Matt Prior
TESTER’S NOTES
Elisa Artioli now and then with the Lotus that took her name
The Car of the Year 2022 is the Kia EV6, it was announced last week at a ceremony in Switzerland’s Palexpo centre (where the 2022 Geneva motor show would have been held were it not for its third consecutive cancellation).
The EV6 is the first Kia and the third electric car to win the award, topping a seven-strong shortlist in a relatively close contest. (The Nissan Leaf and the Jaguar I-Pace, if you’re wondering.)
The scoring system for the finalists is quite complex. Each of 59 jurors from 22 European countries (normally 61 from 23 but for the suspension of Russian votes in 2022) has 25 points to allocate. Autocar is one of nine sponsoring publications and I’m a juror.