Five excellent Round 1 winners sold with COE Category B slug it out for the title of Overall Best Cat B Vehicle.
How Does ACOTY Define This Class?
The Overall Best Cat B Vehicle is chosen from among five Cat B winners from Round 1. Check out their respective Round 1 awards below.
Meet The Contenders
Audi Q3
The Audi Q3 feels like the most grown-up and well-put-together SUV of the trio to the judging panel, which is why it won the Best Cat B SUV category. Audi’s renowned build quality and solidity, along with a clean and premium design aesthetic puts it in contention here.
MG 4 EV
The MG 4 EV won Best Cat B Hatchback EV because how it’s priced versus what it offers in return makes it a spanking value and performance proposition. Which car enthusiast wouldn’t salivate at the prospect of a rear-wheel-driven hot hatch at this price point?
Nissan X-Trail e-Power
In this era of historically high COEs, the Nissan X-Trail e-Power is sufficiently well-equipped to offer its owner a premium-feeling experience for a car that, relatively speaking, is positioned as a mass-market model. This is why it won the Best Cat B Hybrid SUV award. It also helps that the mother of one of the judges absolutely loves it to bits.
Hyundai IONIQ 6
The Hyundai IONIQ 6 won Best Cat B EV due to its swooping, head-snapping looks, well-appointed interior that’s also sufficiently tech-infused, and performance that doesn’t disappoint one bit. Vivek is still waxing lyrical about “the Korean Saab” by the way.
BMW 330i Touring
That the BMW 330i Touring won the Best Cat B Premium Vehicle category is no surprise. Sufficient space to carry five people and their luggage, the way it drives, the way it handles and the way it makes one feel is why it is a contender here.
So who won?
All five vehicles are noteworthy in their own right. The diversity represented here made the judging panel’s work that much more difficult. However, there could only be one at the end.
Where the points tally in Round 1 was the final determinant of each category’s winner, here in Round 2, points are taken into consideration but are not the final arbiter of victory.
AutoApp Car Of The Year Overall Best Cat B Vehicle
BMW 330i Touring
| Vehicle | Points Tally | Price Percentile |
| BMW 330i Touring | 398 | 71 |
| Hyundai IONIQ 6 | 367 | 56 |
| Nissan X-Trail e-Power | 366 | 49 |
| MG 4 EV | 334 | 30 |
| Audi Q3 | 319 | 43 |
The BMW 330i Touring won by virtue of its aforementioned offerings, plus the brand cachet that the blue and white roundel brings to dinner tables and at valet parking services. This is one desirable wagon.
More on the scoring categories used to derive points in Round 1 here.
Congratulations to the BMW 330i Touring for winning the AutoApp Car of the Year 2024 Overall Best Cat B Vehicle!
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