ACOTY 2025 – Best Commercial Vehicle

A pair of heavyweights lock horns for the title of ACOTY's Best Commercial Vehicle. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? As the title states, only commercial vehicles can qualify for this award. No many the powertrain type (petrol, diesel, or electric) all are welcome. Interestingly, we only managed to test ICE vehicles this time round. Meet The Contenders One of the most iconic trucks ever built, the Ford Ranger stands tall as one of Ford's ...

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ACOTY 2025 – Best Value Performance EV

A pair of performance EVs lock horns for the title of ACOTY's Best Value Performance EV. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? Every EV that qualifies for this category needs to be either performance-oriented, or pack a "respectfully" absurd amount of power under the hood. Plus, to play fair against the premium marques, these are contenders who are more "affordable" on the market. Sub $300,000 price tag with ridiculous amounts of power underneath? ...

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ACOTY 2025 – Best Performance EV

Five of the fiercest EVs strut their stuff for the title of ACOTY's Best Performance EV. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? Every EV that qualifies for this category needs to be either performance-oriented, or pack a "respectfully" absurd amount of power under the hood. Simple, right? Meet The Contenders Of course we have to start with the reason why this category is so interesting in the first place, with the Porsche Taycan. A ...

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ACOTY 2025 – Best Luxury SUV EV

Five electric luxury SUVs bid for the title of ACOTY's Best Luxury SUV EV. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? Every Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) that qualifies for this category needs to be powered and propelled solely by electricity from battery packs, and sold with a Category B Certificate of Entitlement (Cat B COE). Meet The Contenders Starting off the first of two SUVs from the German giant Mercedes-Benz is the EQS SUV. This ...

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ACOTY 2025 – Best Cat B MPV EV

Three electric multipurpose vehicles go toe to toe for the title of ACOTY's Best Cat B MPV EV. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? Every Multipurpose Vehicle (MPV) that qualifies for this category needs to be powered and propelled solely by electricity from battery packs and sold with a Category B Certificate of Entitlement (Cat B COE). Easy peasy. Meet The Contenders Representing the UK is the MG M9 (left), flying China's flag is ...

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ACOTY 2025 – Best Cat B Dual Motor SUV EV

Nine electric SUVs go to battle for the accolade of ACOTY's Best Cat B Dual Motor SUV EV. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? Every Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) that qualifies for this category needs to be powered solely by electricity from battery packs, propelled by two electric motors and sold with a Category B Certificate of Entitlement (Cat B COE). Meet The Contenders First, the Asians. Clockwise, from top left, representing South Korea ...

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ACOTY 2025 – Best Cat B Single Motor SUV EV

Four electric SUVs slug it out for the title of ACOTY's Best Cat B Single Motor SUV EV. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? Every Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) that qualifies for this category needs to be powered solely by electricity from battery packs, propelled by a single electric motor, sold with a Category B Certificate of Entitlement (Cat B COE), and priced above S$250,000 in Singapore's market. Meet The Contenders Representing Stuttgart, Germany ...

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ACOTY 2025 – Best Budget SUV EV

Seven affordable SUV EVs battle for the title of ACOTY's Best Budget SUV EV. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? Every Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) that qualifies for this category needs to be powered solely by electricity from battery packs, propelled by only one electric motor, sold with a Category B Certificate of Entitlement (Cat B COE) and priced at or below S$250,000 with COE. Imagine calling a quarter of a million dollars ...

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ACOTY 2025 – Best Premium Sedan EV

Four silent sedans thunder in to fight for the title of ACOTY's Best Premium Sedan EV. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? Every premium sedan that qualifies for this category needs to be powered and propelled solely by electricity from battery packs, sold with a Category B Certificate of Entitlement (Cat B COE), and priced mid-to-upper table in Singapore's market. Meet The Contenders Representing Bavaria, Germany is the BMW i5 eDrive40 (left). Championing the ...

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ACOTY 2025 – Best Cat B Sedan EV

Three contenders face off to claim the title of ACOTY's Best Cat B Sedan EV. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? Every sedan that qualifies for this category needs to be powered and propelled solely by electricity from battery packs, and sold with a Category B Certificate of Entitlement (Cat B COE). Done. Meet The Contenders Clockwise, from top left, firstly representing China is the BYD Seal Performance. Next, flying the South Korean flag ...

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ACOTY 2025 – Best Cat B Hatchback

Three hatchbacks slug it out for the title of ACOTY's Best Cat B Hatchback. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? Hatchbacks and liftbacks that qualify for this category need to be sold with a Category B Certificate of Entitlement (COE Cat B). Done deal. Meet The Contenders Representing Germany is the Volkswagen Golf R (left), flying the British flag is the Mini Cooper SE (right), and championing Japan is the Toyota Prius. If it's hot-hatchery ...

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ACOTY 2025 – Best Wagon

Three stationwagons/estates vie for the title of ACOTY's Best Wagon. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? Contenders need to be stationwagons aka estates. Easy. Meet The Contenders Representing Germany is the BMW i5 Touring eDrive40 (left), flying the Czech flag is the Skoda Octavia Combi Sportline (right), and championing Japan is the Subaru WRX Wagon GT-S. The BMW i5 Touring eDrive40 is not only spacious on the inside for passengers but more practical for barang-barang ...

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ACOTY 2025 – Best Premium Sedan

Five sedans storm into battle for the title of ACOTY's Best Premium/Performance Sedan. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? Sedans in this category need to be priced mid-to-upper table in Singapore's market, and should be from brands well known for their premium offerings. They can also be performance-oriented. Done. Meet The Contenders Four Germans and an Italian feature in this line-up. The first three Germans represent Stuttgart. They are the Mercedes-Benz E 200 (left), Mercedes-AMG ...

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ACOTY 2025 – Best Premium SUV

Seven Sports Utility Vehicles rev it up to win the accolade of ACOTY's Best Premium SUV. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? A premium SUV needs to be priced mid-to-upper table in Singapore's market, and should be from brands well known for their premium offerings. Pretty straightforward. Meet The Contenders The first two contenders represent the UK. They are the Range Rover Velar (left) and Land Rover Defender (right). The next three contestants are from ...

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ACOTY 2025 – Best Luxury SUV

Two luxury SUVs gear up to challenge each other for the title of ACOTY's Best Luxury SUV. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? A luxury SUV is a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) offered as the creme de la creme of a top-shelf brand's line-up. Pretty straightforward. Meet The Contenders Representing the UK and Italy are the Range Rover PHEV (left) and Lamborghini Urus S (right) respectively. The Range Rover PHEV represents UK's definitive regal motoring ...

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