster
Toyota iQ
Volvo C30 1.6D DRIVe
Volvo S40 1.6D DRIVe
Volvo S80 2.5 FT (Flexifuel)
Volvo V50 1.6D DRIVe
Volvo V70 2.5 FT (Flexifuel)

source: thegreencarwebsite