Women's World Car of the Year 2017 winners:

The Hyundai Ioniq was the clear winner at this years Women’s World Car of the Year award, along with winning the Green Car category as well. The jury, consisting of 25 established women motoring writers from 20 different countries, including New Zealand’s Sandy Myhre, CEO of Women’s World Car of the Year and Jacqui Madelin. The jury chose the Mazda CX-5 as the Family Car of the Year, the Ford Fiesta as its Budget Car, Peugeot’s 3008 as it’s SUV/Crossover and the BMW 5-series as the Best Luxury Car. There was a close contest between the new Honda Civic Type R and Mazda MX-5 RF for the Best Performance Car, but Honda managed to take the crown. The Holly Reich Dream Car award – dedicated to the memory of Holly Reich, one of the original judges for the Women’s World Car of the Year since its inception seven years ago – saw the McLaren win its second consecutive victory, with the 720S winning this year. Women’s World Car of the Year CEO, Sandy Myhre, said at the occasion, “The car that wins the Supreme award has gone through a rigorous test by 25 judges from 20 different countries that are on the panel of Women’s World Car of the Year. It’s a democratic process and cars that have won categories and the supreme winner really have to stand out.” This year 420 cars were on the first nomination list, whittled down to the top 60. Judges then must vote on those cars by allocating points. Voting is by secret ballot and audited by international accountancy company Grant Thornton from their Auckland office. “This year, the Hyundai Ioniq was a standout.  It’s always a tight competition but there were a couple of cars that were ahead of the others in their category, notably, the Ford Fiesta and the BMW 5 Series,” said Paul Kane, Partner of Grant Thornton. This is the eighth edition of the Women’s World Car of the Year Awards.