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The electric Jaguar I-Pace is the 2019 European Car of the Year after a tie breaker with the Alpine A110 sports car. I-Pace ended up level on points with the A110, but took the gong on a tie-break after 18 judges voted the Jaguar in first place 18 versus 16 for the A110. The I-Pace and A110 both received 250 votes, with the Kia Ceed third at 247 votes and the Ford Focus on 235 votes. Other finalists included the Citroën C5 Aircross, Mercedes-Benz A-Class and Peugeot 508.