The Hyundai Ioniq 5 has been named World Car of the Year 2022 by the World Car Awards organisation. It also scooped the World Electric Vehicle and World Car Design prizes.
The thrilling triple win was announced during the 2022 New York International Auto Show.
Hyundai chief creative officer Luc Donckerwolke was also named World Car Person of the Year and was on hand with other senior executives to collect the company’s unprecedented four trophies.
The World Car Awards is officially the largest automotive awards prize in the world.
“We are truly honoured to receive these prestigious awards,” said Hyundai president and CEO Jaehoon Chang. “Ioniq 5 represents a pivotal achievement for us.”
The World Car of the Year was chosen from an initial list of 28 vehicles, which an international panel of more than 100 jurors whittled down to a shortlist of 10, followed by three finalists.
The Ioniq 5 triumped against the Ford Mustang Mach-e and Kia EV6.
All cars had to be on sale in at least two continents between 1 January 2001 and 30 March 2022 – and be produced in numbers of at least 10,000 a year, with prices sitting below the luxury level in each market.
The Hyundai Ioniq 5 has also been named the 2022 UK Car of the Year and German Car of the Year.
World Car Awards 2022
In sweeping the board, Hyundai enjoyed the headline success in the 2022 World Car Awards – but there were other notable winners.
The Audi e-tron GT (pictured above) was named World Performance Car of the Year 2022 – a pure electric success over two combustion-engined finalists: the BMW M3 and M4, plus the Toyota GR86 and Subaru BRZ.
An EV also won the World Luxury Car of the Year 2022 category, with the Mercedes-Benz EQS edging out the BMW iX and Genesis GV70.
In the World Urban Car category, the Toyota Yaris Cross beat the Vauxhall Mokka and Volkswagen Taigun.
The 102-strong World Car Awards jury is truly international, representing 33 countries (and including Richard Aucock of Motoring Research). The results are tabulated by KPMG and, for the 17th year running, were announced during the New York International Auto Show.
The Hyundai Ioniq 5 succeeds the 2021 World Car of the Year, the Volkswagen ID.4 – meaning an electric car continues as the World Car Awards’ top choice of the year.
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