Three Round 1 winners go toe-to-toe for the title of Overall Best Hybrid Vehicle.
How Does ACOTY Define This Class?
The Overall Best Hybrid Vehicle is chosen from among the winners of the Cat A Hybrid, Cat B Hybrid and Premium Hybrid categories in Round 1.
Meet The Contenders
Kia Niro Hybrid
The Kia Niro Hybrid has sharp, unique looks, an angular, tech-infused cabin and spacious practicality in its favour. How comfy it is and how little fuel it sips means you’ll be wafting around while keeping your wallet firmly in your pocket for longer.
Nissan X-Trail e-Power
The Nissan X-Trail e-Power is refined, stylish, and in this era of historically high COEs, well-equipped enough to offer its owner a premium-feeling experience for a car that relatively speaking is positioned as a mass market model. Plus it has one of the judges’ Mom’s glowing seal of approval.
BMW XM
The BMW XM balances ride comfort and eye-watering performance off the line very well. It’s also nimble in carparks and offers an opulent tech-focused interior for its elite occupants.
So who won?
Three really great award-winners where one will not go wrong with any of them. However, there could only be one.
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 Hybrid Vehicle
Kia Niro Hybrid
| Vehicle | Points Tally | Price Percentile |
| Kia Niro Hybrid | 323 | 17 |
| Nissan X-Trail e-Power | 366 | 49 |
| BMW XM | 347 | 100 |
The Kia Niro Hybrid won because, just like it did in Round 1, it offers the best value proposition of the trio. Despite scoring the lowest points of the three in Round 1, by being priced the way it is and yet still remaining practical and frugal, we believe that it represents the better offering to car buyers out there.
More on the scoring categories used to derive points in Round 1 here.
Congratulations to the Kia Niro Hybrid for winning the AutoApp Car of the Year 2024 Overall Best Hybrid Vehicle!
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