2025 World Car of the Year award finalists announced

Among the finalist cars for the 2025 edition of the WCOTY are three electrics and many newly presented models

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By: Gianmarco Gori

Jan 10, 2025 at 4:54am ET

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The race for the prestigious World Car of the Year 2025 (WCOTY) award has begun once again this year. The finalists in the six categories have in fact been announced and the date of the awards ceremony of the event (this year sponsored by Brembo) has been made official. It will be held on Wednesday 16 April 2025, during the New York International Auto Show (NYIAS). Here are all the cars in the running.

World Car of the Year 2025: the finalists

After a selection process involving 96 international journalists from 30 countries, the 10 finalists for the title of World Car of the Year 2025 by Brembo (this is the full name) were chosen from 52 contenders. Among them all this year are three electric cars, a sports car, two German thoroughbreds and the timeless Land Cruiser.

Here is the complete list, noting that, again this year, there is no Italian car competing for the prestigious award:

Audi A5 / S5
BMW X3
Ford Mustang
Hyundai Inster / Casper Electric
Kia EV3
Mini Cooper Electric
Suzuki Swift
Toyota Camry
Toyota Land Cruiser / Land Cruiser 250
Volkswagen Tiguan / Tayron

BMW X3 (2024)

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Volkswagen Tiguan (2024)

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Kia EV3 2024

As every year, the World Car of the Year in 2025 will also include awards for various car categories, of which the lists of the five contenders have been published: