The title “World Car of the Year” will go to the Volkswagen ID.4 in 2021. It convinced the expert jury, consisting of 93 renowned motor journalists from 28 countries around the world, including “Krone” editor Stephan Schätzl. The category wins went to the Porsche 911 Turbo as a Performance Car, the Mercedes S-Class as a Luxury Car and the Honda e as an Urban Car. The Land Rover Defender was named “World Car Design of the Year”.
A total of 24 candidates met the requirements for victory in the main category World Car of the Year In the end, the VW ID.4 clearly relegated its competitors Honda e and Toyota Yaris to second and third place. “We are very pleased that the VW ID.4 has been named World Car of the Year. Not only because it is one of the most important auto awards in the world, ”said brand boss Ralf Brandstätter in an initial reaction,“ but also because the jury honored a great idea and a great team. ”
The VW ID.4 is already the fifth vehicle of the brand to be named a World Car: in 2009 and 2013 it was the Golf, in 2010 the Polo and in 2012 the up !.
World Performance Car
In Zuffenhausen they celebrate the victory in the sports car category that the Porsche 911 Turbo has achieved. “We are very happy to receive the award, which is the eighth overall for a Porsche”, says the deputy series manager for 911 and 718 Frank-Steffen Walliser. “This honor underlines the 911 Turbo S as the pinnacle of performance and luxury of the Porsche brand.”
The “civil” top model from Zuffenhausen beat the Audi RS Q8 (792) and the Toyota GR Yaris (773) in the final with 822 points.
World Luxury Car
The result in the luxury class can confidently be described as a favorite victory: the S-Class from Mercedes-Benz. “It is a great honor to see the S-Class recognized all over the world as a World Luxury Car,” said the head of the S and C-Class series, Uwe Ernstberger. “It builds on a long tradition of innovation and is setting the pace in the automotive industry with its current generation.” A total of ten cars entered the category, with Land Rover Defender and Polestar 2 also making it into the top 3. The Mercedes got 853 points, the Polestar 815 and the Defender 774 points.
World Urban Car
Like the overall victory, the title in the city car category also goes to a Stromer: the Honda e is World Urban Car of the Year. From a total of seven candidates, the jury selected him first, ahead of Toyota Yaris and Honda Jazz. “We are very proud to receive this prestigious award from the World Car Awards organization,” said Koji Watanabe, Honda’s chief officer, Brand and Communication Operations. “Our goal is to be a company that society wants to exist. Awards like this support our commitment to keep our customers happy in the future. “
World Car Design
Jaguar Land Rover had a mammoth task to cope with: a successor to the Defender, which had been built for almost 70 years, was needed. Now the British with Indian ownership have been awarded for the result. The new Land Rover Defender is the most beautiful car of the year, if you want to translate the title “World Car Design of the Year” like that. The Honda e came in second, the Mazda MX-30 in third.
“The new Defender was influenced by its past, but not constrained. We are delighted that it received the award, ”said Head of Design Gerry McGovern. No other manufacturer has won as many design awards as Jaguar Land Rover in the 17-year history of the World Car Awards: 2019 Jaguar I-Pace, 2018 Range Rover Velar, 2017 Jaguar F-Pace, 2012 Range Rover Evoque and 2013 Jaguar F. -Type, makes a total of six.
World Car Person of the Year
A personal award went to Toyota President Akio Toyoda. He was named World Car Person of the Year: “On behalf of all of Toyota’s 360,000 team members around the world, thank you for this tremendous honor. If you allow me, I would like to rename the award from car person to car people of the year, because it is the commitment of all employees, dealers and suppliers that has made Toyota what it is today. “
About the World Car Awards
The World Car Awards are an independent award program launched by auto journalists and have been the automotive industry with the highest reach worldwide for the past eight years (according to Cision Insight). The awards were presented for the 17th time in 2021.