On the 2024 Geneva Motor Present this week, BMW missed out on the European Automotive of the Yr title by just a few factors after trailing behind the Renault Scenic E-Tech. Throughout the identical occasion held in Switzerland, the World Automotive Awards jurors introduced the three finalists for all classes.  The German luxurious model has no fewer than 4 automobiles, albeit two of them are competing for a similar title.

The M2 and XM will battle the Hyundai Ioniq 5 for World Efficiency Automotive whereas the i5 goes up towards the Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30 for the World Electrical Automobile. The i5 reveals up once more alongside the conventionally powered 5 Sequence within the World Luxurious Automotive class the place the opposite two contenders are from Mercedes – the E-Class and EQE SUV.

Listed here are the three finalists for every class:

World Automotive of the Yr
– BYD Seal / Atto 4
– Kia EV9
– Volvo EX30
World Luxurious Automotive
– BMW 5 Sequence / i5
– Mercedes-Benz E-Class
– Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV
World Efficiency Automotive
– BMW M2
– BMW XM
– Hyundai Ioniq 5 N
World Electrical Automobile
– BMW i5
– Kia EV9
– Volvo EX30
World City Automotive
– BYD Dolphin
– Lexus LBX
– Volvo EX30
World Automotive Design of the Yr
– Ford Bronco
– Ferrari Purosangue
– Toyota Prius

What’s subsequent? The large winners determined by greater than 100 journalists from 29 international locations can be introduced on March 27th on the 2024 New York Auto Present. It’s price noting {that a} design panel of six consultants was initially tasked to evaluation all automobiles, and one among them was none aside from Frank Stephenson. He was the person behind the unique X5 (E53) in addition to the primary fashionable MINI within the BMW Group period.

Along with 5 different design consultants, Frank Stephenson got here up with a brief checklist of suggestions for the jurors’ remaining vote. The preliminary checklist had a complete of 70 eligible automobiles earlier than the jurors selected a brief checklist of 10 finalists for the World Automotive of the Yr title and 5 for every of the opposite classes. Check drives adopted and factors got primarily based on eight totally different parameters earlier than deciding on three finalists for every class.

Supply: BMW