Three winners from Round 1 face off for the title of Overall Best Cat A Vehicle.
How Does ACOTY Define This Class?
Three winners from Round 1 are sold with Category A COEs (Cat A COE) and are propelled by internal combustion. The Overall Best Cat A Vehicle is decided from amongst these candidates.
Meet The Contenders
Nissan Note e-POWER
The Nissan Note e-POWER beat out the Suzuki Swift to win Best Cat A Hatchback.
This practical and well-appointed facelift puts its successes on display, and the points it garnered pointed to unanimity among the judging panel.
BMW X2
The BMW X2 beat the Volkswagen Tiguan, Volkswagen T-Cross, Alfa Romeo Tonale and Lexus LBX to be crowned Best Cat A SUV.
The judging panel was impressed with its efficiency and how it felt like the complete package as an SUV.
Lexus LBX
The Lexus LBX fought well against the Hyundai Kona Hybrid, Alfa Romeo Tonale, Suzuki Swift and Hyundai Avante and won Best Cat A Hybrid/Plug-In Hybrid.
We felt that the LBX offered the most complete value proposition in its class and that the polished tech implementation made it that much more desirable.
So who won?
Three excellent award-winning choices here, and suffice to say you won’t go wrong with any of them. However, we in the judging panel had a job to do, and that was to choose an overall winner.
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 A Vehicle
BMW X2 sDrive16i
| Vehicle | Points Tally |
| BMW X2 | 392 |
| Lexus LBX | 383 |
| Nissan Note e-POWER | 361 |
And our overall winner is the BMW X2! Despite it being the most expensive of the line-up, its brand cachet makes it super desirable in this segment, and the SUV body style has looks going for it.
Desirability is a strong factor that we acknowledge too, and we are confident most will be more than happy to own it.
More on the scoring categories used to derive points in Round 1 here.
Congratulations to the BMW X2 for winning the AutoApp Car of the Year 2025 Overall Best Cat A Vehicle!
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