Car of the Year Awards 2026: Best estate car for value
While estates lack the fashionable status of SUVs, they’re more practical. But an estate also needs to be a pleasure to spend time in, and easy to live with beyond the simple virtue of space
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Car of the Year Awards 2026: Best electric estate car
While estates lack the fashionable status of SUVs, they’re more practical. But an estate also needs to be a pleasure to spend time in, and easy to live with beyond the simple virtue of space
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Car of the Year Awards 2026: Estate Car of the Year
While estates lack the fashionable status of SUVs, they’re more practical. But an estate also needs to be a pleasure to spend time in, and easy to live with beyond the simple virtue of space
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Car of the Year Awards 2026: Best luxury car interior
Saloons and SUVs both compete in this class, with the best examples combining sumptuous materials with fantastic refinement and ride comfort worthy of a magic carpet
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Car of the Year Awards 2026: Best luxury car to be driven in
Saloons and SUVs both compete in this class, with the best examples combining sumptuous materials with fantastic refinement and ride comfort worthy of a magic carpet
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Car of the Year Awards 2026: Luxury Car of the Year
Saloons and SUVs both compete in this class, with the best examples combining sumptuous materials with fantastic refinement and ride comfort worthy of a magic carpet
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Car of the Year Awards 2026: Best hybrid executive car
A top-notch executive car must do it all – frugally and in style. Buyers want effortless long-haul capability, a comfortable and classy interior, and low benefit-in-kind tax rates
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Car of the Year Awards 2026: Best executive car interior
A top-notch executive car must do it all – frugally and in style. Buyers want effortless long-haul capability, a comfortable and classy interior, and low benefit-in-kind tax rates
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Car of the Year Awards 2026: Executive Car of the Year
A top-notch executive car must do it all – frugally and in style. Buyers want effortless long-haul capability, a comfortable and classy interior, and low benefit-in-kind tax rates
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Car of the Year Awards 2026: Best plug-in hybrid to drive
The best plug-in hybrid cars offer a long all-electric range, reducing fuel consumption, emissions and tax bills. Yet they must still drive well and not compromise on practicality
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Car of the Year Awards 2026: Best plug-in hybrid for big families
The best plug-in hybrid cars offer a long all-electric range, reducing fuel consumption, emissions and tax bills. Yet they must still drive well and not compromise on practicality
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Car of the Year Awards 2026: Plug-in Hybrid of the Year
The best plug-in hybrid cars offer a long all-electric range, reducing fuel consumption, emissions and tax bills. Yet they must still drive well and not compromise on practicality
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Car of the Year Awards 2026: Reliability Award
In our 2025 Reliability Survey, owners told us about almost 32,500 cars, with each model given a rating based on the number of faults, and the time and cost of repairs
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Car of the Year Awards 2026: Readers' Choice
What Car? readers were given a 12-car shortlist, and asked to vote for the upcoming model that they're most excited about seeing in showrooms
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Car of the Year Awards 2026: Best premium electric SUV interior
A big part of the appeal of an premium electric SUV is the environment you sit in. The best are upmarket, feature great technology and are supremely comfortable
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Car of the Year Awards 2026: Best premium electric SUV for practicality
A premium SUV must deliver upmarket appeal and a decent driving experience, but they shouldn't yield when it comes to practicality either.
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Car of the Year Awards 2026: Premium Electric SUV of the Year
It's not merely enough for a premium electric SUV to provide fast charging and a long range, because they must offer an upmarket experience in all the key areas, plus deliver that intangible driveway appeal
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Car of the Year Awards 2026: Best premium SUV to drive
Premium SUVs must ooze upmarket charm, while providing excellent and grown-up driving manners. The best need to combine this with great tech housed in a smart interior
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Car of the Year Awards 2026: Best premium SUV interior
Premium SUVs must ooze upmarket charm, while providing excellent and grown-up driving manners. The best need to combine this with great tech housed in a smart interior
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Car of the Year Awards 2026: Premium SUV of the Year
Premium SUVs must ooze upmarket charm, while providing excellent and grown-up driving manners. The best need to combine this with great tech housed in a smart interior
