2024 World Car Of The Year: Top 3 Finalists Announced

Interestingly, all the finalists for this year’s top car award are electric vehicles.

By Satvik Khare

Last updated: February 27, 2024 | 2 min read

Interestingly, all the finalists for this year’s top car award are electric vehicles.

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The top three finalists for the 2024 World Car of the Year have been announced! Alongside, the World Car Awards has also announced the top three finalists in each category. The overall winner as well as the winner of each category will be announced on March 27 at the New York International Auto Show 2024.

The World Car Awards consists of more than 100 distinguished journalists from over 30 countries. Siddharth Vinayak Patankar, Editor-in-Chief, Acko Drive, is now the Chairman of the World Car Awards and is also the first Asian journalist to hold this position.

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2024 World Car of the Year

For the 2024 edition of the World Car of the Year, the finalists consist only of electric vehicles. They include the BYD Seal, Kia EV9 and the Volvo EX30. Interestingly, since 2021, electric vehicles have bagged the top honours at the World Car Awards. The Volkswagen ID.4, Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Hyundai Ioniq 6 have won this laurel in 2021, 2022 and 2023, respectively.

Let’s take a look at the finalists in all other categories.

2024 World Luxury Car of the Year

BMW 5 Series / i5
Mercedes-Benz E-Class
Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV

2024 World Performance Car of the Year

BMW M2
BMW XM
Hyundai Ioniq 5 N

2024 World Electric Vehicle of the Year

BMW i5
Kia EV9
Volvo EX30

2024 World Urban Car of the Year

BYD Dolphin
Lexus LBX
Volvo EX30

2024 World Car Design of the Year

Ford Bronco
Ferrari Purosangue
Toyota Prius

Also Read: Adrian Newey Is The 2024 World Car Person Of The Year

About the author

Satvik Khare

Satvik Khare is a motoring journalist with more than three years of experience, having covered tech and auto. Satvik has been an avid car enthusiast for as long as he can remember, with his first toys being cars. His life mostly revolves around all things automotive and he earned his Masters in Automotive Journalism from Coventry University, UK. His hobbies include motorsports, (either as video games or in reality), reading, singing and digging information on new and old cars.