The World Car Awards has announced the top 10 finalists for the World Car of the Year (WCOTY) 2025 award, along with the top finalists in the other five categories. They were chosen via a secret ballot after being assessed on parameters like safety, value, environmental impact, significance and emotional appeal (or ‘Wow!’ factor).
The WCOTY jury is made of 96 distinguished international automotive journalists from 30 countries, including Hormazd Sorabjee, Editor of Autocar India, and Renuka Kirpalani, Consulting Editor (Video), Autocar India.
- Porsche leads with five cars across categories; not in the WCOTY list
- Nearly 50 percent of all cars combined are electric vehicles, 17 to be precise
Here is a compiled list of finalists for the 2025 awards:
2025 World Car of the Year finalists
2025 World Urban Car of the Year
2025 World Luxury Car of the Year
2025 World Performance Car of the Year
2025 World Electric Vehicle of the Year
2025 World Car Design of the Year
2025 World Car Award: what’s next
The second round of test drives and voting has now begun and will stretch till February. Then, the top three finalists will be revealed on March 4, followed by the announcement of all winners (category wise) at the New York auto show on April 5.
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