New Car Awards 2018: the winners
What are the best new cars to buy in the UK today? The 2018 New Car Awards have the answer...
It’s been another amazing 12 months in the automotive industry. Yet again, the pace of progress has wowed us, with the world’s car manufacturers battling each other to keep pace with the expanding, shifting demands of car buyers just like you.
As always seems to be the case, standards which we couldn’t imagine being beaten last year have been surpassed and new benchmarks have been set right across the car market. Whether you’re shopping for a city car or a supercar, the options at your disposal today are clearly advanced from where they were only 12 months ago. Technology, safety, performance, efficiency, comfort, space, design, value; new cars just never stop advancing and keeping up with the pace of change isn’t easy. That is where we come in.
The Auto Express team has put in the hard miles over the last 12 months to analyse every aspect of every new car on sale. The cars that get our annual New Car Awards are the very best of their type and are well worthy of a place on your car buying shortlist. Choosing them has been tougher than ever this year but we’re confident that these cars are the absolute cream of the current crop.
Click the links below or at the top left of this page to discover our 2018 New Car Awards winners and highly commended models in each category. You can also look back at the previous winners of the New Car Awards...
Auto Express New Car Awards 2018
| • Car of the Year 2018 | • Coupe of the Year 2018 |
| • City Car of the Year 2018 | • Roadster of the Year 2018 |
| • Supermini of the Year 2018 | • Performance Car of the Year 2018 |
| • Compact Family Car of the Year 2018 | • Compact Executive Car of the Year 2018 |
| • Family Car of the Year 2018 | • Executive Car of the Year 2018 |
| • Estate Car of the Year 2018 | • Luxury Car of the Year 2018 |
| • MPV of the Year 2018 | • Van of the Year 2018 |
| • Small SUV of the Year 2018 | • Affordable Electric Car of the Year 2018 |
| • Small Premium SUV of the Year 2018 | • Premium Electric Car of the Year 2018 |
| • Mid-size SUV of the Year 2018 | • Affordable Hybrid Car of the Year 2018 |
| • Mid-size Premium SUV of the Year 2018 | • Premium Hybrid Car of the Year 2018 |
| • Large SUV of the Year 2018 | • Technology Award 2018 |
| • Large Premium SUV of the Year 2018 | • Advertising Campaign of the Year 2018 |
| • Pick-up of the Year 2018 | • Social Media Campaign of the Year 2018 |
| • Hot Hatch of the Year 2018 | • Design Award 2018 |
| • Convertible of the Year 2018 | • Driver Power Award 2018 |
New Car Awards 2018: live
The 2018 New Car Awards ceremony took place at the Hilton Bankside in London and we brought you live coverage of the event on our social media channels. Get a flavour for the event below, where you’ll find our Twitter feed
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