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The Women’s Worldwide Car of the Year awards have named Kia’s EV9 seven-seat electric SUV as its supreme champion.
Priced from £65,025, the EV9 was also named best SUV. Other category winners were: the Volvo EX30 (family car); BMW 5 Series (large car); Volkswagen Amarok (4×4 and van); and Aston Martin DB12 (exclusive car)
It follows the testing of 63 contenders by 75 female motor journalists from 52 countries.
Supreme Champion: Judges said the 5m-long EV9 was “truly revolutionary” delivering exceptional performance, cutting-edge design, aerodynamics and advanced technology.
Judges said the 5m long EV9 was “truly revolutionary” delivering exceptional performance, cutting-edge design and aerodynamics and advanced technology.
It comes as a survey of female drivers in the UK by Electrifying.com and The AA reveals that 61 per cent of women say they feel less confident at the prospect of driving an electric vehicle than a petrol or diesel car.
‘Mundane Engines’ tickets on sale
Polish your Protons, dust off your Datsuns – tickets to the world’s largest motor show are on sale now.
The Festival Of The Unexceptional, which celebrates the much-maligned ‘ordinary’ classic cars, celebrates its 10th anniversary at Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire, on Saturday 27 July.
Champion: Last year’s winner was Stephen Pike, pictured, with his pride and joy: a 1991 Daihatsu Applause.
Tickets cost £35 per car and owners can enter a competition featuring the 50 least exceptional engines built between 1969 and 1999, chosen by judges in a self-styled “battle of the bland”.
Last year’s winner was Stephen Pike. His pride and joy was a 1991 Daihatsu Applause.
For more information, visit hagerty.co.uk/official-events.