A Few Surprises Makes for an Eventful 2006 European Car of the Year

On Monday, November 14th, 2005, the European Car of the Year for 2006 was announced. Normally, our focus wouldn't be on such an event being that North America has its own various car and truck of the year awards. Countless other magazines also choose their picks, while Canada's journalists award COTYs and TOTYs annually at the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto. But there are no less than six reasons why Europe's winner and runners up might be of interest to you.