Auto Express New Car Awards 2015 - pictures

Winner of the Best City Car category for the 4th year running is the Skoda Citigo.

Thanks to a classy cabin and grown-up driving experience the VW Polo wins the Best Supermini category.

The Mini Cooper retains its place as Best Premium Small Car.

For the third time the SEAT Leon takes the Best Compact Family Car award.

The stylish new Skoda Superb takes the Best Family Car award.

The VW Passat, with plenty of clever features and bags of space, is the Best Estate Car of 2015.

The futuristic and family-friendly Citroen Grand C4 Picasso wins Best MPV award.

The daddy of the modern crossover market was the Nissan Qashqai and the second-generation model takes the Best Crossover award.

Beating off strong competition the Land Rover Discovery Sport wins the Best Compact SUV award.

The brand new Volvo XC90 is a top-quality product and takes the Best Large SUV award.

The popular Mitsubishi L200 knocks the VW Amarok off its pedestal to become Best Pickup of 2015.

Battling off the Golf GTI, the SEAT Leon Cupra takes home the Best Hot Hatch award.

The sleek and stylish Audi A3 Cabriolet wins Best Convertible.

The Audi TT is a style icon with a fantastic cabin and is well deserving of the Best Coupe award.

The eagerly awaited Mazda MX-5 doesn't disappoint and wins Best Roadster.

With over 50 years worth of experience and development the Porsche 911 GTS is well worthy of the Best Performance Car award.

The Jaguar XE pips the BMW 3-Series from its post to win Best Compact Exective Car.

Despite being around for a while the revised Audi A6 is still good enough to win Best Executive Car.

The previous Mercedes S-Class was the Best Luxury Car for seven years running and the new model could easily repeat that as it takes the prize for the second year.

Ford's newest Transit is an instant market leader and well deserving of the Best Van category.

It's testament to the BMW i3's cutting-edge design that it wins Green Car of the Year for the second year running.

Readers have chosen the upcoming Jaguar XF for the Car Design award, with the XF taking nearly a third of the vote.

King of the Driver Power survey this year was Lexus, scoring more than 90 percent and scooping the award.

The Land Rover Defender is about to roll out after 67 years of production, and this iconic vehicle is well deserving of a spot in our Hall of Fame.

12 years after the original XC90 took this award, the brand new Volvo XC90 is the Auto Express Car of the Year.