The all-electric Jaguar I-Pace SUV has won the coveted 2019 World Car of the Year title, and also scooped the World Car Design and World Green Car categories.
The awards were handed out at the New York International Auto Show on Wednesday after voting by a panel of 86 motoring journalists from 24 countries. The I-Pace’s World Car award comes just weeks after it claimed the European Car of the Year title.
The I-Pace, which was launched in SA two months ago, edged out the Audi E-Tron and Volvo S60 for the overall World Car award. In the Design category it beat the Suzuki Jimny and Volvo XC0, while in the Green Car segment it got the nod ahead of the E-Tron.
To date over 11,000 customers in more than 60 countries worldwide have taken delivery of the I-Pace. Judges lauded it for its combination of sports car performance, zero emissions, exceptional refinement and true SUV practicality.
“It is an honour that the Jaguar I-Pace has received such an accolade from the prestigious World Car jurors,” said Jaguar Land Rover CEO Ralf Speth. “We started with an ideal, to move towards our Destination Zero vision; zero emissions, zero accidents and zero congestion. I-Pace is our first step to achieving this, and it was conceived when EVs were little more than a niche choice.”