Podjetje Volvo Car Corporation je bilo uspešno med letošnjimi zmagovalci Auto Trophy. Volvo XC90 je s tem dosegel peto zmago v kategoriji SUV in off-road vozil. Volvo C30, ki je v tekmovanju sodeloval prvič, pa je zmagal med kompaktnimi avtomobili. Preko 350 vozil v 27 kategorijah se je potegovalo za glasove bralcev revije Auto Zeitung v tekmovanju Auto Trophy, ki poteka že 19-to leto zapored.
Za najboljši avtomobile leta 2006 je glasovalo skoraj 94.000 bralcev Auto Zeitunga. Glasove so zbirali tako po pošti kot tudi preko interneta. Dve prvi mesti, za Volvo XC90 in Volvo C30 kažeta, da imata Volvova modela v Nemčiji visoko prepoznavnost in odličen ugled, zahvaljujoč predvsem njuni vsestranski izvedbi in varnosti, ki je lahko tudi vzgled drugim.
Po zmagi za najboljši tuji novi model leta 2002 se je XC90 tudi v naslednjih letih okronal z zmagami v kategoriji SUV in off-road vozil. Volvo C30 je bil takojšnja uspešnica na letošnjem Auto Trophyu. Po zmagi na Design Awardu 2006 in osvojenem Zlatem volanu 2006, je Auto Trophy tretje pomembno priznanje Volvovega dvovratnega kupeja. Volvo C30 bo v Nemčiji na voljo konec 2006. Na voljo bo v osmih motornih različicah in izhodiščno ceno 18.600 evrov. V Sloveniji bo začetna cena malenkost nižja, saj bo novi C30 na voljo že za 18.200 evrov.
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