It also won the World Electric Vehicle and Car Design Awards.
April 5, 2023 at 2:24 p.m. ET
Hyundai has now won the World Car of the Year award twice in a row, with the Ioniq 6 taking top honors for 2023. The Ioniq 5 won it along with two other categories in 2022. The Ioniq 6 he repeated these victories and won the World Cup. Car Design of the Year and World Electric Vehicle Awards again. The Hyundai Ioniq 6 was one of three finalists for the COTY honor, beating out the BMW X1/iX1 and Kia Niro for the top title.
“We are thrilled to receive this prestigious honor two years in a row, which recognizes the tremendous talents and relentless efforts of everyone at Hyundai Motor Company to bring electric vehicles like the Ioniq 6 to market,” said Jaehoon Chang, president and CEO of Hyundai Motor company .
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The organization crowned the Lucid Air as the World Luxury Car, which had to beat the BMW 7 Series and the Genesis G90 for the award. The Kia EV6 GT won the World Performance Car title, earning more votes than the redesigned Nissan Z and all-wheel-drive Toyota GR Corolla with its 300-horsepower, 1.3-liter turbocharged three-cylinder engine. The Kia has 576 horsepower and can reach 60 miles per hour in 3.5 seconds. The World Urban Car Award went to the Citroën C3, which went up against the Volkswagen Taigo/Nivus and the ORA Funky Cat/Haomao.
Hyundai beat the BMW i7 and Lucid Air for the EV award. It had to go up against the Land Rover Range Rover and the Lucid Air for the design title.
The World Car Awards used a jury of 100 international motoring journalists from 32 countries to vote for this year’s contestants. Jury members had to whittle down a shortlist of 30 new cars to select this year’s COTY finalists and winners, who will receive trophies created by car designer Ian Callum.
The Hyundai Ioniq 6 will go on sale in the US this spring. Depending on engine and mixer configuration, the EV gives customers between 270 and 361 miles of range. The Hyundai makes 225 hp in the single-engine configuration and 320 hp in the dual-engine configuration.
