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24th January 2022 
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What Car?, Britain’s leading consumer champion helping drivers to choose the right car for their needs, has revealed the winners of their prestigious Car of the Year awards.
To be eligible for a What Car? Award, a car has to have been tested back-to-back with its rivals, both on UK roads and at What Car?’s dedicated test track.
In addition, contenders for the overall Car of the Year Award have to have been launched in the previous 12 months.
Find out the category winners by scrolling through our picture gallery:
2022 marks the second time Kia has won the overall What Car? Car of the Year Award – and the second time it has won with a new electric car, having taken its maiden victory in 2019 with the Kia e-Niro.
The Kia EV6 stood out for setting new benchmarks for electric cars, offering an official range of 328 miles, and managing 224 miles on a charge when What Car?’s testers ran it in near worst-case low temperature conditions. It is also capable of super-fast, 800V charging, with its battery capable of going from 10-80% in as little as 18 minutes.
In addition, the EV6 earned praise from the judges for being hugely spacious, very refined even by electric car standards and for being sold with the reassurance of a standard-setting seven-year warranty.
Other big winners on the night included BMW, which recorded an amazing five category victories. Ford was the next most successful manufacturer, with three category wins. Tesla was also a notable winner after recording a record-breaking year for sales with its Model 3.
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