The six finalists for the AUTOBEST Best Buy Car of Europe 2023 Award have been revealed.
Awarded to the best affordable ‘real world’ car sold throughout the UK and Europe, the AUTOBEST 2023 award is highly prized by car manufacturers.
The finalists for the 2023 Best Buy Car are:
31 jurors from 31 countries – including Motoring Research’s Richard Aucock – will now begin final assessments, including a challenging Final Test in Teesdorf, Austria.
The Fahrtechnik proving ground will be the base for a series of challenges, both on track and on road, by the entire jury.
The 22nd AUTOBEST Best Buy Car of Europe will be announced in mid-December.
More AUTOBEST 2023 winners
The AUTOBEST organisation has also announced a number of other award-winners, with Dacia being named winner of the COMPANYBEST 2023 prize.
This is awarded for outstanding market performance and excellent customer reviews across Europe: the Dacia brand, which is on a roll in 2022, was the clear winner.
Both the Dacia Sandero and Duster are best-sellers across Europe, while the Dacia Spring continues to be the most affordable EV in Europe (as well as the AUTOBEST Best Buy Car 2022).
Kia global brand leader Artur Martins enters the MANBEST 2023 hall of fame for top industry leaders, and Stellantis chief design officer Jean-Pierre Ploue joins the DESIGNBEST 2023 hall of fame.
The first woman to score an overall victory in the Dakar Rally, Jutta Kleinschmidt, wins the SPORTBEST 2023 award, and Valeo’s innovative Scala Lidar system – the world’s first automotive-grade Lidar – wins SAFETYBEST 2023.
The innovative Android Automotive OS infotainment system in the new Renault Austral has scooped the SMARTBEST 2023 prize, through being a “standard-setting new infotainment system available to mainstream car buyers”.
All winners are eligible to use the AUTOBEST logo in communications and marketing – and the Best Buy Car of Europe will receive a bespoke logo to use throughout 2023.
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