Car of the Year 1997
| Country | Name | Renault Mégane Scénic | Ford Ka | Volkswagen Passat | Skoda Octavia | Audi A3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Austria |
Horst Kahlert | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Gerhard Nöhrer | 6 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 3 | |
| Herbert Völker | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | |
| Belgium |
Jean-Jacques Renaux | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Etienne Visart de Bocarmé | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | |
| Czech Republic |
Milan Jozif | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| Denmark |
Peter Aaboe | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Finland |
Mauri Salo | 8 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| France |
Jacques Farenc | 10 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| Jean-Pierre Gosselin | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | |
| Guy Jourdan | 10 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |
| Francis Monsenergue | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 3 | |
| Benoît Pérot | 10 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |
| Edouard Seidler | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| Germany |
Georg Kacher | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| Peter Klinkenberg | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | |
| Jürgen Lewandowski | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | |
| Roland Löwisch | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | |
| Engelbert Männer | - | 6 | 10 | 5 | 4 | |
| Greece |
Costas Cavathas | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Hungary |
Péter Surányi | 10 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| Ireland |
Andrew Hamilton | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Italy |
Alberto Bellucci | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| Carlo Cavicchi | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Michele Fenu | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 | |
| Alessandro Ferrari | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | |
| Claudio Nobis | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | |
| Daniele Pellegrini | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Netherlands |
Jack Kruger | 9 | 8 | 5 | - | 3 |
| Willem Leniger | 9 | 8 | 5 | - | 3 | |
| Ton Roks | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Norway |
Hans Gravdal | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| Poland |
Wojciech Sierpowski | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Portugal |
Adriano Cerqueira | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| José Vieira | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | |
| Russia |
Mikhail I. Podorozhansky | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| Slovenia |
Tomaz Porekar | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Spain |
Arturo de Andrés | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| Eduardo Azpilicueta | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Pedro Figueruelo | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | |
| Alberto Mallo | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
| Sergio Piccione | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Maria Angeles Pujol | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | |
| Sweden |
Christer Glenning | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Marianne Sterner | 10 | 6 | 1 | 8 | - | |
| Björn Sundfeldt | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | - | |
| Switzerland |
Urs Bärtschi | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Alexander Beck | 9 | 8 | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Michel Busset | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | |
| United Kingdom |
Steve Cropley | 3 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Gavin Green | 10 | 8 | 5 | - | 2 | |
| Ray Hutton | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
| John Langley | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
| Michael Scarlett | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |
| David Williams | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
| Total | 405 | 293 | 248 | 230 | 199 |
