The winners of the 2017 World Car of the Year awards have been confirmed and it is premium car brands which dominate in most categories.
Taking the main World Car of the Year accolade this year is the Jaguar F-PACE, the British brand’s first production SUV which has proven to be quite a hit. The Jaguar beat two other SUV finalists, the Audi Q5 and Volkswagen Tiguan, to grab this year’s main prize.
That’s not the only success for the Jaguar F-PACE as it has also won the World Car Design of the Year category. The SUV managed to beat the Mercedes S-Class and Toyota C-HR to this particular accolade.
This year’s World Car of the Year awards were overseen by 75 jurors comprised of motoring journalists and other experts from around the world. The category winners were confirmed during the start of this year’s New York International Auto Show.
Other award winners
In other news, the 2017 World Car of the Year awards saw the debut of a new category called World Urban Car of the Year. This accolade has been won by the BMW i3 (94Ah) which edged out fellow finalists the Citroen C3 and Suzuki Ignis.
The World Luxury Car of the Year category meanwhile has been taken by the Mercedes E-Class, which beat the BMW 5 Series and Volvo S90/V90 to this honour. The Porsche 718 Boxster/Cayman has won World Performance Car of the Year, meaning it beat the Audi R8 Spyder and McLaren 570S to the prize.
Finally, winning the World Green Car of the Year award is the Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid, also known as the Prius Prime in certain markets. This makes it the second year in a row that Toyota has won in this category, as the hydrogen-fuelled Mirai gave Toyota victory here in 2016.