The New York International Auto Show is back for 2022. And the 2022 World Car Awards could finally happen in person again. Last year’s winner was an electric car: the Volkswagen ID.4. This year, the panel leaned even harder into the battery-electric future; electric vehicles won five of the six awards, including a new World Electric Car of the Year award.
The big winner was Hyundai, with its flashy new Ioniq 5 SUV that took home three awards, including the overall World Car of the Year. Here is the full list of winners.
World Car/Electric Car/Car Design of the Year: Hyundai Ioniq 5
Hyundai’s retro-inspired electric SUV/hatchback earned it three awards: World Car of the Year, World Electric Car of the Year and World Car Design of the Year. It defeated two strong runners-up, the Ford Mustang Mach E and the Kia EV6, the latter built on the same e-GMP platform.
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World Luxury Car of the Year: Mercedes-Benz EQS
The iconic S-Class is Mercedes’ flagship and shows off the brand’s best technology that spills over to the rest of the line-up. The EQS is the new electric counterpart of the S-Class.
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World Performance Car of the Year: Audi E-Tron GT
Audi’s E-Tron branding can be confusing, but the E-Tron GT isn’t a hot version of Audi’s staid electric SUV: it’s a low-slung sedan with an RS version that can deliver up to 637 horsepower in boost mode.
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World City Car of the Year: Toyota Yaris Cross
The US market is not ideal for city cars. And this year’s World Urban Car of the Year is the Toyota Yaris Cross, a crossover version of the subcompact Yaris. Toyota chose to give Americans the larger Corolla Cross instead.
The 34 electric cars we’re most excited to drive in the future
The coming years will be dominated by new EVs. These are the ones that made us jazz the most.
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