The Best Cars Of 2024: The World Car Awards Finalists Are
It’s one of the most-watched automotive competitions each year: Executives and leaders wait in angst to learn if their newest models, on which they spent billions of dollars in development and marketing, make the World Car Awards finalist list for the best new cars of the year. The list is the result of a survey taken among top automotive journalists from around the world who also serve as jurors for the awards, and it’s the run-up to the top awards, which will be announced on March 27th.
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Which Cars Will Win?
The awards not only illustrate rising trends and marketplace changes, but also anticipate demand, desire and of course, sales. After designating the finalists for World Car Awards, the body’s jurors will further weigh in as they vote on the winners in February. They consider driving dynamics, innovation, technology, performance, marketplace importance and value. (In full disclosure, I serve as a World Car Awards juror.)
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How Does a Car Become World Car Eligible
To be eligible, vehicles must be new or significantly redesigned and truly global, available for sale in more than two major markets on two or more continents in the 14 months ending March, 2024. Votes are tallied by KPMG and final results are a sealed-envelope affair held at the New York Auto Show The finalist list for 2024 shows the global shift in automotive and some surprises: The return of the Abarth 500 as a celebrated electric car; BYD as a potential World Car of the Year; Geely making huge strides with both Volvo and Zeekr gaining favor; and Toyota Prius eliciting applause from critics.
Plus the usual suspects: Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Mazda, Hyundai, Kia, Porsche and Volkswagen.
Here are the 2024 World Car of the Year Finalists:
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A BMW i5 electric sedan is on display during the International Motor Show
World Electric Vehicle:
- BMW i5
- Kia EV9
- Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV
- Volkswagen ID.7
- Volvo EX30
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Mercedes-Benz Group presents the EQE SUV at the musee Rodin
World Luxury Car:
- BMW 5 Series / i5
- Lexus LM
- Mercedes-Benz CLE
- Mercedes-Benz E-Class
- Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV
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World Car of the Year
- BYD Seal / Atto 4
- Ford Bronco
- Hyundai Kona / Kona Electric
- Hyundai Santa Fe
- Kia EV9
- Mazda CX-90
- Subaru Crosstrek
- Toyota Prius
- Volkswagen ID.7
- Volvo EX30
It’ll be another two months of pins and needles for automotive executives as they await the final results, though on February 27th, World Car Awards will narrow the field to the top three in each category at the Geneva International Motor Show. The organization will also announce its World Car Design of the Year and Person of the Year, two other coveted categories. And the top winners will be crowned at the New York Auto Show on Wednesday, March 27 at the opening of the show.
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