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Saturday, January 29, 2011

DS4 is Most Beautiful Car

Citroën’s DS4 has been declared Most Beautiful Car of the Year 2011 at the International Automobile Festival, which is currently taking place at the Hôtel des Invalides in Paris, France.





The decision was based solely on a public internet ballot, with voters allowed to choose from a shortlist of seven different models. None of the candidates could have a retail price tag exceeding €50,000.



Emerging as a clear winner, the DS4 received 45% of all the hundreds of thousands of votes cast.



Of course, beauty and good design are subjective things, but it’s arguable that the opposition wasn’t exactly strong. Indeed, although some of the cars on the shortlist could be described as ‘elegant’, ‘striking’ or even ‘purposeful’, ‘beautiful’ is possibly too strong an adjective for any of them.














Most Beautiful Car of the Year 2011
Position Model
1 Citroën DS4
2 BMW 5 Series Saloon
3 Honda CR-Z Hybrid
4 Renault Wind
U Mini Countryman
U Infiniti M37
U Volvo V60
U = Unclassified


As well as the Most Beautiful Car award and an exhibition of concept cars, the International Automobile Festival also sees Jury Grand Prizes being given to reward artistic automotive creations:



Most Beautiful Concept Car of the Year



Nominees

Kia Pop

Jaguar C-X75

Renault DéZir

Bertone Pandion



Winner

Jaguar C-X75



Most Beautiful Interior of the Year



Nominees

Honda CR-Z Hybrid

Citroën DS4

Mini Countryman

Infiniti M37



Winner

Citroën DS4



Most Beautiful Book of the Year



Nominees

Gotha de l'Automobile Française - E-T-A-I - Laurent Friry and Claude Rouxel

Joyaux Automobiles des Maharadjahs - E-T-A-I - Gautam Sen

Carrosserie, une histoire de style - La Martiniere - Serge Bellu

60 voitures des années 60 - DUPUIS - Jidéhem



Winner

Gotha de l'Automobile Française - E-T-A-I - Laurent Friry and Claude Rouxel



Most Beautiful Photo of the Year



Nominees

‘Jump’ - Jari Matti Latvala in a Ford Focus. WRC 2010 Rally New Zealand, 09-05-2010 - François Baudin (Agence DPPI)

‘Etincelles’ - Dario Franchitti (Ganassi). Indycar race at Homestead, Miami, USA, 02-10-2010 - Jean-François Galeron

‘Marchand de Sable’ - Nasser Al Attiyah, Volkswagen race Touareg, Kalmoukie desert, Silk Way Rallye 2010, Dakar series 2010 - Eric Vargiolu (Agence DPPI)

‘La Dolce Vita’ - Jaguar Type C, 1000 Miglia. Tuscany, Italy, 07-05-2010 - Cathy Dubuisson



Winner

‘Marchand de Sable’ - Eric Vargiolu



Most Beautiful Advertising Film of the Year



Nominees

Fiat: ‘Brainstorming’ - Marcel Paris (France)

Mercedes-Benz: ‘The Best or Nothing’ - Jung von Matt / Alster Hamburg (International)

Citroën: ‘Dog’ - Agence H (France)

Alfa Romeo: ‘Uma Thurman’ - Leo Burnett, USA (International)



Winner

Mercedes-Benz: ‘The Best or Nothing’



Top Prize for Design



Winner

Bertone



Top Prize for the Environment



Winner

BMW Efficient Dynamics



Top Prize for Art



Winner

BMW M3 GT2 Jeff Koons Artcar



Top Prize of the Festival



Winner

Mercedes-Benz CLS



Jury’s Special Top Prize



Winner

Adrien Maeght



The Palme d’Or



Winner

Red Bull Racing - Dieter Mateschitz / Sebastian Vettel / Adrian Newey





Related post:

Citroën DS4 revealed

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