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Two lucky Viewers’ Choice voters win an iPhone 18 ProDrawn from voters who pick the winning Viewers’ Choice car and bike

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India’s most coveted and credible automotive awards, honouring the best cars, bikes, people, companies, and ideas of the year!

Vote for the Viewers’ Choice car and bike

Your voice matters! Choose your favourite car and bike of the year, in the ACKO app or here with your ACKO account. It takes under a minute. Voting closes on 15 December.

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Two lucky Viewers’ Choice voters win an iPhone 18 Pro

One is drawn from the voters who picked the winning car, the other from those who picked the winning bike.

Prize draw rules

Two lucky Viewers’ Choice voters win an iPhone 18 Pro

One is drawn from the voters who picked the winning car, the other from those who picked the winning bike.

Prize draw rules

6 nominees for Viewers’ Choice car

Hyundai Bayon

Hyundai

Kia Seltos

Kia

Mahindra XUV 7XO

Mahindra

Maruti Suzuki Brezza

Maruti Suzuki

Renault Duster

Renault

Tata Sierra

Tata Motors

5 nominees for Viewers’ Choice bike

Ather Konarc

Ather Energy

Bajaj Pulsar 150

Bajaj

Hero Xtreme 160R 4V

Hero MotoCorp

Royal Enfield Himalayan 440

Royal Enfield

Yamaha R2

Yamaha

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Sponsors and partners of the 2026 TOTMs

The 2027 sponsors are still to be announced.

About the partners

Knowledge partner
Styling partner
OOH partner
Premier venue partner
Safe mobility partner
Broadcast partner
Automotive paint partner
Marcom awards media partner
Innovation partner

150 publications reported the 2026 TOTMs

The Week

Editions: 4
TOTMs presented: 211
Jurors: 30

Ranked 5th in Asia and Africa

AITASTIC, a global research firm, ranks automotive awards in 47 markets every year by how widely their coverage is seen in print, on TV, online and on social media.

Up 13 places: From 18th in 2023, its first year
12th worldwide: In the 2026 report

The top awards of 2026

See every 2026 winner

Car of the Year
Hyundai Venue
Hyundai · Why it won
Bike of the Year
TVS Ntorq 150
TVS Motor · Why it won
Premium Car of the Year
BMW iX1
BMW · Why it won
Premium Bike of the Year
Ducati Panigale V4
Ducati · Why it won
Viewers' Choice — Car
Mahindra BE 6
Mahindra · Why it won
Viewers' Choice — Bike
Royal Enfield Hunter 350
Royal Enfield · Why it won
Person of the Year
Tarun Garg
Hyundai · Why it won
Car Manufacturer of the Year
Maruti Suzuki
Why it won
Bike Manufacturer of the Year
TVS Motor Company
TVS Motor · Why it won

Car of the Year

Hyundai Venue

Hyundai

Bike of the Year

TVS Ntorq 150

TVS Motor

The BMW team on stage at the 2026 TOTMs, Chennai

Premium Car of the Year

BMW iX1

BMW

The Ducati team on stage at the 2026 TOTMs, Chennai

Premium Bike of the Year

Ducati Panigale V4

Ducati

Viewers' Choice — Car

Mahindra BE 6

Mahindra

The Royal Enfield team on stage at the 2026 TOTMs, Chennai

Viewers' Choice — Bike

Royal Enfield Hunter 350

Royal Enfield

Person of the Year

Tarun Garg

Hyundai

Car Manufacturer of the Year

Maruti Suzuki

The TVS Motor team on stage at the 2026 TOTMs, Chennai

Bike Manufacturer of the Year

TVS Motor Company

TVS Motor

The 2027 jury: automotive experts, industry veterans and racers

See the full jury

Dedicated juries of automotive experts, industry veterans and professional racers test each car and bike themselves at the Buddh International Circuit, Noida, over two days. Our jurors carefully consider each nominee based on its performance, handling, comfort, technology, safety, and value for money, before debating and voting for each winner.

Siddharth Vinayak Patankar

Editor-in-Chief, ACKO Drive; Chair, World Car Awards

Dr V Sumantran

Industry veteran

Gul Panag

Actor and EV evangelist

Rayomand Banajee

Racer and mentor

Ameya Naik

Associate Editor, ACKO Drive

Hani Musthafa

Chief Editor, Flywheel; World Car Awards juror

Jens Meiners

Founder and Chair, German Car of the Year

Steve Fowler

Senior UK journalist; World Car Awards juror

Arun Mohan Nadar

Principal Correspondent, Bikes, ACKO Drive

Priyadarshan Bawikar

Former bike editor, ZigWheels and BikeDekho

The car jury testing at the Buddh International Circuit

Grant Thornton Bharat conducts and certifies the jury’s deliberations and votes

The ACKO Drive Awards are India’s only automotive awards with such a rigorous, research-led, transparent, and unbiased scoring and evaluation framework.

Knowledge partner since the 2025 TOTMs

How the TOTMs are judged

The 2026 Hall of Fame

See every Hall of Fame class

Watch the 2026 ceremony in Chennai

The 2026 TOTMs: the cars and bikes awarded

The Marcom TOTMs: recognising the best creative minds in the automotive industry

See every 2026 Marcom winner

A dedicated jury of highly experienced professionals across the advertising, marketing, and PR industries votes to decide the industry’s most creative and engaging campaigns.