Hyundai Motor Group, Auto Trader..Winner of 4 Drivers' Choice Awards
Jun 23, 2025
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Kia EV3 was finally selected as the auto-trader "2025 Car of the Year 2025," beating over "BMWiX3" and "Renosinic E-Tech," which were both candidates.
The EV3 was then recognized for its best marketability by British consumers, including the award of the 'Best Mainstream Electric Car'.
In addition, Hyundai Motor's Ioniq 5 and Santa Fe also won the "Best Car for City Drivers" and the "Best 7-Seater" respectively, proving their excellent marketability.
The Kia EV3 has premium marketability even though it is the most reasonable price among electric vehicles currently on sale, said Erin Baker, editor-in-chief of AutoTrader. "Soft driving and excellent vision are the core features of the Ioniq 5, and the Santa Fe shows true cost-effectiveness with large space, practicality and style."
The results of Hyundai Motor Group's models at this Driver's Choice Awards are meaningful in that they reflect the actual opinions of British car owners.
Autotrader conducted an online survey of more than 220,000 car owners in the UK to receive feedback on their vehicles and selected award-winning vehicles for a total of 25 categories for car brands and models worldwide.
"The EV3 is my family's first electric car, and it has outperformed the competitive model in the same price range," said an EV3 customer in the UK through Autotrader. "The unique, future-oriented design and excellent convenience features make driving comfortable and easy."
Ioniq 5's customers also praised it, saying, "It is excellent in all areas, including the joy of driving, excellent power performance, comfortable ride, and fantastic design."
Santa Fe's customers also expressed satisfaction, saying, "We have owned several premium SUV models over the past few years, but Santa Fe has all the specifications provided by premium brands and is much cheaper."
"Following the Kia EV3 being selected as the UK and world's car of the year, the results of the auto-trader 2025 car award selected by British consumers are very encouraging," a Hyundai Motor Group official said. "Samely, Hyundai Motor's Ioniq 5 and Santa Fe are also very happy to be selected as the best cars by British customers."
Based on its excellent product competitiveness, Kia EV3 won the world's most prestigious automobile award 'World Car of the Year' in April, and is also sweeping the prestigious automobile awards, including ▲'2025 British Car of the Year' ▲'2025 Finnish Car of the Year' ▲'2025 Danish Car of the Year' ▲'2025 Women's World Car of the Year' compact SUV ▲'2024 Top Gear Awards' crossover ▲'2024 German Golden Steering Wheel Awards' best car of less than 40,000 euros.
Hyundai Motor's Ioniq 5 was also selected as the ▲'2022 World Car of the Year' ▲'2022 Germany Car of the Year' ▲'2022 UK Car of the Year' ▲'2022 Japan Import Car' and was recognized for its overwhelming presence in the global electric vehicle market.
Hyundai Motor's Santa Fe continues to win major automobile awards, including ▲ Best Car of the Year ▲ Best Car of the World Women's Car of the Year ▲ Best Large Internal Combustion Motor Vehicle at the 2024 Top Gear Awards organized by British automotive media outlet Top Gear ▲ Best Car of the Year 2024 Scottish Car of the Year.
Autotrader, meanwhile, is the UK's largest new and used car trading platform used by 80% of UK car dealers, and has been selecting the car of the year based on votes from real car owners since 2017.
Hyundai Motor Group has been selected in three categories: '24 British Autotrader New Car Award ▲'2024 The Story Reid Award 2024, Hyundai Ioniq 5N ▲'2024 Best Car for Families 2024, Kia EV6 ▲'2024 Best Car for Dog Owners 2024' and Kia EV6.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
