BMW outclassed? This electric car outshines the competition

A victory that South Korea will be proud of for some time to come: The Ioniq 6 wins the World Car Awards 2023. This means that the electric sedan is currently the best vehicle on the market. A remarkable winning streak continues for Hyundai.

Ioniq 6 sweeps away at World Car Awards: Four wins for Hyundai

Hyundai delivers and delivers: The young one Ioniq 6 was the overall winner of the World Car Awards awarded at the New York Auto Show. But that’s not all, the electric sedan also wins the title of “World Electric Vehicle” – there is currently no better electric car either.

With the Ioniq 6, Hyundai takes victory again. Last year, the expert jury awarded the Ioniq 5. The Ioniq 6 is on the same platform. The fact that the sedan can also convince is not necessarily surprising. In addition to the overall victory and victory in the electric category, there is also the Award for the best design to Hyundai (source: World Car Awards).

This puts the Ioniq 6 through, among other things, against the Alfa Romeo Tonale, the C-Class from Mercedes and the group’s own competitor Kia Niro. But especially The Koreans’ victory should give BMW and Nissan a stomach ache: Both manufacturers placed two models in the final. BMW X1 / iX1 and BMW 2 Series Coupé as well as Nissan Ariya and Nissan Z have to admit defeat to the Ioniq 6.

Hyundai has received prominent support for the presentation of the Ioniq 6:

Kia awarded: Hyundai group dominates

Hyundai brand boss and Group Vice SangYup Lee was also named Person of the Year. But that’s not the end of the Hyundai Group. Because the Kia EV6 GT won the title of “World Performance Car”. go with it four out of six titles of this year’s award to the South Korean car company.

The other categories were secured by the electric car manufacturer Lucid and the Citroën brand. The model Lucid Air was named Luxury Car of the Year awarded, while the French brand claims the best city car with the C3.