The list of winners for the 2023 Japan Car of the Year (JCOTY) has been announced with the fully electric Nissan Sakura and its EV twin, the Mitsubishi eK X named the 2023 Japan Car of the Year. Both were also named the Kei Car of the Year, a category for microcars in Japan. It was not the only win for Nissan as its X-Trail SUV was named the Technology Car of the Year.
The Honda Civic Type R and Civic e:HEV bagged the Performance Car of the Year award – the first Japanese car to receive the award. The Civic e:HEV was recognised for its sophisticated hybrid powertrain while the Civic Type R was praised for its excellent chassis performance and a smooth VTEC turbo engine.
In another first, the Hyundai Ioniq 5 was named the Import Car of the Year. The award marks the first time that a Korean automaker has won an award at the Japan Car of the Year awards.
The Design Car of the Year award went to the fully-electric BMW iX – the first time the award was won by an electric vehicle. Interestingly, BMW has now won the award for the second time in a row after winning it last year with the BMW 4 Series.
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Design? iX? Hahahhahahahahaagha
IX winning a design award made me laugh for a few mins. Thanks for that.
Japanese like those huge big grill. Look at latest lexus, mitsubishi, alphard…..
ix design award? sushi blind ah
Looks like a funny husky face get best design award…
Kidney grill that now looks more like pussy… good design?