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World Car of the Year 2021 finalists

The top 3 according to 191 votes from people: Volkswagen ID.4 · Honda e · Toyota Yaris. (Updated May 6, 2021.)

The ten finalists for the 2021 World Car of the Year. The electric Volkswagen ID.4 won ahead of the Honda e and the Toyota Yaris; the Honda e also took the urban car award.

Brooke Peters · · 10 items · 191 votes · 21 comments

Top 10

  1. 1

    Volkswagen ID.4

    Winner of the 2021 World Car of the Year.

    ▲ 37 ▼ 2

    35
  2. 2

    Honda e

    One of the three finalists in the final round.

    ▲ 24 ▼ 3

    21
  3. 3

    Toyota Yaris

    One of the three finalists in the final round.

    ▲ 20 ▼ 0

    20
  4. 4

    BMW 2 Series Gran Coupé

    One of the ten finalists.

    ▲ 20 ▼ 0

    20
  5. 5

    Audi A3

    One of the ten finalists.

    ▲ 15 ▼ 2

    13
  6. 6

    BMW 4 Series Gran Coupé

    One of the ten finalists.

    ▲ 13 ▼ 1

    12
  7. 7

    Kia K5

    One of the ten finalists.

    ▲ 14 ▼ 3

    11
  8. 8

    Kia Sorento

    One of the ten finalists.

    ▲ 12 ▼ 1

    11
  9. 9

    Mazda MX-30

    One of the ten finalists.

    ▲ 11 ▼ 3

    8
  10. 10

    Mercedes-Benz GLA

    One of the ten finalists.

    ▲ 6 ▼ 4

    2

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Comments (21)

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Zachary

Honda e is still the cutest EV ever.

James Thompson

Toyota Yaris also won European Car of the Year that year.

boxoffice.slow

ID.4 winning in the middle of the pandemic, EVs were the future.

Ankit Kapoor

Mazda MX-30 with the suicide doors, interesting but tiny range.

arturo_merida

Honda e should have won urban car... oh wait, it did!

Brian Moore

The 2 Series Gran Coupé is front-wheel drive, BMW purists cried.

calebnola

K5 replaced the Optima, much better car.

Paige R.

Would love to see more affordable EVs in these lists.

the_gg

Sorento looks so much better now.

gridiron

Yaris GR wasn't on the list but should be its own category.

Oliver E.

VW ID.4 won it, first proper VW EV crossover.

R. Campbell

Great list of finalists, strong year.

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