European COTY finalist list released

The European COTY is considered one of the toughest with journalists from the continent bearing their opinion on the industry's offering for the year.

Last year the Nissan Leaf impressed judges with its ability to behave just like a normal car, despite having washing machine motors driving the wheels.

Euro COTY does tend to favour family sedans and hatchbacks so luxury and sports cars have very little chance of winning.

They have just released the list of 35 finalists, follow the jump to see the full line-up of great cars.