Join us on April 5th at 8am EST as we live stream the “Oscars of the Automotive Industry”, a red carpet, sealed envelope awards event that recognizes the best cars in the world each year. The ceremony is the opening event at the New York Auto Show and kicks off the two-day media event and 10-day consumer show.
The awards ceremony will showcase the grande finale of the World Car Awards Powered by Brembo, a year-long assessment of new cars, voted on by the top 100 automotive journalists in the world.
Reuters Events has exclusive access to showcase the live event allowing for leaders to join from across the world.
It is the mission of the World Car Awards and its 100+ global jurors to recognize, reward and inspire automotive excellence, leadership and innovation in a rapidly changing automotive industry on a global scale.
For 2023 they test drove and evaluated new or fully redesigned vehicles that were for sale in multiple markets on more than one continent, voting to determine the winners in six award categories.
The six World Car Awards Categories are:
The program will include comments from SangYup Lee, EVP and Head of Hyundai and Genesis Global Design Center; Ian Callum, Co-Founder and Design Director, Callum; Kathy Hochul, Governor of New York and Mark Scheinberg, president of the Greater New York Auto Dealers Association as well as World Car Awards Chair Jens Meiners and Vice Chair Siddharth Vinayak Patankar.
8am EST Program Begins
World Car Award Winners Announced from Finalists Below:
World Car of the Year:
- BMW X1/iX1
- Hyundai Ioniq 6
- Kia Niro
World Electric Vehicle:
- BMW i7
- Hyundai Ioniq 6
- Lucid Air
World Luxury Car:
- BMW 7 Series / i7
- Genesis G90
- Lucid Air
World Performance Car:
- Kia EV6 GT
- Nissan Z
- Toyota GR Corolla
World Urban Car:
- Citroen C3
- ORA Funky Cat / Haomao
- Volkswagen Taigo/Nivus
World Car Design of the Year:
- Hyundai Ioniq 6
- Land Rover Range Rover
- Lucid Air
9.10am EST Program Ends
2023 - SangYup Lee
Executive Vice President, Head of Hyundai and Genesis Global Design Center, Hyundai Motor Company
2022 - Luc Donckerwolke
Executive Vice President for Design and Chief Creative Officer, Hyundai Motor Group
2021 - Akio Toyoda
President and CEO, Toyota Motor Corporation
2020 - Carlos Tavares
CEO of PSA Group
2019 - Sergio Marchionne
CEO, FCA; Chairman, CNH Industrial; and Chairman and CEO, Ferrari
2018 - Håkan Samuelsson
President and CEO, Volvo Car Group (inaugural winner)
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