World Automotive of the 12 months Awards title finest vehicles in six classes

Now in its nineteenth yr, the World Automotive of the 12 months Awards are an important and prestigious of any automotive awards on the planet.

The awards are judged by a world jury of 100 automotive journalists from 32 international locations – the individuals upon whom the world depends for an unbiased appraisal of the strengths and weaknesses of the 67 million cars we buy annually.

Final evening, 5 April 2023, the World Automotive Finals Powered by Brembo had been held at a black-tie dinner on the eve of the New York Worldwide Auto Present, with Hyundai’s Ioniq 6 taking wins in three of the six automobile classes, and its sister firm Kia taking one of many different three classes.

On prime of the dominant mannequin efficiency by the Korean automotive business, the 2023 World Automotive Individual of the 12 months Award was bestowed upon SangYup Lee, the Head of Hyundai World Design Centre, giving Hyundai 4 of the seven awards for the night, and a share of the fifth award as a result of Hyundai owns 33 p.c of Kia.

2023 World Automotive of the 12 months: Hyundai Ioniq 6

The Ioniq 6 is the second mannequin from Hyundai’s devoted all-electric sub-brand, and in taking out the 2023 World Automotive of the 12 months, 2023 World Electrical Automobile of the 12 months and 2023 World Automotive Design of the 12 months, it emulated the primary mannequin in that vary. In 2022, the Ioniq 5 received all those self same classes, indicating that the Korean automotive large is impressing the hell out of the journalists upon whom we rely for sound automotive shopping for recommendation.

The World Automotive of the 12 months (WCOTY) began out with an preliminary checklist of 30 contenders, earlier than being narrowed all the way down to 10 finalists: Alfa Romeo Tonale, BMW 2 Sequence Coupé, BMW X1 / iX1, Honda HR-V (NA) / ZR-V, Hyundai Ioniq 6, Kia Niro, Mazda CX-60, Mercedes-Benz C, Nissan Ariya and Nissan Z. The judges’ scores for the three podium placegetters within the award are above.

2023 World Automotive Design of the 12 months: Hyundai Ioniq 6

The aerodynamic Ioniq 6 has a drag coefficient of simply 0.21, parlaying its 77.4-kWh battery capability into a variety of practically 600 km (379 miles) on a single cost. Along with being one of the crucial aerodynamic and power environment friendly electrical autos accessible, the Ioniq 6 makes use of a bespoke Electrical-World Modular Platform (E-GMP) structure to supply 800-V, ultra-fast charging capabilities and a spacious inside.

2023 World Electrical Automotive of the 12 months: Hyundai Ioniq 6

The Ioniq 6’s many options embrace Automobile-to-Load (V2L) know-how, driver help methods and superior connectivity with over-the-air (OTA) software program updates that provide the final word in-car expertise. The spacious and ergonomic inside takes full benefit of the elongated 2,950-mm wheelbase to offer an array of empowering options, akin to Twin Colour Ambient Lighting, Velocity Sync Lighting, EV Efficiency Tune-up and Electrical Lively Sound Design (e-ASD), to boost the electrical mobility expertise.

2023 World City Automotive of the 12 months: Citroen C3

There have been solely three entries within the 2023 World City Automotive class, with the three (Citroen C3, ORA Funky Cat/Haomao and Volkswagen Taigo/Nivus) all changing into finalists.

2023 World Efficiency Automotive of the 12 months: Kia EV6 GT

The 430-kW (577-bhp) Kia EV6 GT builds on the usual EV6 mannequin that had already received the 2022 European Automotive of the 12 months and the 2023 North American Utility Automobile of the 12 months titles. That prodigious energy output allows a 3.5-second 0-62mph acceleration time and a prime velocity of 162 mph (260.7 km/h), the all-electric EV6 GT triumphed over some robust competitors from conventional petrol-powered sports activities vehicles, being chosen from an preliminary entry checklist of eight autos that was subsequently culled to a brief checklist of 5 finalists introduced on 7 March 2023: BMW i7, Genesis GV60, Hyundai Ioniq 6, Kia Niro EV and Lucid Air.

2023 World Luxurious Automotive of the 12 months: Lucid Air

The 2023 World Luxurious Automotive class had 5 finalists: BMW 7 Sequence / i7, Genesis G90, Land Rover Vary Rover, Land Rover Vary Rover Sport and the Lucid Air, with the BMW, Genesis and Lucid filling the rostrum.

The historical past of the WCOTY Awards

The methodologies employed in reaching the three finalists in every class has ensured that the winner is dissected by at least 100 revered journalists who’ve pushed all of the contenders after which dissected the efficiency of the vehicles in numerous classes. The itemizing exhibits that solely the easiest vehicles attain the rostrum.