World Car of the Year 2019 – full list of contenders out!

World Car of the Year 2019 – full list of contenders out!

The annual World Car Awards is back for the 15th consecutive instalment, and the list of contenders for the World Car of the Year 2019 has been revealed. A panel of 85 international jurors will be driving, evaluating and voting for/against every single model, and the World Car Awards Finals will be staged at the New York Auto Show in April 2019.

As usual, there will be one overall winner, as well as other winners in the Luxury, Performance, Green and Urban car categories, including a world car design of the year award. Without further ado, allow us to introduce to you the contenders.

The World Luxury Car of the Year category is comprised of the Audi A7, Audi Q8, BMW 8 Series, Mercedes-Benz GLE and Volkswagen Touareg. The World Performance Car of the Year however, consists of the Aston Martin Vantage, BMW M2 Competition, Hyundai Veloster N, Kia Ceed GT and McLaren 720S.

In the World Green Car category, there’s the Audi e-tron, BMW i8 Roadster, Honda Clarity PHEV, Honda Insight, Hyundai Nexo, Jaguar I-Pace, Kia Niro EV, Lexus ES hybrid, Lexus UX hybrid, Toyota Avalon hybrid and Toyota RAV4 hybrid.

Under the World Urban car category are the Audi A1, BMW X2, Kia Soul, Seat Arona and Suzuki Jimny. The rest of the contenders are those named in the table below. Which car do you think will win the coveted World Car of the Year 2019 award, and why? Let us know, below.

World Car of the Year 2019 – full list of contenders out!

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Comments

  • Amran on Sep 18, 2018 at 6:50 pm

    Proton preve? Iriz? Saga? Exora? Satria? Suprima? John?

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    • 2019 Prevé, 2019 Iriz, 2019 Saga, 2019 Exora, 2019 Satria, 2019 Suprima belum dihasilkan. Namun 2019 Axia, 2019 Myvi, 2019 Alza dan 2019 Bezza sudah ada reka bentuk tapi tidak layak menyertai sebab ia bukan pengilang kereta.

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    • Geely? Cherry? Haval? No Chinese car at all.

      The rest > China made cars

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  • Proton Super Fanboy on Sep 18, 2018 at 8:24 pm

    Where is Proton?!

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  • Gaviny on Sep 18, 2018 at 9:46 pm

    Depends on the contribution of that car maker to the entire ‘show

    If you get what I mean

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  • Bernard on Sep 18, 2018 at 11:39 pm

    What about our world class all conquering Myvi? It’s the Ferrari of Bolehland ok!

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  • Dun hv Alza n Myvi

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  • Chin yang Hiu on Sep 19, 2018 at 1:27 am

    Volvo xc40

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    • alldisc on Sep 19, 2018 at 10:05 pm

      Volvo cars are not designed and engineered by Chinese ppl. Geely just pour in the capital, and take the profit.

      Its just like Jaguar and Tata. Do you think the Indians designed Jaguar XJ, F type, evoque and range rover supersport? No. The British did it all.

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  • halloha560-john SDN BHD on Sep 19, 2018 at 7:46 am

    Both of upcoming Honda Clarity and upcoming Honda Insight have no shaped at all and Honda doesn’t have any idea about upcoming Honda models. Not only that, Both upcoming Honda Clarity and upcoming Honda Insight looks very dull, uninspiring and looks like donkey design, especially for the upcoming Honda Accord.

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  • Korean surpassed Japanese

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    • halloha560-john SDN BHD on Sep 19, 2018 at 1:06 pm

      Salah Tsi. Hyundai, Kia, Toyota, Mazda, BMW, Mercedes, Proton, Volvo, Lotus, Subaru and Geely are much better than Honda

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  • azrai on Sep 19, 2018 at 10:47 am

    Where’s Myvi & Bezza?

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  • Onzzz on Sep 19, 2018 at 11:25 am

    Winner Boyue campur Proton… Boton

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    • Geely Voltron. Defender of the rakyat against junky, unsafe Jepunis cars.

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