World Car Awards - 2018 Voting Results


World Car of the Year

VEHICLE Occupant
Environment		 Performance Value Safety Environment Market
Significance		 Emotional
Appeal		 SCORE
Mazda CX-5 7.2 6.8 7.8 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.1 738
Range Rover Velar 8.3 7.6 6.4 7.7 6.4 6.9 8.6 742
Volvo XC60 8.3 7.3 7.3 8.8 7.6 7.6 7.7 776


World Luxury Car

VEHICLE Occupant
Environment		 Performance Value Safety Environment Market
Significance		 Emotional
Appeal		 SCORE
Audi A8 8.5 8.0 7.1 8.8 7.0 7.1 7.4 792
Porsche Cayenne 8.0 8.5 6.9 8.2 6.6 7.7 7.7 781
Porsche Panamera 8.1 8.9 6.7 8.0 6.7 6.7 8.0 780


World Performance Car

VEHICLE Occupant
Environment		 Performance Value Safety Environment Market
Significance		 Emotional
Appeal		 SCORE
BMW M5 8.3 8.9 7.3 8.1 6.2 7.5 7.9 815
Honda Civic Type R 6.9 8.2 7.9 7.4 6.9 7.5 8.0 764
Lexus LC 500 8.0 7.7 6.8 7.8 6.9 6.8 8.1 765


World Green Car

VEHICLE Occupant
Environment		 Performance Value Safety Environment Market
Significance		 Emotional
Appeal		 SCORE
BMW 530e iPerformance 8.0 8.0 6.4 8.1 7.3 6.4 7.1 711
Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid 7.3 6.5 6.8 7.3 7.0 6.6 5.9 686
Nissan LEAF 6.7 6.9 7.0 7.2 8.7 7.5 6.4 757


World Urban Car

VEHICLE Occupant
Environment		 Performance Value Safety Environment Market
Significance		 Emotional
Appeal		 SCORE
Ford Fiesta 6.6 6.7 7.5 7.1 7.3 7.8 6.5 720
Suzuki Swift 6.6 6.8 7.6 6.7 7.5 7.3 6.9 713
Volkswagen Polo 7.6 7.4 7.4 7.9 7.3 7.7 7.0 751


World Car Design of the Year

VEHICLE 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th SCORE
Lexus LC 500 60 108 42 14 7 231
Range Rover Velar 165 52 33 12 4 266
Volvo XC60 60 52 45 36 9 202



             
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