Women’s Worldwide COTY announces category winners

The six category winners for Women’s Worldwide COTY have been revealed.

The Women's Worldwide Car of the Year has announced the 2024 winners of the eight categories with the ultimate best vehicle to be revealed in March.

The eight categories include  Urban Model, Compact SUV, Large Car, Large SUV, 4x4 and Pick-Up, Performance and Luxury Car.

All these vehicles represent excellence in terms of safety, driving, technology, comfort, efficiency, environmental impact, value for money and gender equality.

Also announced today was the Best Technology and Sandy Myhre Award for the most pro-woman brand. 

A total of 81 candidates were in the running to win one of the Women's Worldwide Car of the Year (WWCOTY) categories.

All of them must meet the requirement of having been launched in at least two continents or 40 countries between January and December 2024.

This is the 15th edition of the awards presented by WWCOTY which consists of an organisation of 82 women motoring journalists from 55 countries on five continents, including AutoMuse founder, Liz Dobson.  It is the only all-female jury in the automotive industry worldwide.

"The work of the juries has not been easy because this year there have been more contenders than ever before. There are new brands and models with an ever-increasing quality," says Marta García, president of the Women's Worldwide Car of the Year. 

"No vote has been given at random. They have all been subjected to demanding test drives, detailed analysis and demanding competitor studies. That's why the WWCOTY awards are a benchmark for millions of buyers around the world."

These six announced winners will go through to the final round of judging to determine the winner of WWCOTY's top award, to be announced at midnight, NZ-time on March 6 on WWCOTY’s YouTube channel.

The best technology awards went to BYD for its Blade battery technology while Volvo won the Sandy Myhre Award for for the most committed brand for women.

The category winners are:

Urban Model: Mini Cooper hatch

Compact SUV: Kia EV3

Large car: Audi A6 E-tron

Large SUV: Hyundai Santa Fe

4x4 ute: Toyota Land Cruiser 250 Series

Performance and Luxury car: Porsche Panamera