Chevy Volt and Opel Ampera win 2012 European Car Award

The Chevrolet Volt and its sister model, the Ampera, which is sold as under both the Opel and Vauxhall nameplates, have won the 2012 European Car of the Year (COTY) Award with 330 points. Coming into second place was the Volkswagen Up! city car with 281 points while the new generation of the Ford Focus finished third with 256 points.
The other cars that made it to the final round of the competition were the Range Rover Evoque (186 points), Fiat Panda (156 points), Citroen DS5 (144 points) and the Toyota Yaris (122 points).
The competition brought together votes from 59 automotive journalists in 23 European countries.
Last year's winner was the new, all-electric Nissan Leaf that beat the Alfa Romeo Giulietta and the Opel Meriva.

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Citroën DS5 Meets Arsenal's Football Players

For it's second series of cinemagraphs staring the new DS5, Citroën has teamed up with British football club Arsenal and first team players, Mikel Arteta, Laurent Koscielny and club captain Robin van Persie. And if you're wondering about Citroën choice, the French carmaker has been the official vehicle supplier to Arsenal Football Club since 2008 while it recently confirmed a new three year extension to the partnership.
The artsy cinemagraphs, which are made by combining several images into an animated GIF file, show Arsenal's players show off their skills by playing with a ball (no pun intended) around Citroën's latest model.
Commenting on Citroën's newest release, Marc Raven, Communications Director at Citroën UK said:
"Embracing innovative technology, Citroën pioneered cinemagraphs for the automotive industry and we're delighted to be using the format to support our association with Arsenal Football Club. The players had a lot of fun in the production of these and I hope they're as happy with the results as we are."

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