Geneva, Switzerland - February 29, 2016 - The Opel/Vauxhall Astra has been announced as Car of the Year 2016, on the eve of the Geneva International Motor Show. Hakan Matson president of the Jury, handed the trophy to Opel's CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann. The Astra was the jury's favourite by a narrow margin, gathering 309 points, versus the 294 points of the second placed car, the Volvo XC90. The other finalists were the Audi A4 (189 points), BMW 7 Series (143 points), Jaguar XE (163 points), Mazda MX-5 (202 points) and Skoda Superb (147 points). The jury is comprised of 58 leading motoring journalists from 22 European countries.