This hatchback won car of the year at Geneva this year. In a world of luxury sedans taking other awards, is there a trend towards the pragmatic?

Opel CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann praised "the toughest jury in the industry," and said the car's designers made a lighter, more spacious and elegant version with this 2015 edition, which has racked up 130,000 sales. Opel is known as Vauxhall in the UK.

Seven European automotive publications were behind the award. Most of the seven finalists except the Jaguar XE and the BMW 7-Series sedan were basic transportation vehicles. The others were the Audi A4, the Mazda MX5, the Skoda Superb and the Volvo XC90 SUV.

Source: Times of India