China Car of the Year is an award presented to the winning car launched in China during the course of the year. The first year of the awards was 2014. It is judged by an independent panel made up of automotive journalists and experts. Along with the most prestigious “Car of the Year” award, there are additional categories including SUV of the year, Green car of the year, Performance car of the year, and Design of the year.
| Year | Car | SUV | Green/Budget[1] | Performance | Design |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | BMW i7 | Genesis GV60 | Geely Galaxy L6 | Lotus Eletre R+ | Aston Martin DB12 |
| 2023 | Mercedes-Benz EQE | Tank 500 | Audi Q4 e-tron | Ferrari 296 GTB/GTS | Maserati Grecale |
| 2022 | Mercedes-Benz S-Class | Geely Xingyue L | Volkswagen ID.4 | Audi RS Q8 | Genesis G80 |
| 2021 | Geely Preface | Lincoln Aviator | Polestar 2 | Maserati MC20 | Land Rover Defender |
| 2020 | Mazda3 | Mercedes-Benz GLE | Porsche Taycan | Porsche 911 | Bentley Flying Spur |
| 2019 | Lexus ES | Volkswagen Touareg | Jaguar I-Pace | Lamborghini Urus | Volvo XC40 |
| 2018 | Volvo S90 | Range Rover Velar | Honda CR-V Hybrid | Ferrari 812 Superfast | Range Rover Velar |
| 2017 | Mercedes-Benz E-Class | Bentley Bentayga | Tesla Model X | Porsche 718 | Mazda CX-4 |
| 2016 | Geely Borui | Volvo XC90 | Lexus NX 300h | Ferrari 488 GTB | Mercedes-Benz AMG GT |
| 2015 | Honda Odyssey | Porsche Macan | BMW i3 | McLaren 650S | Jaguar F-Type |
| 2014 | Mercedes-Benz S-Class | - | Porsche Panamera E-Hybrid | Porsche 918 Spyder | DS 5 |
The 2024 awards was announced in December 2023. "The Green Car of the Year" was replaced by "Budget Car of the Year".
The 2021 awards were announced at Guangzhou Auto Show on 20 November 2020.[5]
The 2020 awards were announced on 21 November 2019 at the Guangzhou Auto Show.[6]
The 2014 Awards was the first year of the China Car of the Year. The Mercedes-Benz S-Class took the award, with the Range Rover and Ford Mondeo coming second and third.[7]
| Brand | Total | Car | SUV | Green/Budget[1] | Performance | Design |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercedes-Benz | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Porsche | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Geely | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Volvo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ferrari | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Land Rover | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| BMW | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Audi | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Volkswagen | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Bentley | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Lexus | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Honda | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Mazda | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Genesis | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jaguar | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Maserati | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Lamborghini | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Lotus | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Tank | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Polestar | 1 | 1 | ||||
| DS | 1 | 1 | ||||
| McLaren | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Aston Martin | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Tesla | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Lincoln | 1 | 1 |
| Brand | Total | Car | SUV | Green/Budget[1] | Performance | Design |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volkswagen | 13 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |
| Geely | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Mercedes-Benz | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tata | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ferrari | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Stellantis | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| BMW | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Toyota | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Honda | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Mazda | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Hyundai | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| McLaren | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Aston Martin | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Tesla | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ford | 1 | 1 | ||||
| GWM | 1 | 1 |
