The 2022 edition of the World Car of the Year Awards is nearly upon us. Winners will be announced ahead of this year's New York Auto Show in April, but we now have a complete list of finalists in all six categories, including the big tamale – overall world car winner.
We will start there, and the news is big. For the first time in the history of the awards going back to 2005, it's an all-electric showdown. 2021 and 2019 were close with two EVs among the final three, but this year the contenders are the Ford Mustang Mach-E, the Kia EV6, and the Hyundai Ioniq 5. Some might say there are essentially two competitors since the EV6 and Ioniq 5 share the same platform. They have very different aesthetics, however, and there are some key differences in a few areas, such as the EV6 offering a GT model with 576 horsepower.
