What a couple of years it has been. And due to unforeseen circumstances we’ve had to postpone the awards for the Irish Car of the Year…until now.
And ultimately the seven finalists for the Continental Tyres Irish Car Of The Year 2022 have been chosen. From a long list of new models launched in the last year, the finalists are listed in their respective categories below.
In addition, the evening included a new highlight of the 2022 awards, the Service to Industry award. This new honour is intended to recognise and celebrate the enigma and the efforts of an industry PR titan such as Don Hall.
Kia’s EV6 was ultimately crowned the overall winner of Continental Tyres Irish Car Of The Year. Extremely deserving of the title, the EV6 brings appealing design inside and out as well as being a deserving competitor to not only electric vehicles but combustion engines too.
And here we have the finalists. Throughout an annual journey, the select jurors have decided from hours of in depth testing, driving and eventual summing up of the cars below, to vote for the eligible vehicles for the 2022 awards.
Compact Car: Dacia Sandero, Honda e, Hyundai i20.
Medium Car: Citroën C4, CUPRA Leon, DS 3, MG5, Volkswagen Caddy Passenger.
Small Crossover/SUV: Hyundai Bayon, Mazda MX-30, Mercedes-Benz EQA, MG ZS, Opel Mokka, Toyota Yaris Cross.
Medium Crossover/SUV: CUPRA Formentor, Hyundai Tucson, Nissan Qashqai, Renault Arkana, Subaru Outback.
Large Car: Audi Q4 e-tron, Hyundai IONIQ 5, Kia EV6, Škoda Enyaq, Toyota Highlander, Volkswagen ID.4.
Luxury Car: Audi e-tron GT, BMW iX, Mercedes-Benz EQV, Mercedes-Benz S-Class
Performance Car: BMW M3/M4, Ford Puma ST, Peugeot 508 PSE, Toyota Yaris GR, Volkswagen ID.4 GTX
And this year, from the capital’s biggest stadium, the awards were presented from the Vavasour suite in the Aviva Stadium.
The category winners:
Continental Tyres Irish Compact Car of the Year: Dacia’s Sandero.
Continental Tyres Irish Medium Car of the Year: Citroën’s C4.
Continental Tyres Irish Small Crossover / SUV Car of the Year: Opel’s Mokka.
Continental Tyres Irish Medium Crossover / SUV of the Year: Renault’s Arkana.
Continental Tyres Irish Large Car of the Year: Kia’s EV6.
Continental Tyres Irish Luxury Car of the Year: Mercedes S-Class.
Continental Tyres Irish Performance Car of the Year: BMW’s M3/M4.