The acclaimed Renault 5 E-Tech electric has triumphed at the prestigious UK Car of the Year Awards, dominating the final round of voting. In total, 20 of the 33-strong judging panel (including me!) voted for the retro-cool EV, which also won the Small Car category. The victory marks Renault’s first …
Read More »UK Car of the Year 2026 shortlist announced
One of the eight newcomers below will be crowned winner of the prestigious UK Car of the Year title on February 26. The list highlights the growing popularity of electric vehicles as well as a continuing interest in practicality and interior space. Audi leads the way with two category wins. …
Read More »Kia EV3 crowned UK Car of the Year 2025
Kia has pulled off the double by winning the UK Car of the Year Awards two years in a row. Following on from the Kia EV9’s triumph in 2024, the EV3 has been named overall victor in 2025. It’s also the fourth year in succession that the top prize has …
Read More »UK Car of the Year category champions revealed
The shortlist for UK Car of the Year 2020 has been unveiled, ahead of the overall winner which will be announced on February 28. With nine categories up for grabs in 2020, the UK Car of the Year Awards had eight different manufacturers emerging victorious after the first round of …
Read More »Jaguar I-Pace wins European Car of the Year
The 100% electric Jaguar I-Pace has pipped the Alpine A110 to the 2019 European Car of the Year title. For the first time since ECOTY began in 1964 the top two cars ended up with the same number of votes (250 each). In keeping with the rules, the votes were …
Read More »Jaguar I-Pace crowned UK Car of the Year
Jaguar’s game-changing 100% electric I-Pace performance SUV has beaten 11 other new cars to emerge victorious at the UK Car of the Year Awards 2019. The I-Pace was also named Best Executive car when the category winners were announced in February and it’s the third time in six years of …
Read More »UK Car of the Year 2019 – the winners
The results of the prestigious 2019 UK Car of the Year awards have been announced, recognising 11 different manufacturers as class leaders across 12 different categories. The current holder of the overall UK Car of the Year title with the XC60, Volvo picked up where it left off in 2018 …
Read More »Volvo XC60 wins UK Car of the Year 2018
The impressive new Volvo XC60 has been crowned the overall winner at the UK Car of the Year Awards 2018. After scooping Best Medium Crossover when the category winners were announced in January, the SUV went up against another 12 triumphant new cars to fight it out for the top …
Read More »UK Car of the Year 2018 class winners
Twelve different manufacturers have been recognised as best-in-class following the first round of voting for the UK Car of the Year Awards 2018. The number of categories this year has been expanded to 13, ranging from Best Supermini to Best Performance and the winning model in each sector now goes …
Read More »UK Car of the Year winners revealed
Cars from 10 different manufacturers have been hailed best-in-class after the first round of voting in the UK Car of the Year Awards 2017. With the winners of the 12 categories now decided, the successful models go on to battle it out for the title of UK Car of the …
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