Jaguar I-Pace wins World Car of the Year hat-trick

The game-changing all-electric Jaguar I-Pace has completed an historic treble at the 2019 World Car Awards.

Not only did it win the coveted 2019 World Car of the Year and World Car Design of the Year titles – equalling the success of the F-Pace in 2017 – it was also been named World Green Car.

The I-Pace is the first model ever to win three World Car titles in the same year during the 15-year history of the awards.

This latest win comes just weeks after it claimed the European Car of Year title, and affirms its status as the most desirable premium electric vehicle (EV) in the world.

In the last year alone, the Jaguar I-Pace has received a string of high-profile UK awards, including UK Car of the Year, Sunday Times Car of the Year, Stuff Magazine’s ‘Best Car’ and T3’s ‘Best Car’, plus Germany and Norway’s Car of the Year and China’s Green Car of the Year.

Ian Callum, Jaguar Director of Design, who was in New York to accept the awards, said: “Designing Jaguar cars is probably the best job in the world, and I can honestly say that no other project I’ve worked on has been as rewarding as I-Pace.

“Electric vehicles offer designers unprecedented freedom to rethink the proportions, the profile and the packaging, and it’s an opportunity that my team has exploited in full.

“Winning the 2019 World Car Design of the Year award, as well as World Car of the Year and World Green Car, is true recognition for their achievements.”

Jaguar didn’t have it all its own way – other category winners were also announced.

The McLaren 720S was declared the 2019 World Performance Car, the superb Suzuki Jimny won the Urban Car category, while the Audi A7 was declared World Luxury Car.