The result, announced today, shows that the Polo scored 347 points against 337 for Toyota's new city car, the iQ.
The pair were well ahead of the next-best runner, the Opel/Vauxhall Astra with 221 points.
And the other finalists were the Skoda Yeti (158), the Mercedes-Benz E-Class (155), the Peugeot 3008 (144) and the Citroen C3 Picasso (113).
Of the 59 car experts from 23 European countries who decide the award, the Polo was chosen as the winning car by 25 jurors, while the iQ was chosen by 20 jurors.
Jurors vote twice: first to select a short-list of seven from the new cars launched in Europe, then again to choose the winner.
The competition was neck-and-neck throughout the counting, with the Polo's win confirmed only as the last vote was counted.
Posted on 01.12.2009
