World Car of the Year 2011 awarded to Nissan LEAF

Do you like the fuel-efficient cars? A car which has the World Car of the Year 2011’s title? Let’s see. One of the major awards in the automotive world has been held and the names of the winning cars have been announced for the four categories at the seventh World Car Awards held in 2011 New York International Auto Show, the United States.

The winner of the World Car of the Year 2011 was announced last April after going through several stages of selection. 39 cars that participated reduced to Top 10 and then became a Top 3 and they are the Audi A8, BMW 5 Series, Nissan LEAF after three of them got rid of the Audi A1, the BMW X3, Jaguar XJ, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Mercedes-Benz SLS, Porsche Cayenne, VolvoS60/V60 and will compete for one of the most prestigious title in the automotive world.

The main requirements to get into this selection program is that participants must at least have been marketed in the two continents on January 1, 2010 to May 30, 2011 and Nissan LEAF which is also the finalist in the category World Green Car of the Year 2011 WCOTY version elected as the World Car of the Year 2011 by 66 judges from the automotive journalists, engineers, design experts and marketing of automotive experts from 24 countries representatives from Asia, Europe, North America, South America as well as other parts of the world which sponsored by a Japanese tire manufacturer Bridgestone Corporation.
How great the Nissan LEAF so that he can beat the Audi and BMW? Nissan LEAF, Nissan Motor Company production was also a finalist in award 2011 Green Car of the Year of the Green Car Journal version after being defeated by the Chevrolet Volt, is the world’s first mass-produced high-tech battery electric car, 5-seater car, 5-door hatchback which pay attention to comfort, performance and driving ability of the owners with zero CO2 emissions and is a pioneering zero-emission, fuel efficient car with high performance.

Lithium-ion batteries and electric motors of Nissan LEAF is able to produce power 108 hp and 206 lb-ft of torque and can accelerate from 0-60 mph in just 11.5 seconds and maximum speed 90 mph. This fuel efficient car claimed by the Nissan able to drive over 100 miles on a fully charged battery (only took 8 hours to recharge the batteries) without reducing the driving comfort, quieter and has a unique platform and body which makes the jurors of World Car Awards decided Nissan LEAF as the World Car of the Year 2011.
Other categories are the World Green Car, World Performance Car and World Car Design of the year 2011 and the previous winners of the World Car of the year, the Audi A6 (2005), BMW 3-Series (2006), Lexus LS460 (2007), Mazda2/Mazda Demio (2008), Volkswagen Golf (2009) and the Volkswagen Polo (2010).

Driving a Nissan Leaf which holds the World Car of the year 2011’s title, in addition to economical and affordable he is also environmentally friendly with zero CO2 emissions.