2020 European Car of the Year candidates announced

The list of candidates for the 2020 European Car of the Year award has been released, and it includes no less than 35 models from different segments, which will be trimmed down as we near next year’s Geneva Motor Show in March 2020.

Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Toyota are well represented here, as the three carmakers are the only ones with four candidates each. For the Stuttgart-based company, there’s the CLA, EQC, GLB and GLS, while the latter has the Camry, Corolla, RAV4 and GR Supra. As for BMW, the latest 1 Series, Z4, X6 and X7 are all part of the 35-car list.

Meanwhile, Renault has the Captur, Clio and Zoe vying for the crown, with all other brands being represented by either one or two models. Notable mentions include the Ferrari F8 Tributo, Ford Puma, Audi e-tron, Mazda 3 and CX-30, Nissan Juke, Range Rover Evoque, Porsche 911 and Taycan, Subaru Forester as well as the Tesla Model 3. The Volkswagen camp is represented by the T-Cross and the yet-to-be-launched Mk8 Golf, which will debut soon.

The award in 2019 went to the Jaguar I-Pace, which managed to best the Alpine A110 after a tiebreaker, marking the first time the marque has won the award. Before that, the XC40 won in 2018, the Peugeot 3008 in 2017, the Opel/Vauxhall Astra in 2016, the Volkswagen Passat in 2015, Peugeot 308 in 2014 and the Mk7 Volkswagen Golf in 2013.

Here’s the list of all the candidates for the 2020 European Car of the Year:

• Audi e-tron
• BMW 1 Series
• BMW Z4
• BMW X6
• BMW X7
• DS3 Crossback
• Ferrari F8 Tributo
• Ford Puma
• Kia e-Soul
• Mazda 3
• Mazda CX-30
• Mercedes-Benz CLA
• Mercedes-Benz EQC
• Mercedes-Benz GLB
• Mercedes-Benz GLS
• Nissan Juke
• Opel/Vauxhall Corsa
• Peugeot 208
• Porsche 911
• Porsche Taycan
• Range Rover Evoque
• Renault Captur
• Renault Clio
• Renault Zoe
• Skoda Kamiq
• Skoda Scala
• SsangYong Korando
• Subaru Forester
• Tesla Model 3
• Toyota Camry
• Toyota Corolla
• Toyota RAV4
• Toyota GR Supra
• Volkswagen Golf
• Volkswagen T-Cross

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