Jaguar I-Pace named World Car of the Year

The

Jaguar

I-Pace has been named

World Car of the Year

, an award meant to honor the most significant

new car

introduction and conferred by an international jury of automotive journalist judges. The group announced the winners of additional awards at the

New York Auto Show

, with the

Audi A7

named World Luxury Car of the Year, the

McLaren 720S

recognized as World Performance Car of the Year, and the

Suzuki

Jimny named World Urban Car. The I-Pace additionally took home two other awards: World Car Design of the Year and World Green Car of the Year.

The WCOTY team of

86

jurors hail from 24 countries, and the organization is independent and not tied to any publication. This is the 15

^th

year for the awards. For this year’s World Car of the Year award the top three finalists were the I-Pace, the

Audi

E-Tron, and the

Volvo

S60/V60. Previous WCOTY winners were the

Volvo XC60

in 2018 and the Jaguar F-Pace in 2017.