Every category at the 2026 World Car Awards went to an electric vehicle, with BMW, Hyundai, and Lucid leading the way
BMW's iX3 took home two trophies at the 2026 World Car Awards. Lucid's Gravity SUV beat the Cadillac Vistiq for a major global title. Gas-powered cars didn't win a single category at this year's event.
Electric vehicles have dominated the World Car Awards as they’ve won every single category this year. This is hardly surprising as many of the finalists were EVs, but it likely won’t alleviate criticism. Top honors went to the BMW iX3 which was named 2026 World Car of the Year as well as World Electric Vehicle. In the former category, it beat out the redesigned Hyundai Palisade and Nissan Leaf. The Leaf was also up for being named World Electric Vehicle, but it and the Mercedes CLA lost to the German crossover. More: Ford Won North American Truck Of The Year With A Trim Speaking of luxury brands, the Lucid Gravity was named World Luxury Car. The electric crossover, which offers up to 450 miles of range, bested the Cadillac Vistiq and Volvo ES90. That brings us to the most controversial award, which is World Performance Car. Here, the Hyundai Ioniq 6 N beat the BMW M2 CS and Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray. While a 641 hp Hyundai is certainly impressive, is it really more of a performance car than a 523 hp coupe that accelerates from 0-60 mph in 3.7 seconds and laps the Nordschleife in 7:25.534? The E-Ray, on the other hand, has all-wheel drive, an EV-only mode, and a combined output of 655 hp . Since you’re probably still stewing over that, we’ll finish up with the two categories little care about. World Urban Car went to the Nio Firefly, which beat out the Hyundai Venue as well as the Baojun Yep Plus / Chevrolet Spark EUV. There’s also World Car Design of the Year, which was apparently decided by Mr. Magoo. The Mazda 6e / EZ-6 took home the prize as it won over the Kia PV5 and Volvo ES90. None of them are particularly pretty, but the 6e isn't too shabby and the finalists were chosen by a design panel of people you’ve probably never heard of before. 2026 World Car Awards World Car of the YearBMW iX3World Electric VehicleBMW iX3World Luxury CarLucid GravityWorld Performance CarHyundai Ioniq 6 NWorld Urban CarNio FireflyCar Design of the YearMazda 6e / EZ-6
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