Indian Car of the Year | |
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Country | India |
First awarded | 2006 |
Website | www |
The Indian Car of the Year Award (ICOTY) is presented annually to the best new car launched in India, and is based on similar other awards such as European Car of the Year. The award was established in 2006, with the Maruti Suzuki Swift winning the first award [1] and the Kia Carens winning the latest award in 2023. [2]
Hyundai has won the award seven times, while Maruti Suzuki four times and Honda have won twice. Swift is the only car model to win the award three times. Most of the award-winning cars have been from Japanese or Korean manufacturers, and are available globally in the same or different guises. The Hyundai Elite i20 and i10 Grand, for instance, are available in Europe and Japan. The European Renault Duster developed by the Renault engineers, sold worldwide and built in India yet got this award for 2013. The Maruti brand on Suzuki models is exclusive to India. The Honda City is largely restricted to Asian and South American markets, while the Ford Figo is a modified version of the Ford Fiesta that was sold in Europe from 2002 to 2008. The Honda Civic is a global model, although not all versions are sold on every market.
ICOTY also awards the Premium Car Award, first awarded in 2019 for luxury and performance cars and the Green Car Award, first awarded for hybrid and electric cars in 2021.
All new car models except facelift qualify for the award, however cars which have minor changes such as cosmetic face lifts or minor mechanical changes do not qualify for the award. The car has to be manufactured or assembled in India and has to be on sale before 30 November of the previous year. The car should be approved for the Indian market by the official authority however CBU's (Completely Built Unit) which are imported are not considered for the award. [3]
For the Premium Car Award, luxury and performance cars priced above the ₹40 lakh are considered including cars which come through the CBU route. Green Car Award takes in consideration hybrid and electric cars and also include cars which come through the CBU route. [4]
The voting jury consists automobile journalists from all over India. Each jury member has a maximum of 25 points, where each member can allot a maximum of 10 points to one car. And every Jury member must give points to at least 5 of the contending cars. [3]
Year | Winner |
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2006 | Maruti Suzuki Swift |
2007 | Honda Civic |
2008 | Hyundai i10 |
2009 | Honda City |
2010 | Tata Nano |
2011 | Ford Figo |
2012 | Maruti Suzuki Swift |
2013 | Renault Duster |
2014 | Hyundai Grand i10 |
2015 | Hyundai Elite i20 |
2016 | Hyundai Creta |
2017 | Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza |
2018 | Hyundai Verna |
2019 | Maruti Suzuki Swift |
2020 | Hyundai Venue |
2021 | Hyundai i20 |
2022 | Mahindra XUV700 |
2023 | Kia Carens |
2024 | Hyundai Exter |
Brand | Award nb. | Models | |||||||
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Hyundai | 8 | i10 (2008) | Grand i10 (2014) | Elite i20 (2015) | Creta (2016) | Verna (2018) | Venue (2020) | i20 (2021) | Exter |
Maruti Suzuki | 4 | Swift (2006) | Swift (2012) | Vitara Brezza (2017) | Swift (2019) | ||||
Honda | 2 | Civic (2007) | City (2009) | ||||||
Ford | 1 | Figo (2011) | |||||||
Renault | 1 | Duster (2013) | |||||||
Tata | 1 | Nano (2010) | |||||||
Mahindra | 1 | XUV700 (2022) | |||||||
Kia | 1 | Carens (2023) |
Year | Winner |
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2019 | Volvo XC40 |
2020 | BMW 3 Series |
2021 | Land Rover Defender |
2022 | Mercedes-Benz S-Class |
2023 | Mercedes-Benz EQS 580 |
2024 | BMW 7 Series |
Brand | Award nb. | Models | |
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Mercedes-Benz | 2 | S-Class (2022) | EQS 580 (2023) |
BMW | 2 | 3 Series (2020) | BMW 7 Series (2024) |
Land Rover | 1 | Defender (2021) | |
Volvo | 1 | XC40 (2019) |
Year | Winner |
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2021 | Tata Nexon EV |
2022 | Audi e-tron |
2023 | Kia EV6 |
2024 | Hyundai Ioniq 5 |
Brand | Award nb. | Models |
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Tata | 1 | Nexon EV (2021) |
Audi | 1 | e-tron (2022) |
Kia | 1 | EV6 (2023) |
1 | Ioniq 5 (2023) |
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