2021 World Car Awards Top Three finalists announced

The finalists for the 2021 World Car Awards – the world's largest automotive awards programme – have been revealed

World Car Awards trophies

The frontrunners for the 2021 World Car Awards have been revealed – with the line-up for the prestigious World Car of the Year prize boasting an all-electrified shortlist.

The Honda e, Toyota Yaris and Volkswagen ID.4 are all going forward to the main World Car of the Year prize, which will be announced in April.

The overall victor will succeed 2020’s World Car of the Year, the Kia Telluride.

Earlier this year, the Toyota Yaris won the 2021 European Car of the Year prize, as well as Supermini of the Year in the 2021 UK Car Awards.

The Honda e and Toyota Yaris are also named as Top Three in the World finalists in the World Urban Car prize… along with another Japanese model, the Honda Jazz / Fit.

In the World Luxury Car awards, the Land Rover Defender is going up against the Mercedes-Benz S-Class and Polestar 2.

The Land Rover Defender is a finalist in the 2021 World Car Design of the Year award, along with the Mazda MX-30 and, again, the Honda e.

Perhaps the most diverse category is World Performance Car, where the Audi RS Q8 will battle the Porsche 911 Turbo and Toyota GR Yaris for the overall award.

The votes from the 93 jurors across the world – including Motoring Research’s Richard Aucock – have already been cast by secret ballot.

The overall winners will be announced during a special ceremony on Tuesday 20th April, which will be hosted on World Car TV.

Although the World Car Awards is normally announced at the New York International Auto Show, the global pandemic means this will not be possible for the second year running. However, organisers have confirmed the partnership with the show remains, for the 16th consecutive year.

Both the 2022 awards and the 18th edition of the ‘Road to the World Car Awards’ assessment process will begin at the 2021 New York show on 19 August.

There will be a new highlight for the 2022 awards too – the very first World Electric Vehicle of the Year award.

World Car Awards Top Three 2021

2021 World Car of the Year Top Three

  • Honda e
  • Toyota Yaris
  • Volkswagen ID.4

2021 World Urban Car Top Three

  • Honda Jazz
  • Honda e
  • Toyota Yaris

2021 World Luxury Car Top Three

  • Land Rover Defender
  • Mercedes-Benz S-Class
  • Polestar 2

2021 World Performance Car Top Three

  • Audi RS Q8
  • Porsche 911 Turbo
  • Toyota GR Yaris

2021 World Car Design of the Year Top Three

  • Honda e
  • Land Rover Defender
  • Mazda MX-30

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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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