Top 10 finalists: carsales Car of the Year 2020
Broad mix of models make the final cut in this year’s carsales Car of the Year, proudly presented by Bingle
From a tiny $30,000 crossover to a $190,000 technical marvel – and everything in between – the top 10 finalists have emerged from a strong field of 27 contenders for the 2020 carsales Car of the Year, proudly presented by Bingle.
EVs, hybrids, a hot Euro-bred hatch, a reborn British icon, the best example yet of the world’s best-selling car, the Aussie-spec version of arguably world’s most advanced electric car, and SUVs, lots of them…
Here are the top 10 finalists for carsales Car of the Year 2020, proudly presented by Bingle:
Two wildcard entries from the 17 excellent contenders that didn’t make the final cut will also be chosen by the judges to take to the final round of back-to-back testing, which will be run as soon as border and other COVID-19 restrictions allow.
To get this far, each carsales COTY contender was scored via expert opinion and data generated by automotive data specialist RedBook.com.au, with key assessment criteria including purchase, running and maintenance costs.
As with previous years, Australia’s premier automotive consumer award will be decided by a combination of RedBook data and safety system bonus points, plus expert judges’ scores based on evaluation across categories including safety, technology, design, innovation, dynamics, comfort, practicality, quality and presentation.
Basic eligibility rules require that all vehicles must be series-production models available via dealers or a wholesale distribution chain.
For consideration, each vehicle must be substantially updated or a new variant within this calendar year, on sale prior to December 31 and available for field testing.
If a vehicle is not available for evaluation, we reserve the right to include it in subsequent carsales Car of the Year testing. This ensures that cars that have been launched but are not available for our test timetable can be included in later year(s).
Once again, key eligibility requirements include the fitment of autonomous emergency braking (AEB) and a reversing camera as standard across the model range. At least one variant in the range must be priced below $250,000.
The 2020 carsales Car of the Year People’s Choice Award has seen the Porsche Taycan take out the public voted trophy, a poll determined your preferred winner from our 10 finalists.
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