The Mercedes-Benz A-Class has been voted for by more than 100 000 fans from 52 countries as the Most Beautiful Car of the Year for 2012. Voting was carried out via seven mini-websites, provided in various languages by the TV channel Eurosport.
The award was accepted by Marc Langenbrinck, Director General of Mercedes-Benz Cars in France on 29 January 2013, at the International Automobile Festival in Paris.
The new Mercedes-Benz A-Class has received a number of awards for its progressive design and was named Germanys Most Beautiful Car at the 2012 Auto BILD Design Award. Readers of the German ADAC Motorwelt and users of the ADAC internet site also showed their support for the A-Class. The A-Class was also awarded the Yellow Angel 2013 by Europes largest automobile club.
Public votes were accepted from 6 December 2012 to 20 January 2013.