
2022 Wheels Car of the Year contender: Lexus NX350
Blew in with a clean-sheet design; couldn’t quite sail beyond the PG

2022 Wheels Car of the Year contender: Kia Carnival
Brings sexy to the people-mover segment, but did it move the judges?

2022 Wheels Car of the Year contender: Genesis GV70
Korea’s premium brand continues to show promise, if not perfection

Hyundai Tucson at 2022 Wheels Car of the Year
Brings cool competence, but without any segment breakthroughs

Hyundai i20 N at 2022 Wheels Car of the Year
Brilliant hatch with a focus that’s both a blessing and a curse

Honda Civic at the 2022 Wheels Car of the Year
Does so much so well, up until the price tag swings into view

BMW iX places 6th in Wheels Car of the Year
A tech and efficiency blueprint for Munich’s electric future

Hyundai Palisade takes 5th in Wheels Car of the Year
Eight-seater SUV makes its case on value, packaging and road manners

Innovative tech is buried inside Hyundai’s i20 N powertrain
Baby N gains next-generation Continuously Variable Valve Duration system that adds grunt and aids efficiency

Using facts and figures to explain the BMW 128ti’s strengths and weaknesses
Delving into the Sports Car of the Year data offers up interesting answers

Volkswagen Golf places 4th in 2022 Wheels Car of the Year
Enduring hatch provides internal-combustion Proof of Life as elsewhere VW embraces the electrification age

The weigh-in: the 2022 Car of the Year contenders on the scales
Each car at COTY must cross the weighbridge... data ensues

Mercedes-Benz C-Class takes 3rd place in Wheels Car of the Year 2022
Compact three-pointed star advances to the pointy end

How the Volkswagen Golf GTI’s pace shocked everybody at SCOTY 2022
Venerable hot hatch proves faster than performance icons of the past

The fastest cars at Wheels Car of the Year 2022
It’s not all about speed at COTY, but a bit of punch certainly doesn’t hurt a contender’s chances

Hyundai Ioniq 5 is the Wheels Car of the Year 2022 runner-up
Boldly designed EV shares the winner’s platform, and just about all of its excellence – except for chassis tune

Experience MOTOR’s Performance Car of the Year 2022 through the camera lens
MOTOR’s talented photography team smashed PCOTY 2022 out of the park – here are our favourite shots

The Kia EV6 is the 2022 Wheels Car of the Year
Our COTY 2022 winner is a landmark model that stands as the exclamation point in its brand’s coming-of-age story

Wheels Car of the Year 2022 test loop explained
Wheels heads back to the AARC once again to put 21 cars through the wringer

Is the Jaguar F-Type’s old V6 really just a V8 with two cylinders blanked?
We uncover whether the dearly departed AJ126 engine is just a cut-down supercharged Jaguar V8

The tricky diff that helps the Ford Focus ST fight torque steer
Ford’s hot hatch hero uses a clever diff that stops wheelspin and torque steer before it even occurs

Meet the judges of Wheels Car of the Year 2022
Meet the six experts who put out COTY contenders to the test

The Criteria for Car of the Year 2022 explained
Our judges viewed the COTY field with these five points in mind

Behind the scenes of Performance Car of the Year 2022
Hail, a cracked windscreen, a software update and Omicron... Nothing gets in the way of Performance Car of the Year