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2023 World Car of the Year finalists announced

Citroen’s first mass market offering in India, the C3, has been shortlisted in the World Urban Car of the Year category.
1 min read•8 Feb '23
Pradyumna KalagiPradyumna Kalagi
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The Citroen C3 has been shortlisted for the World Urban Car of the Year category.

The World Car Awards (WCA) has released the list of the top 10 finalists for the World Car of the Year (WCOTY) Award, and top finalists in the other five categories. The jury includes 100 distinguished international automotive journalists from over 30 countries, including Hormazd Sorabjee, Editor of Autocar India, and Renuka Kirpalani, Executive Editor, Video, Autocar India and Editor of the Autocar show.

Here is a compiled list of the finalists for the 2023 awards.

2023 World Car of the Year finalists:

2023 World Urban Car of the Year:

2023 World Luxury Car of the Year:

2023 World Performance Car of the Year:

2023 World Electric Vehicle of the Year:

2023 World Car Design of the Year:

  • Cadillac Lyriq 
  • Hyundai Ioniq 6 
  • Land Rover Range Rover 
  • Lucid Air 
  • Nissan Z 

2023 World Car Award: timeline 

The next step involves announcing the top three finalists in the World Car category on March 7. However, the final results will be made public on April 5 at the New York International Auto Show. 

Which car would you like to see win the 2023 WCOTY awards? Let us know in the comments.

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