The 2024 World Automobile of the year (World Car Awards) was announced a few days ago, and the results are expected and unexpected.
First, let’s take a look at the list of winners of the 2024 World car of the year: world car of the year-Kia EV9, World luxury car-BMW 5 Series / i5, World performance car-Hyundai IONIQ 5N, World Electric car-Kia EV9, World Design car-Toyota Prius, World City car-Volvo EX30, for the first time, the six awards of the World car of the year Awards all appear the names of pure electric and hybrid models.
Maybe this proves that the era of oil tankers is really over.
Korean cars, which are not favored in the domestic market, have won the championship in the World Automobile of the year Awards for three years in a row, among which Kia EV9 has won the highest awards “World car of the year” and “Electric vehicle of the year”.
The results are consistent with the international status of Korean electric cars in recent years.
Japan and South Korea accounted for four of the six awards.
Chinese brands also participated in the selection, with BYD Seal among the top three of the 2024 World car of the year Awards, while BYD Dolphin and Polar Krypton X also successfully entered the encirclement contest.
Although the Chinese brand finally missed the grand prize in 2024, it has already shown its strength, and the judges in China also believe that it is not far from winning the prize.
The World Annual Automobile Review is called the world’s three major automobile awards along with North American car of the year and European car of the year, so the gold content of the winning model is still quite high.
The 2024 World Automobile Competition opened its auditions in September last year, and this year there is a panel of more than 100 auto media journalists from 29 countries, including judges from China.
In terms of car models, car companies from most countries around the world have participated in auditions.
There are still many Chinese models involved in this year, and we are familiar with domestic new energy brands such as BYD, Polar Krypton, Xiaopeng, Lantu and so on.
However, if you want to compete for the highest award, car of the year, you need to meet certain conditions: first, the model must be a production car with an annual production capacity of more than 10,000 vehicles, and secondly, the model must be sold in at least two major markets on two continents.
So the second condition is that there are many Chinese brand models that do not fit.
And BYD Seal is an international model, but also based on its strength to enter the finals.
Next, let’s take a look at several models that have won this year’s award: world car of the year & World Electric vehicle-Kia EV9.
Hyundai Group is the biggest winner.
Kia EV9 won the highest award-“World car of the year” in 2024 and the double material Award of “World Electric vehicle” in 2024.
The jury spoke highly of Kia EV9’s innovative design, spacious seven-seat interior space and highly competitive prices.
It has a simple, avant-garde design style, full of a sense of science and technology.
EV9, which is based on Kia’s new pure electric professional platform E-GMP, is the first Kia model to adopt the fourth generation battery technology.
The world luxury car-BMW 5-Series / i5, BMW finally beat Mercedes-Benz E-Class and EQE SUV, as well as Lexus LM.
The new BMW 5-Series and its electric version i5 have won the World luxury car Award of the year.
For BMW, this is the ninth time in the 20-year history of participating in the World Automobile Awards.
The jury evaluated the new BMW car during a large number of driving processes, and the powerful output of the powertrain, long-distance driving comfort and many innovative digital technologies won the favor of the jury.
The most athletic of luxury cars, this is the weapon of BMW.
World performance car-Hyundai IONIQ 5N, is both Hyundai Group and IONIQ.
Hyundai IONIQ series has won the World car of the year Award for three years and the fourth time in a row.
The dual motor equipped with IONIQ 5N has a maximum speed of 21000 rpm, an output of 609PS, and a maximum torque of 740Nm, which can be raised to 650PS in N mode.
The 0-100km/h accelerates in 3.
4 seconds and can reach the top speed of 260km/h on the track.
The application of N brand racing technology and experience makes the “driving fun” of the electric era have a new possibility, and obviously the modern IONIQ 5N has also been recognized by the judges.
The world design car-the Toyota Prius, the Toyota Prius of all ages, has been a regular in various international car awards, but the new Prius has won the “World Design car” not for power and environmental protection.
For this year’s World Automobile Design of the year Awards, six well-known design experts selected the final shortlist for the selection panel, and then submitted it to a panel of 100 international automotive media from 29 countries to vote by secret ballot.
In the end, the Toyota Prius successfully beat Ferrari Purosangue and Ford Bronco with 302 points to win the honor.
World city cars-Volvo EX30 and Volvo EX30 won the 2024 World City car Award, beating competitors of BYD Dolphin and Lexus LBX.
I believe that design must be an addition to EX30.
Volvo EX30 interior design has both function and aesthetics, using renewable and recycled materials to create a fresh and attractive interior space.
A variety of power modes are available in terms of power and performance, including single motor mode, rear-drive long-range mode and four-wheel drive version.
How far is the Chinese brand from winning the prize? This year, BYD Seal was shortlisted in the top three of the 2024 World car of the year Awards, while BYD Dolphin and Polar Krypton X also made it into the encirclement contest.
It can be said that although the Chinese brand finally missed the grand prize in 2024, it has already shown its strength.
I believe it is not far away from winning the prize.
The results of the 2024 World car of the year selection are definitely not in line with the taste of the country.
We often say that we are a big country of new energy, but Japan and South Korea account for four of the six awards, and Chinese brands are not online.
Frankly speaking, this may be an “unfair” selection for Chinese brands.
Did the foreign judges not take into account the situation of China’s domestic electric car market? On the other hand, the world’s car of the year may reflect the worldwide view of new energy models.
The World Annual car scoring Voting Program includes “driving environment, power performance, cost performance, safety, environmental protection, market significance and perceptual attractiveness.
” Each project has the same weight and strives to be true and effective.
The selection requires that the model must be a production car with an annual production capacity of more than 10,000 vehicles, and secondly, the model must be sold in at least two major markets on two continents.
These two items have shut out many excellent new energy vehicles in China.
It may also tell you that sometimes it is not a victory at home, but it is only won if you win the world.
At the end of the article, I took an excerpt from the moments of one of the judges of the 2024 World car of the year in China: there is a long list of judges in this award.
I can’t see the lead, I can’t see the 100-kilometer acceleration for more than 2 seconds.
What you can see is multi-car inclusion, what is slow-down design.
What is the design skill of different materials and different three-dimensional collocation, what is not exaggerated practical.
What is fun high performance, what is online has not won the reality has not lost…,,, Back to the first electric network home>.
