World Car Awards - 2024 Timeline
The annual awards season runs from May 1st to April 30th.
September 2024
- Official launch of the 21st awards season: The Road to World Car 2025.
- The Road to World Car 2025 is an annual journey that follows our international jurors as they test-drive, and vote on, the eligible vehicles for the 2025 awards season.
September to January 2025
- Jurors test-drive the 2025 eligible vehicles.
November 18 - 20, 2024
- 10th L.A. Test Drives in Pasadena, California that coincides with press day at the L.A. auto show on Thursday, November 21, 2024.
December 2024
- Deadline: first vote round
January 2025: World Car Finals powered by Brembo - The Countdown Begins
- KPMG announces top ten finalists in World Car of the Year; and top five finalists in World Luxury Car, World Performance Car, World Urban Car, World Electric Vehicle of the Year, and World Car Design of the Year.
- Second round of test-drives and voting begins.
- January 6 to 27, 2025: World Car Person of the Year
March 2025: World Car Finals - Top Three in the World
- Top Three in the World finalists announced.
Wednesday, April 16, 2025: The Winners
- All World Car Award winners announced at the New York International Auto Show
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