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\nThe wait is now over, and electric cars came up on top! The new Volkswagen ID.4 is crowned as the World Car of the Year 2021, defeating the famous Honda e and Toyota Yaris, which came in second and third place respectively.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Volkswagen ID.4 was voted as the winner by 93 distinguished international journalists from 28 countries that make up the World Car Awards jury panel. The votes were tabulated by KPMG and it is the fifth World Car of the Year (WCOTY) win for Volkswagen AG. The Volkswagen ID.4 is an all-electric SUV car that was praised by the jury for being environmentally friendly as it does not produce any direct Co2 emissions and for its technological advances like the IQ.DRIVE\u00a0 (the car\u2019s Advanced Drivers Assistance Technology) which enables hand-on-semi-autonomous capability.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Honda e, which came in second place, is also the winner of the World Urban Car category in this year\u2019s edition of the awards. This electric compact hatchback received 754 points, 17 points more than the Yaris (second) and 35 points more than Honda Jazz (third).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For the World Luxury Car Category, the W223 Mercedes-Benz S-Class bagged this year\u2019s award (853 points), defeating the Polestar 2 (815 points) which came in second, and the Land Rover Defender (774 points) which came in third.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Porsche 911 Turbo won the World Performance Car category with 822 points, outpacing the Audi RS Q8 that came in second with 792 points and the Toyota GR Yaris that came in third with 773 points.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For the final category, the World Car Design of the Year award, the Land Rover Defender emerged as champion with 299 points. Every model that competed in this year\u2019s World Car Awards was eligible for this title, but the second and third place was given to Honda e (239 points) and Mazda MX-30 (197 points) respectively.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information on the World Car of the Year award winners, you can visit the official website<\/a><\/span>. Inspired and looking for a car of your own? Check out Carsome<\/a><\/span>\u2019s pre-owned selection of cars which have all gone through a 175 point inspection!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Content Uploaded : 3 March 2020 | Last Update : 21 April 2021, 4.00pm The wait is now over, and electric cars came up on top! The new Volkswagen ID.4 is crowned as the World Car of the Year 2021, defeating the famous Honda e and Toyota Yaris, which came in second and third place […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21662,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n2021 World Car Awards: Volkswagen ID.4 Wins World Car of the Year<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The most awaited 2021 World Car of the Year has been announced and the winner is Volkswagen ID.4. 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