German ADAC Car Award Results Rigged, Volkswagen May Return Trophy

The Germans are up in arms, Volkswagen is considering returning an award, and a company director has resigned.

This is the fallout from remarkable news that Germany’s trusted ADAC motoring organisation had rigged the votes for its 2013 ‘Most Popular Car’ award.

The Volkswagen Golf was initially awarded the coveted “Yellow Angel” after ADAC claimed the small car had received 34,299 votes in a public poll, via its ADAC Motorwelt magazine (with a claimed 18 million readers).