China Car of the Year

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China Car of the Year is an award presented to the winning car launched in China during the course of the year. The first year of the awards was 2014. It is judged by an independent panel made up of automotive journalists and experts. Along with the most prestigious "Car of the Year" award.

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The award has gone through several changes since 2014.

In 2015, in addition to "Car of the Year", "Performance Car of the Year", "Green Car of the Year" and "Design Car of the Year", the "SUV of the Year" was added. [1]

In 2024, the "Green Car of the Year" was replaced by "Budget Car of the Year". [2]

In 2025, the "Car of the Year" and "SUV of the Year" were integrated into the new "Car of the Year". The "Luxury Car of the Year" was added.

China Car of the Year winner list
YearCarLuxury CarBudget CarPerformance CarDesign
2026 AUDI E5 Sportback Nio ET9 iCAR V23 Ferrari 296 Speciale Audi A5L
2025 AITO M9 Mercedes-Benz E-Class(W214) Geely Galaxy E5 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N Volkswagen ID.UNYX
YearCarSUVBudget CarPerformance CarDesign
2024 BMW i7 Genesis GV60 Geely Galaxy L6 Lotus Eletre R+ Aston Martin DB12
YearCarSUVGreen CarPerformance CarDesign
2023 Mercedes-Benz EQE Tank 500 Audi Q4 e-tron Ferrari 296 GTB/GTS Maserati Grecale
2022 Mercedes-Benz S-Class(W223) Geely Xingyue L Volkswagen ID.4 Audi RS Q8 Genesis G80
2021 Geely Preface Lincoln Aviator (U611) Polestar 2 Maserati MC20 Land Rover Defender
2020 Mazda3 (BP) Mercedes-Benz GLE (W167) Porsche Taycan Porsche 911 Bentley Flying Spur
2019 Lexus ES (XZ10) Volkswagen Touareg (CR) Jaguar I-Pace Lamborghini Urus Volvo XC40
2018 Volvo S90 Range Rover Velar Honda CR-V Hybrid (4th gen) Ferrari 812 Superfast Range Rover Velar
2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class(W213) Bentley Bentayga Tesla Model X Porsche 718 Mazda CX-4
2016 Geely Borui Volvo XC90 II Lexus NX 300h (AZ10) Ferrari 488 GTB Mercedes-Benz AMG GT
2015 Honda Odyssey (RC) Porsche Macan BMW i3 McLaren 650S Jaguar F-Type
YearCar-Green CarPerformance CarDesign
2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class(W222) - Porsche Panamera E-Hybrid (970) Porsche 918 Spyder DS 5

2026 Awards

The 2026 awards was announced in January 2026.

2025 Awards

The 2025 awards was announced in December 2024. The "Car of the Year" and "SUV of the Year" were integrated into the new "Car of the Year". The "Luxury Car of the Year" was added. [3]

2024 Awards

The 2024 awards was announced in December 2023. "The Green Car of the Year" was replaced by "Budget Car of the Year".

2023 Awards

2022 Awards

2021 Awards

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Geely Preface

The 2021 awards were announced at Guangzhou Auto Show on 20 November 2020. [6]

2020 Awards

The 2020 awards were announced on 21 November 2019 at the Guangzhou Auto Show. [7]

2019 Awards

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Volkswagen Touareg

2018 Awards

2017 Awards

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Porsche 718 Cayman

2016 Awards

2015 Awards

2014 Awards

The 2014 Awards was the first year of the China Car of the Year. The Mercedes-Benz S-Class took the award, with the Range Rover and Ford Mondeo coming second and third. [1]

Statistics

Winners by brand
BrandGroupTotalCarSUVLuxuryBudgetGreenPerformanceDesign
Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz 74111
Porsche Volkswagen 6123
Geely Geely 5212
Volvo Geely 3111
Ferrari Ferrari 44
Land Rover Tata 312
Volkswagen Volkswagen 3111
Audi Volkswagen 3111
BMW BMW 211
Bentley Volkswagen 211
Lexus Toyota 211
Honda Honda 211
Mazda Mazda 211
Genesis Hyundai 211
Jaguar Tata 211
Maserati Stellantis 211
AITO HIMA 11
Lamborghini Volkswagen 11
Lotus Geely 11
Tank GWM 11
Polestar Geely 11
DS Stellantis 11
McLaren McLaren 11
Aston Martin Aston Martin 11
Tesla Tesla 11
Lincoln Ford 11
Hyundai Hyundai 11
Nio Nio 11
AUDI SAIC-VW 1
iCAR Chery 11
Winners by holding group
GroupTotalCarSUVLuxuryBudgetGreenPerformanceDesign
Volkswagen 153453
Geely 10322111
Mercedes-Benz 74111
Tata 5113
Ferrari 44
Stellantis 312
Hyundai 3111
BMW 211
Toyota 211
Honda 211
Mazda 211
HIMA 11
McLaren 11
Aston Martin 11
Tesla 11
Ford 11
GWM 11
SAIC-VW 11
Nio 11
Chery 11

References

  1. 1 2 "MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS DECLARED 2014 CHINA CAR OF THE YEAR". Concept Carz. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  2. 1 2 "花落谁家？"2024中国年度车"评选结果正式揭晓". m.qctt.cn. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  3. ↑ ""2025中国年度车"颁奖典礼成功举办，看看谁获殊荣？_车家号_发现车生活_汽车之家". chejiahao.autohome.com.cn (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "2023中国年度车揭晓，都有哪些车？". www.xingcheshixian.com. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "2022中国年度车揭晓！_腾讯新闻". new.qq.com. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Geely Preface sedan named 2021 China Car of the Year". Automotive World. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "All-New Mazda3 Named China Car of the Year 2020". Bloomberg. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2020.

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