The Jury of the 24th International Automobile Festival will meet and decide on 9 December 2008 in Paris. The prize-winners will be revealed on 10 February 2009 during the opening ceremony of the 24th edition of the Festival.

The Grand Prizes The Most Beautiful Interior of the Year

CITROËN C5

nominees :
- MERCEDES-BENZ CLC
- ALFA ROMEO Alfa MiTo
- VOLVO XC 60

The Most Beautiful Supercar of the Year

MASERATI A8 CGS Berlinetta carrossée par Touring

nominees :
- LOTUS Evora
- BUGATTI Grand Sport Veyron
- BMW 750 i

The Most Beautiful Concept Car of the Year

BMW Gina Light Visionary Model

nominees :
- SAAB 9-X Air
- MAZDA Kiyora
- CITROËN GT byCitroën

The Most Beautiful Book of the Year

Automobiles, élégance et prestige Ron Kimball, Editions White Star

nominees :
- Auto Design, les plus grands concepteurs Larry Edsall, Editions White Star
- 2 CV Citroën, 60 ans d'années folles Cédric Lelong, éditions E.T.A.I
- Bugatti en compétition de 1920 a 1939 Eckhard Schimpf et Julius Kruta, éditions E.T.A.I

The Most Beautiful Photo of the Year

ALMS 2008 - Road Atlanta - J. Mowlen - Zyteck François Flamand / DPPI

nominees :
- Loeb, Nouvelle-Zélande Jo Lillini / S.C.D
- La Marmotte Jean-François Galeron / Agence Galeron
- Courir apres son reve, Transorientale Rally 2008 Daniela Jeremijevic

The Most Beautiful Advertising Film of the Year

Renault Koleos - Super 8 - Agence Publicis Conseil (France)

nominees :
- Smart - The gas can blues - Agence Jung Von Matt (Allemagne)
- Volkswagen Polo - Dog Confidence - Agence DDB (Royaume-Uni)
- Volkswagen Polo TDI - La jeune femme - Agence V (France)

The Art Grand Prize

Alain BUBLEX, for its whole work

The Architecture Grand Prize

New PORSCHE museum, Stuttgart Realized by Delugan Meissl (Vienna)

The Environment Grand Prize

Chevrolet Volt

The Jury Special Prize

SMART, for the planetary success

The Palme d’Or

Ron DENNIS & Lewis HAMILTON

“The Most Beautiful Car of the Year” is part of the Grand Prizes of the International Automobile Festival. This is a very special prize because the general public is responsible for appointing the winner.

Alfa Romeo MiTo, the Most Beautiful Car of the Year 2008
Won with 30% of the votes. With the MiTo, Alfa Romeo wishes to offer a new generation of 'Alfisti' The Sportiest Compact. The new model, designed by the Alfa Romeo style centre in Arese, is the first car to be built since the 8C Competizione from which it borrows certain characteristic traits.

2nd : Renault Laguna Coupé Like the Fluence concept car which provided a stylish foretaste of the Renault Laguna Coupé, the real car irresistibly suggests sheer motoring enjoyment.

3rd : Citroën C5

Images - Thierry Lesparre - French Rendez-Vous >>>