ROME – The women’s jury of the “Women’s World Car of the Year” has proclaimed the new Peugeot 308 the winner. The ten specialist car journalists have elected the media of the lion house as the best car of the year in the challenge that has seen them compete 65 other cars, crowning the 308 with the title of “absolute winner”. The car of the transalpine brand has won the highest awards of the WWCOTY and the coveted award was delivered directly to Linda Jackson, CEO of Peugeot. A result by no means taken for granted that came at the end of a year of tests, evaluations and votes on dozens of cars, and which was finally formalized during the awards ceremony in Paris, when Jackson collected the prestigious trophy in the name of Peugeot.
“This is a historic moment – said the executive president of WWCOTY, Marta Garcia – because it is the first time in the thirteen-year history of WWCOTY that the supreme award has been awarded to a company led by a woman.
The 308 was voted the best car in the world by trade journalists from five continents. The Peugeot 308 is a global and concrete car, a vehicle that satisfies the needs of buyers, from young people to families, up to experienced drivers ”. The ten journalists present in Paris represented the jury made up of almost sixty colleagues from more than forty countries who gave rise to the vote, from which the 308 ended up triumphing, after careful assessments on safety, quality, price, design, ease. driving and environmental impact. (Maurilio Rigo)