This one's a wildcard. Four vehicles were shortlisted by the ACOTY team, vying for the title of ACOTY 2024 Editors' Choice. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? Well, there weren't specifically any criteria that we referenced in order to determine what vehicles participate in this category. The plan was simple: each of us would shortlist a car that we really, really liked, and these four cars would do battle to determine ...
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Four Round 1 winners vie for the title of Overall Best Value. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? Cars eligible for this class need to be priced at or under $200,000 with COE. This means only some Round 1 winning Cat A vehicles are eligible for this award. Meet The Contenders Toyota Sienta Hybrid The Toyota Sienta Hybrid feels like more car for the money. Coupled with its excellent fuel economy and the fact that it can ...
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Nine electrifying EVs that won in Round 1 face off in a Battle Royale for the title of Overall Best EV. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? Price notwithstanding, the Overall Best EV is chosen from the electric vehicles (EVs) that won in Round 1. We counted them. There were nine. Battle Royale indeed. Ding-ding-ding! Check out their respective Round 1 awards below. Meet The Contenders BMW i7 xDrive 60 The BMW i7 xDrive 60 offers so ...
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Eight sensational SUVs that won in Round 1 slug it out for the title of Overall Best SUV. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? Price and powertrain don't matter. From affordable to astronomical, internal combustion, hybrid and battery electric all make an appearance here. The Overall Best SUV is chosen from among a pool of Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) that won in Round 1. Check out their respective Round 1 awards below. Meet ...
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Three adrenaline-inducing Round 1 winners race to cross the finish line and claim the title of Overall Best Sports Car. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? The Overall Best Sports Car is chosen from the three Cat B performance and sports categories' winners from Round 1. Check out their respective Round 1 awards below. Meet The Contenders BMW M3 Touring The BMW M3 Touring won Best Performance Wagon due to how practical it is while ...
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Three Round 1 luxury vehicle winners face off in a challenge to claim the title of Overall Best Luxury Car. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? The Overall Best Luxury Vehicle is chosen from the three Cat B luxury categories' winners from Round 1. Check out their respective Round 1 awards below. Meet The Contenders Audi SQ 7 There's a famous scene in The Godfather movie in which Marlon Brando, playing Don Corleone, says, "I'm ...
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Two great MPVs that won in Round 1 slug it out in a fight to claim the title of Overall Best MPV. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? Price, COE category and powertrain notwithstanding, the Overall Best MPV is chosen from the multi-purpose vehicles (MPVs) that won in Round 1. Check out their respective Round 1 awards below. Meet The Contenders Toyota Sienta Hybrid The Toyota Sienta Hybrid feels like more car for the money. Coupled with ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Seven 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 ...
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With 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 ...
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Two 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 ...
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A 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 ...
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Three 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 ...
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Three 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. ...
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