NEW CLIO SCOOPS 2012 'GOLDEN STEERING WHEEL' AWARD
NEW CLIO SCOOPS 2012 'GOLDEN STEERING WHEEL' AWARD - Clio wins ‘Small Car’ class at 2012 Golden Steering Wheel awards.- This prize is awarded by German magazines BILD am SONNTAG and AutoBILD.- The jury comprised the magazines’ writers and 73 million readers, as well as famous drivers and celebrities. International recognition
Just weeks after claiming the RTL/Auto Plus ‘Best Production Car’ prize at last month’s Paris Motor Show, New Clio has scooped another international award in the form of the 2012 ‘Golden Steering Wheel’ which was presented to Mr Stefan Mueller, Executive Vice President, Chairman of Europe Region, at a special ceremony in Berlin, Germany, yesterday evening.New Clio was named best ‘Small Car’ by the Axel Springer Group’s weekly BILD am SONNTAG, Germany’s best-selling Sunday publication, and AutoBILD, the world’s best-selling specialised automobile magazine. In addition to its European sister magazines, AutoBILD produces numerous local editions in eastern Europe and Asia. Total readership amounts to some 73 million, all of whom were invited to vote for their favourite model.Now in their 37th year, the 2012 Gold Steering Wheel awards attracted 44 entries divided into six categories. In the MPV and coupé/cabriolet classes, the winners were decided directly by readers. In the four other categories, the final vote was preceded by an exhaustive road test of each of the five finalists by a panel of personalities at the Balocco test facilities in Italy.The list of famous drivers included Mattias Ekström, Hans-Joachim Stuck, Walter Röhrl, Christina Surer and Vanina Ickx, who were joined by the chief editors of the AutoBILD group’s European magazines, as well as by celebrities from the worlds of sport and show business, like Franz Beckenbauer and Boris Becker.
Just weeks after claiming the RTL/Auto Plus ‘Best Production Car’ prize at last month’s Paris Motor Show, New Clio has scooped another international award in the form of the 2012 ‘Golden Steering Wheel’ which was presented to Mr Stefan Mueller, Executive Vice President, Chairman of Europe Region, at a special ceremony in Berlin, Germany, yesterday evening.New Clio was named best ‘Small Car’ by the Axel Springer Group’s weekly BILD am SONNTAG, Germany’s best-selling Sunday publication, and AutoBILD, the world’s best-selling specialised automobile magazine. In addition to its European sister magazines, AutoBILD produces numerous local editions in eastern Europe and Asia. Total readership amounts to some 73 million, all of whom were invited to vote for their favourite model.Now in their 37th year, the 2012 Gold Steering Wheel awards attracted 44 entries divided into six categories. In the MPV and coupé/cabriolet classes, the winners were decided directly by readers. In the four other categories, the final vote was preceded by an exhaustive road test of each of the five finalists by a panel of personalities at the Balocco test facilities in Italy.The list of famous drivers included Mattias Ekström, Hans-Joachim Stuck, Walter Röhrl, Christina Surer and Vanina Ickx, who were joined by the chief editors of the AutoBILD group’s European magazines, as well as by celebrities from the worlds of sport and show business, like Franz Beckenbauer and Boris Becker.