Renault Austral is AUTOBEST Best Buy Car of Europe 2023

The acclaimed new Renault Austral scoops top honours from the AUTOBEST organisation representing motoring journalists across Europe.

Renault Austral 2023

The new Renault Austral has been named AUTOBEST Best Buy Car of Europe 2023 after winning top marks from motoring journalists across Europe.

With a total of 14,937 points from the 31 AUTOBEST jurors, the Renault Austral scooped the Best Buy Car of Europe 2023 prize by a clear margin.

In second place was the new Vauxhall / Opel Astra, on 13,986 points. It was closely followed by the new Peugeot 308, just 53 points behind.

Renault Austral 2023

Each AUTOBEST juror has a total of 2,500 points to distribute across the finalists, which this year also include the Dacia Jogger, Honda Civic and Toyota Aygo X.

“Our winner represents the next level of the Renault brand,” said AUTOBEST founder and chairman Dan Vardie.

“It is the best product yet of the French maker, with high-end materials, high perceived quality, superb driving dynamics, an impressive design and probably the best-connected onboard technology of any new car today.

Renault Austral 2023

“Austral managed to impress jurors of the largest European motoring media jury, with many placing it as their top vote. With this victory, Renault is making a great comeback to the top of our competition.”

Renault COO Fabrice Cambolive said the award is “a great pride and recognition for all the Renault teams who worked on the project.”

Hyundai Ioniq 6 wins ECOBEST 2023 award

Hyundai Ioniq 6

The electric Hyundai Ioniq 6 was also named winner of the ECOBEST 2023 award.

The sleek streamliner-look EV saloon arrives in early 2023 to take on rivals such as the Tesla Model 3 with a concept car look and impressive range of almost 340 miles.

“The ultra-aerodynamic philosophy takes low-drag ideals to a new level,” said the AUTOBEST jury, “a concept that only offer a generous electric range, but also delivers striking streamliner styling that is guaranteed to stand out.

“This bold, intelligent new Hyundai is an authentic piece of technology and a fully deserving ECOBEST 2023 winner.”

Award winners will be presented with their gongs at the 22nd AUTOBEST Awards Gala in Rotterdam, Netherlands on May 11 2023.

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Richard Aucock
Richard Aucockhttps://www.richardaucock.co.uk/
Richard is director at Motoring Research. He has been with us since 2001, and has been a motoring journalist even longer. He won the IMCO Motoring Writer of the Future Award in 1996 and the acclaimed Sir William Lyons Award in 1998. Both awards are run by the Guild of Motoring Writers and Richard is currently vice chair of the world's largest organisation for automotive media professionals. Richard is also a juror and Steering Committee director for World Car Awards and the UK juror for the AUTOBEST awards.

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