2022 World Car of the Year finalists announced

The World Car Awards (WCA) has released the list of the top 10 finalists for the World Car of the Year (WCOTY) Award, and top five finalists each in five other categories. This year saw the addition of a brand new category – World Electric Vehicle of the Year. 

The jury includes 102 distinguished international automotive journalists from 33 countries, including Hormazd Sorabjee, Editor of Autocar India, and Renuka Kirpalani, Executive Editor, Video, Autocar India and Editor of the Autocar show. 

• Top three from each category will be selected on March 15, 2022
• Winners for all categories to be announced on April 13

Here’s the compiled list of finalists for the 2022 awards. 

2022 World Car of the Year finalists:

• Audi Q4 e-tron
• Cupra Formentor
• Ford Mustang Mach-E
• Genesis G70
• Honda Civic
• Hyundai Ioniq 5
• Hyundai Tucson
• Kia EV6
• Lexus NX
• Toyota GR86 / Subaru BRZ

2022 World Electric Vehicle of the Year:

• Audi e-tron GT
• BMW iX
• Ford Mustang Mach-E
• Hyundai Ioniq 5
• Mercedes-Benz EQS

2022 World Urban Car of the Year:

• Dacia Sandero
• Opel Mokka 
• Renault Kiger
• Toyota Yaris Cross
• Volkswagen Taigun

2022 World Luxury Car of the Year:

• Audi Q5 Sportback
• BMW iX
• Genesis G70
• Mercedes-Benz EQS
• Volvo C40 Recharge

2022 World Performance Car of the Year:

• Audi e-tron GT
• BMW M3/M4
• Porsche 911 GT3
• Toyota GR86 / Subaru BRZ
• Volkswagen Golf GTI/R 

2022 World Car Design of the Year:

• Audi e-tron GT
• Ford Mustang Mach-E 
• Hyundai Ioniq 5
• Kia EV6
• Mercedes-Benz EQS 

2022 World Car Award: what’s next

The next step involves selecting the top three from these aforementioned categories, results of which will be announced on March 15. The final results, however, will only be made public on April 13, at the 2022 New York International Auto Show.

Which car would you like to see win the 2022 WCOTY awards? Let us know in the comments.