2020 World Car Awards winners

Motoring journalists are certainly very keen on the Kia Telluride. Thanks to their votes, this mid-size SUV has just been named 2020 World Car of the Year. It previously secured the 2020 North American Utility Vehicle of the Year title following a similar process.

Out of the eight World Car Awards assessment criteria, the Telluride scored particularly well on Occupant Environment, Value and Safety. Luckily global availability doesn’t matter, because Kia currently restricts sales to the United States and Canada only.

Kia Telluride (2020) Front Side
Kia Telluride

Also noteworthy is the Taycan, which won two of the other categories and narrowly missed out on a third. Porsche’s pure-electric model impressed jury members in the areas of Performance, Environment, Market Significance, Emotional Appeal and Innovation.

Porsche Taycan 4S (2020) Front Side
Porsche Taycan

The full results and points tallies are:

World Car of the Year
  1. Kia Telluride – 758
  2. Mazda 3 – 745
  3. Mazda CX-30 – 738
  4. Kia Soul EV – 736
  5. Land Rover Range Rover Evoque – 732
  6. Mercedes-Benz CLA – 723
  7. Hyundai Sonata – 721
  8. Volkswagen T-Cross – 703
World Luxury Car
  1. Porsche Taycan – 846
  2. Porsche 911 – 786
  3. Mercedes-Benz EQC – 778
  4. BMW X7 – 743
  5. BMW X5 – 741
World Performance Car
  1. Porsche Taycan – 867
  2. Porsche 911 – 809
  3. Porsche 718 Spyder / Cayman GT4 – 776
  4. BMW M8 – 750
  5. Toyota GR Supra – 750
World Urban Car
  1. Kia Soul EV – 751
  2. Volkswagen T-Cross – 702
  3. Mini Electric – 574
  4. Peugeot 208 – 573
  5. Renault Clio – 532
World Car Design of the Year
  1. Mazda 3 – 179
  2. Porsche Taycan – 177
  3. Peugeot 208 – 144
  4. Alpine 110S – 129
  5. Mazda CX-30 – 115
Related posts:
2020 World Car Awards top three finalists
2020 European Car of the Year winner named
2020 NACTOY winners
2019 World Car Awards winners

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