Model Hyundai i40, ahead of nine major European and Japanese automakers, received in Germany the main, gold prize at the contest of the body, passing under the EuroCarBody conference. Competitors Hyundai, speaking for the first time in this competition, were Audi, BMW, Ford, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Opel, Land Rover and Volkswagen. Competition EuroCarBody is the International motor company (Automotive Circle International is an organization that includes leading automotive suppliers and manufacturers. The winners were selected by an independent jury over five hundred auto experts from around the world. The judges noted an engineering project in General and the use of innovative materials and production efficiency model i40, which received 37,98 of 50 possible points. Audi took with the A6 second place, experts accrued 35,86 grade and Mercedes-Benz B-class, which became the third - 34,66 points. Thanks to the innovative body design model i40 created for the European market, was recently awarded five stars in crash tests by Euro NCAP and came in lower insurance category for vehicles D-segment in the UK.