Kia EV6 and Hyundai IONIQ5 Win World Accolade


A truly international panel of self-confessed car junkies and world-renowned car designers, engineers, auto industry titans, motorsport legends, specialist journalists, broadcasters and media professionals voted this week for their Best Cars of the Year 2021/2022. This comprehensive list of laureates looked longingly at a lengthy list of leaps in technology.

It is no surprise to us that Kia EV6 and Hyundai IONIQ 5 tied for first place and were declared joint winners in this, the first-ever judging verdict this new evaluation process.

The judges commented that the shared win for the EV6 and IONIQ 5 further prove that Eui-Sun Chung, Chairman of the giant Hyundai-Kia organisation, is successfully shaking up the old-world order.

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ABOVE: World COTY Winners

In addition to the world champ Kia and Hyundai models, new cars from Audi, Toyota, Ford, Fiat and Porsche were highly rated by the wholly independent Best Cars of the Year (Best COTY) judging panel which also includes leading vehicle retailers, automotive consultants, major event and motor club organisers, plus a handful of carefully selected real-world car buyers.

Car makers from South Korea, Germany, Japan, USA, Italy and France (in that order) did most to impress the hugely experienced and genuinely unique team of national and international Best COTY judges who operated under an unrestrictive, totally democratic, ‘one person, one vote’ system.

Remarkably, the 10 models voted for by those judges into this year’s Best COTY Top 10 are from 10 separate brands, based in six countries spread across the world’s Top 3 car-producing continents – Asia, Europe and North America.

As the reigning joint world champions, the Kia EV6 and Hyundai IONIQ 5 are scheduled to be two of the many star attractions expected on the Best Cars of the Year stand at the British Motor Show this coming August, when the selection, evaluation, test driving and voting process for the Best Cars of the Year 2022/23 project will begin.

BEST CARS OF THE YEAR 2021/2022 – OFFICIAL RESULTS
1stKIA EV6HYUNDAI IONIQ 5
3rdAUDI E-TRON GT
4thTOYOTA GR YARIS
5thFORD MUSTANG MACH-E
6thFIAT 500
7thPORSCHE TAYCAN
8thCITROEN AMI
9thMITSUBISHI OUTLANDER PHEV
10thVW POLO*

* updated 2021/2022 version

Written by Alan Zurvas

Alan Zurvas is the founder and editor of Gay Car Boys, Australia's leading LGBTQI+ automotive publication. Before launching GCB in 2008, Alan's automotive writing was published in SameSame.com.au and the Star Observer. With over 16 years of hands-on car reviewing experience, Alan brings an honest, irreverent voice to every review — championing value and innovation over brand loyalty.


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