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Best Car Awards

It’s time to reveal the best cars of the year…

We’ll be revealing the winners of The Car Expert Awards 2026, including our overall Car of the Year title, on Tuesday 16 December.

Car of the Year 2025

Based on reviews from 35 of the UK's best motoring websites over the last year, The Car Expert's Car of the Year 2025 is the Kia EV3.

Best Small Car 2025

It seemed impossible that the Renault 5 could ever live up to the hype surrounding its return. But it succeeds handsomely, winning our Best Small Car 2025 award.

Best Small Crossover 2025

The Kia EV3 shows how electric cars can be objectively superior to fossil-fuel cars in most of the ways that really count.

Best Medium Car 2025

A stylish reinvention of a much-loved name, the new Renault Scenic E-Tech brings style and practicality to the family EV sector in a way that no other new car in its class can match. 

Best Premium Medium Car 2025

Reviewers have raved about the Porsche Macan Electric’s driving dynamics. As with the Taycan, Porsche has used the fundamental differences of an EV to build a better car, not just a different one.

Best Large Car 2025

Inside and out, the Hyundai Santa Fe’s styling makes a bold statement without compromising practicality. It makes other seven-seat SUVs look underdone, overpriced, or both.

Best Premium Large Car 2025

The Kia EV9 sits firmly in luxury SUV territory, shoulder-to-shoulder with some of the biggest names in the business, and it’s a revelation.