The all-new Hyundai Ioniq 6 electric vehicle (EV) has performed a hat trick at the 2023 World Car Awards. To be more exact, it has won three separate categories under the said event including the World Car of the Year, World Electric Vehicle, and World Car Design of the Year.
2023 World Car Awards | Winners
This is the second time in a row that Hyundai has won in the three World Car Awards Categories. In fact, the Ioniq 6 follows in the footsteps of the Hyundai Ioniq 5, which was likewise hailed as the winner in all three categories in 2022.
Note that getting on top of all three categories is no easy feat. In the World Car of the Year category alone, the Ioniq 6 already faced stiff competition with the Kia Niro and BMW X1/iX1 which came in second and third place respectively.
The Hyundai Ioniq 6
In the World Electric Vehicle category, Hyundai’s entry faced the BMW i7 and the Lucid Air. The Ioniq 6 likewise faced the Lucid Air and the Range Rover for the World Car Design of the Year category.
In total, the Hyundai Ioniq 6 bested 30 car models for the 2023 World Car of the Year Category alone. There were also 21 entries for the World Electric Vehicle, while the World Car Design of the Year award was competed for by a whopping 78 car models.
The Ioniq 6 is the winner of the World Car Design of the Year category
In choosing the winners, the World Car of the Year gathered a jury of 100 international automotive journalists who then voted in a secret ballot for their pick of cars. To make things accurate and unbiased, the vote results were then tabulated by KPMG International Limited, a UK-based accounting and auditing company.
At the 2023 World Car Awards awarding ceremony held at the New York Auto Show, Hyundai, and Genesis Global Design Executive Vice President SangYup Lee also received his World Car Person of the Year Trophy.
Inside the Ioniq 6
At this rate, do you think Hyundai can go three-for-three by dominating the World Car Awards again in 2024?
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Know more about Hyundai
In the local market, Hyundai Motor Philippines Inc., under the leadership of Lee Dong-Wook now sells Hyundai models locally as of 2022.
The brand’s lineup consists of the new crossovers which includes the Tucson, Santa Fe, and Creta. Under the MPV category, the Korean marque then has the new Staria model. The most affordable model in the local Hyundai lineup is the Creta's GL variant, which is priced at Php 998,000. The most expensive meanwhile is the Santa Fe, which retails at Php 2,420,000.
Of note, Philkotse makes sure to update its Hyundai car price list as needed. It also provides an up-to-date list of car promos for the said brand, as well as a list of Hyundai dealerships around the country.
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