There is a world car of the year award, an international car of the year award, a European car of the year, and a green car of the year award.

有世界年度汽车奖、国际年度汽车奖、欧洲年度汽车奖，还有年度环保汽车奖等等，各种“年度”奖不一而足。

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The Society of Automotive Engineers agrees: Volt won the 2011 North American Car of the Year award and the European Car of the Year award.

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It aims to return Opel and Vauxhall to profit by 2015, but the brands are heavily dependent on the European market where industry wide new car sales fell by 7.3% in the first 10 months of the year, according to data from the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association.

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