What Car?'s Car of the Year Awards

The What Car? Car of the Year Awards ceremony is being held tonight – and you can be the first to find out the results by logging on to whatcar.com.

The Awards recognise the class leaders in every category of car, and culminate in the crowning of the What Car? Car of the Year.

The full list of categories is:

Supermini

Small family car

Family car

Estate car

MPV

Hot hatch

Coupe

Open-top

Performance car

SUV

Compact executive

Executive

Luxury

Safety Award

Security Award

Reader Award - Most Exciting Car of 2009

Overall Car of the Year

The Awards are being presented at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane from 21:45 on Thursday night. Every winner will be posted online later that evening.