Six gold awards for Volkswagen Group brands
With six first places, the Volkswagen Group was the most successful company in "Company Cars of the Year 2007", an event organized by the specialist journal "Firmenauto" and DEKRA, the German motor vehicle inspection association.
The best fleet models in a total of nine categories were honored in an overall ranking and an importers ranking. The Volkswagen Group with its Volkswagen, Audi, Seat, Skoda and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brands not only won six gold awards, but was also ranked second four times and took four third places.
In the run-up to the award ceremony in Bad Gögging, 150 fleet managers tested 70 different models over a two-day period. This involved more than 1,900 test drives over some 50,000 kilometers. In the compact class, the testers voted the new Golf Variant the winner, while the Touran Eco Fuel took first place in the alternative powertrain category.
The Audi Q7 and A8 models convinced the jury in the SUV and top class categories respectively. Skoda won the testers´ vote in the small car category and the van category with the Fabia and the Roomster. The Skoda Fabia even took first place in both the overall ranking and the importers ranking.
“Apart from drive behavior and comfort, efficiency played an important role in the judging. With this achievement, the Volkswagen brands have impressively confirmed the outstanding position of our models in the fleet business,” Dr. Stefan Brungs, Head Volkswagen Group Fleet International, commented.
This article was taken from: Auto Spectator
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