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 ...
Read MoreSeven winners from Round 1 face off for the title of Overall Best Cat A Vehicle. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? Seven winners from Round 1 are sold with Category A COEs (Cat A COE). The Overall Best Cat A Vehicle is decided from amongst these seven. In this round, we see all manners of body styles with internal combustion engine (ICE), hybrid and electric vehicle guises going up against one ...
Read MoreWith premium hybrid SUVs, the sky's the limit - anything goes! How Does ACOTY Define This Class? The world of Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) has proliferated into the upper echelons. SUVs that qualify for this category need to sit in the upper price-percentile tiers and be fitted with hybrid drivetrains. Meet The Contenders Money not an object and a desire to go green without switching to a fully electric vehicle? Here are the three ...
Read MoreTwo hot stationwagons/estates go head-to-head for the title of Best Performance Wagon. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? Stationwagons or estates that qualify for this category need to be sold with Category B COEs. They also need to be hot, performance versions of their tame, mainstream siblings. Pretty straightforward. Meet The Contenders Representing Germany, we have the BMW M3 Touring. Hailing from the Czech Republic is the Škoda Octavia Combi RS 2.0 TSi. The BMW ...
Read MoreA roundup of the best Cat B Hybrid raises some philosophical questions. We live in interesting times. More than once during the voting process, certain cars have challenged the definitions of how cars are classified. Perhaps none were more contentious than the winner of this group. On the face of it, the two cars in this group as clearly recognisable as Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs). Also, this year, they all happened ...
Read MoreThree luxury electric vehicles duke it out for the best luxury EV category crown. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? Vehicles in contention need to sit as their respective manufacturer's flagship, or fall in or above the 90th price percentile compared to the rest of the line-up for ACOTY 2024. This then qualifies them as luxury vehicles. They also need to be propelled solely by electricity. Pretty simple. Meet The Contenders The luxury vehicle ...
Read MoreThree Cat B premium vehicles slug it out for the glory of winning this category's crown. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? Ideally, vehicles need to sit at or above the 50th price percentile to be considered 'premium'. They must also not have appeared in other Round 1 categories as contenders. Finally, those that qualify for this category need to be sold with Category B COEs. Quite simple. Meet The Contenders They're all German. ...
Read MoreFour Cat A SUV EV contenders face off to fight for this category's championship. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? First, each contender needs to be a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV), obviously! Next, they must be powered and propelled solely by electricity from battery packs. Finally, they need to be sold with a Category A Certificate of Entitlement (Cat A COE). Easy peasy. Meet The Contenders One is South Korean, one Japanese, one Chinese ...
Read MoreOne of four Cat A Hatchback EV zapped its way to being crowned this category's winner. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? First, each contender needs to be a hatchback. Next, they need to be powered and propelled solely by electricity from battery packs. Finally, they need to be sold with a Category A Certificate of Entitlement (Cat A COE). Simple. Meet The Contenders One is Korean, one is French, and two are Chinese. ...
Read MoreTwo practical Cat A MPV contenders go head-to-head to see who comes out on top. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? Every Multi Purpose Vehicle (MPV) that qualifies for this category needs to be sold with a Category A Certificate of Entitlement (Cat A COE). Simple right? Meet The Contenders There used to be a time back in the 2000s when MPVs were all the rage and filling up the roads. Over time, SUVs ...
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