Forty new cars will fight for the coveted title of Irish Car of the Year 2025, in association with Continental Tyres. The winners from the 2025 Irish Car of the Year awards programme will be revealed at a gala event in The Conrad Hotel, Dublin, on Friday November 15th.
Cars will be judged by a jury made up of members of the Motoring Media Association of Ireland, a group of 29 of Ireland’s most experienced motoring journalists, who operate in the fields of print media, online, radio and video.
Daragh Keany, Chairman of the MMAI, said: “The past number of years have witnessed a number of shocks for the car manufacturing industry starting with the Covid pandemic in 2020 which was quickly followed by the worldwide semi-conductor shortage. These events all served to seriously reduce or delay the number of new cars built and launched over those years. However, with a strong field of 40 exciting new car models for this year’s Irish Car of the Year awards programme, which is an increase of eight on last year’s tally, it shows that the industry here is not just surviving but thriving. There is huge excitement among the MMAI jurors, and we will have our work cut out for us getting through the eligible vehicles and voting process over the coming weeks”.
Tom Dennigan of awards sponsor, Continental Tyres, said: “We are proud to again be associated with the Irish Car of the Year awards which recognises the best cars launched in Ireland each year. Electric vehicles have really come to the fore over the last number of years – for four years straight, the winner of the overall Irish Car of the Year title has been an electric vehicle but it remains to be seen if that will be the case for the 2025 winner, 17 of the 40 entrants are full electric models so they are definitely in with a good shout.”
Last year’s winner of the 2024 Irish Car of the Year award was the Hyundai Ioniq 6 EV.
The full field of candidates for the Irish Car of the Year 2025 awards is as follows:
- Audi Q6 eTron
- BMW i5/5 Series
- BMW iX2/X2
- BYD Dolphin
- BYD Seal
- Citroen AMI
- FIAT 600
- Ford Explorer
- Honda CRV
- Honda eNY1
- Honda ZRV
- Hyundai Ioniq 5N
- Hyundai Santa Fe
- KGM Torres EVX
- KIA EV9
- Lexus LBX
- Lotus Eletre
- Mercedes CLE Coupé/cabrio
- Mercedes E Class
- Mercedes V Class
- MG3
- MINI Cooper
- MINI Countryman
- Peugeot 3008
- Polestar 3
- Polestar 4
- Porsche Macan
- Renault Rafale
- Renault Scenic
- Renault Symbioz
- Skoda Kodiaq
- Skoda Superb
- Smart #1
- Smart #3
- Subaru Forester
- Suzuki Swift
- Toyota C-HR
- Volkswagen ID.7
- Volkswagen Tiguan
- Volvo EX 30
