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: Safety Award
For this award, our judges considered both active and passive safety, along with purchase price, because a model that sells in large numbers will have a bigger influence on road safety
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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
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Car of the Year Awards 2026: Best family electric SUV for value
An electric family SUV must possess a raft of practical features, be good to drive and cheap to run. But here we're focusing on the car which also majors on value for money
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Car of the Year Awards 2026: Best family electric SUV interior
This class embraces a useable driving range and fast charging tech, but the best must also be hugely practical and loaded with great tech
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Car of the Year Awards 2026: Family SUV of the Year
Cars in this class must obviously provide sufficient space for families. However, the best also offer a comfortable ride and tidy handling, and blend gutsy performance with wallet-friendly costs
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Car of the Year Awards 2026: Family Electric SUV of the Year
This class embraces a useable driving range and fast charging tech, but the best must also be hugely practical and loaded with great tech
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Car of the Year Awards 2026: Best family SUV for value
Cars in this class must obviously provide sufficient space for families. However, the best also offer a comfortable ride and tidy handling, and blend gutsy performance with wallet-friendly costs
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Car of the Year Awards 2026: Best family SUV interior
Cars in this class must obviously provide sufficient space for families. However, the best also offer a comfortable ride and tidy handling, and blend gutsy performance with wallet-friendly costs
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Car of the Year Awards 2026: Best family car interior
There are several types of family car, but here we’re looking at traditional hatchbacks: large enough to be practical, yet compact enough to be easy and enjoyable to drive
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Car of the Year Awards 2026: Best family car for value
There are several types of family car, but here we’re looking at traditional hatchbacks: large enough to be practical, yet compact enough to be easy and enjoyable to drive
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Car of the Year Awards 2026: Family Car of the Year
There are several types of family car, but here we’re looking at traditional hatchbacks: large enough to be practical, yet compact enough to be easy and enjoyable to drive
