The countdown has begun for the 2022 World Car of the Year Award. In the competition, which consists of 6 categories in total, the finalists for the car of the year, electric car of the year, city car of the year, luxury car of the year, car design of the year and the most performance car of the year have been announced. The number of electric cars, which are becoming more and more common among the finalists, also drew attention.
Here are the finalists for the World Car of the Year Award
The finalists for the Car of the Year award were Ford Mustang Mach-E, Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6. In the annual World Car of the Year Award, which has become a tradition since 2005, all three of the finalists are electric for the first time. In the 2019 and 2021 awards, two of the three finalists were electric. In this year’s awards, the competition will be very electric.
Hyundai Ioniq 5, one of the finalists of the Car of the Year award, also managed to stay in the last three of the Electric Car of the Year and Car Design of the Year awards. The winners of the awards will be announced on April 13, 2022 at the New York Auto Show.
Car of the Year
- Ford Mustang Mach-E
- Hyundai Ionic 5
- Kia EV6
Electric Car of the Year
- Hyundai Ionic 5
- Audi E-Tron GT
- Mercedes-Benz EQS
City Car of the Year
- Opel Mokka
- Toyota Yaris Cross
- Volkswagen Taigun
Luxury Car of the Year
- BMW iX
- Genesis GV70
- Mercedes-Benz EQS
Performance Car of the Year
- Audi E-Tron GT
- BMW M3/M4
- Toyota GR 86 / Subaru BRZ
Car Designer of the Year
- Audi E-Tron GT
- Hyundai Ionic 5
- Kia EV6
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